Calem was still in his police officer's uniform when John Sullivan approached him.

Sadly, both of his only two pokemon countered bugs, so I will say they're both still fucked up from his last battles.

"Oh, of course."

Since he was being an NPC right now, Calem tossed out his Xatu.

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Doug's smile grew broader, giddy at having yet another battle. "Thank you, sir!"

He quickly stepped several paces back before throwing his pokeball, releasing a Nidoking into the field. As the LEAGUE APPROVED SILPH BATTLEFIELD SYSTEM activated, the youth swept his arm back, roaring! "Awright, let's go sir! You may have the first move!"

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TAG: Calem Pollet

"My pokemon might not win. I forgot to heal him after my last battle."

The one where he had scared the shit out of Cillian Quinn.

"Tailwind."

His Xatu was very still, but the wind still picked up and blew a refreshing breeze.

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Doug's smile faltered slightly; a battle against a weakened opponent wasn't ideal, but now that it had begun, they couldn't really cancel it without either one surrendering or finishing the fight.

"Well... I'll try to make it quick then." Doug said, scratching the back of his head before sweeping his arm across the air, kinda glad for the draft suddenly blowing behind the Xatu.

His cape looked awesome flapping away behind him.

"Go, Simon! Use thunderbolt!" Ordered the youth, prompting the Nidoking to blast the Xatu with an arc of lightning from its horn!

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The electricity struck the Xatu, rippling in arcs.

Where a normal pokemon would cry out in pain, move, do something, the Xatu simply stood there.

Stared.

Something was a little... off about it.

"Psychic."

An oppressive force suddenly bared down.

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Doug's smile faltered further as the Xatu gave no sign that it felt anything- and neither did its trainer. A short moment of silence followed the attack, and as Doug's eyes sought the opponent's own once again, he felt something sink in the pit of his stomach.

Pressure fell upon Simon suddenly, forcing him down onto a knee, his fist meeting the floors as a pained grunt left his mouth, carapace cracking.

"Crud- use Avalanche!" Ordered Doug, his Nidoking squeezing tightly at the floors beneath him before dragging his arm across them, summoning a surging wave of ice towards the bird!

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Ice crinkled up the Xatu's feathers, yet still, even as it was flooded with snow, it did not move.

Two super effective moves in a row? While already weakened? What the fuck?

"Air Slash."

This time it did move, a sudden jerk that unleashed razor sharp blades.

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Twin cracks echoed across the battlefield as two wind blades sliced into Simon's carapace, blowing him back until he barely managed to bring himself to a grinding halt, his tail snapping at the floors harshly as he gnashed his teeth in pain.

Doug was beginning to see that either his opponent had lied through his teeth... Or they were far better than their uniform alone would've led him to believe.

The gloves were off, this thing was dangerous!

"Earth Power, go." Doug ordered suddenly, and Simon suddenly stomped on the floor in response, erecting a wall of bricks and mortar between himself and the bird... before kicking it forward, sending it hurtling towards the Xatu!

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"Ah."

The Earth Power slammed into the Xatu.

A puff of dust obscrued the field for a moment.

When it cleared, the Xatu stood there.

Still.

Motionless.

Yet, it did not move.

"He's fainted."

Standing up.

Calem called his pokemon back to it's ball.

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Doug felt a cold sweat roll down his back as it was revealed that... the Xatu still stood, as impassive as ever.

"What the heck's he even made o-Oh." He cut himself short as the officer casually declared his pokemon as unconcious, blinking between the man and the pokemon before scratching at the back of his head. "Ah... Good job, Simon."

Returning his pokemon to his ball, the youth jogged up at the man.

"Sorry for jumping you out of nowhere, sir. Woudln't have done so if I had known yer pokemon were fresh out of battle." He said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck, before turning a curious eye towards the man. "Still... They were... incredibly sturdy, sir. You must be an incredible trainer!"

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TAG: Calem Pollet

"Ah, thank you." He offered his hand to John Sullivan to shake. All friendly like.

"I've had him a long time is all."

It was not all but why would you tell a random person your big secrets.

"I've had fun with these battles. It's my bad for not going to the Center sooner."

DOUG VS CALEM

Doug shook the man's hand, BLIND TO THE EEEVIL.

He was a bit disappointed and not getting the super secrets, but he understood why one might keep them. One day he would get to that level on his own!

"Ah, it happens to the best of us really! People just keep jumping ya in this tourney." He said, tugging at the neck of his shirt, prime example that he was. "Should I look forward to seeing you in the leaderboards, sir?"

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"No, this is actually only my third battle. I only arrived from Johto two days ago."

He gave a small laugh.

"Calem, though."

A small wink and a smile.

"And you?"

John Sullivan