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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD DUSKNOIR APPEARED!

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"WELL? Go on, Tungsten, give a battle a try." [break][break]

Tungsten turned their body towards the movement and floated in that direction, almost seeming hesitant despite showing no emotion on their eye or body, and the flicker of movement manifested into a bright red eye, then two more yellow ones with a large, jagged mouth. The being in the shadows revealed itself to be a Dusknoir, a fairly rare thing to see in the wild, or so Lusia was led to believe. They were convinced that the Pokedex was more than a little off in some of its descriptions, but that was neither here nor there right now.[break][break]

Tungsten floated in front of the Dusknoir, who hadn't moved, staring straight down at the metal Pokemon with no emotion on its face. The Beldum moved forward just a little more.[break][break]

Somewhat impatiently, Lusia spoke up again. "Tungsten, you have one attack. Try using it."[break][break]

Dusknoir waited patiently, and its patience was rewarded by a solid Tackle attack going straight through its body and smacking into a stone wall instead. A small dent crumbled away, a chunk of a mountain weathered away by a useless attack.[break][break]

Now that the Beldum had finally made a move, Dusknoir gave a low, echoing growl as it charged up a shadowy energy around its fist, and it turned to swing the fist at Tungsten. The Beldum didn't have time to react, and was knocked away, slamming into the mountainside harder than the previous Tackle. They sunk to the ground, defeated by a single Payback attack.[break][break]

"Ah.. Perhaps that was too strong for you to start with, Tungsten. My apologies." The trainer returned Tungsten to their Poke Ball with a resigned sigh. "Ah well. Odysseus? What do you think?"[break][break]

I think we may have pushed them too hard in this case, and we should go somewhere with Pokemon Tungsten can actually hit next time. As the voice reached Lusia telepathically, Odysseus stepped forward to take Tungsten's place in the battle, starting off by using Calm Mind, glowing a pale pink color and raising his Special Attack and Defense. The wild Ghost-type used Foresight, trying to keep the Psychic- and Fairy-type from dodging its attacks easily. Odysseus followed up by raising his arms and gathering bright pink energy into a ball, then launching it at the wild Dusknoir in a powerful Moon Blast attack. [break][break]

Though this didn't knock the Dusknoir out cold, it did look a little frightened and decided to flee, leaving Odysseus and Lusia alone again on the mountainside.[break][break]

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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD LUNATONE APPEARED!

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LUSIA thought it might be nice to stay a bit longer, even with Tungsten's unfortunate status, just to take in the fresh mountain air. They didn't always get out as often as they probably should, and they were probably in need of some sun and fresh air. A chilly breeze blew past as though encouraging this attitude.[break][break]

Shall we go back? You didn't bring any Revives, so Tungsten will be out cold until we get back into town. Odysseus didn't seem much concerned, just stating a fact. "Soon, yes. Not quite yet, though. It's peaceful out."[break][break]

Indeed, the mountainside was near silent, save the wooshing of the breeze through the grasses and an occasional distant bird call. Anyone else might have been spooked by the quiet, but Lusia quite liked it this way. The brand new tablet they picked up from Lilycove just a day prior came out of Lusia's crossbody bag as they entered a bit of information about the encounter that had just occurred; recording the weather, time of day, day of the week, and a few other minute details that others may have overlooked. They weren't writing a whole new Pokedex, however they did like to keep meticulous track of anything they could pertaining to Pokemon, between habits and unusual behavior and things like that. They noted how unusual it was to see a Ghost-type of any variety during the day, and how it was even more unusual to find something as rare as a Dusknoir without looking out especially for something like it. [break][break]

Though Lusia didn't believe in luck, as a rule, it was quite an anomaly to run into a Pokemon that was both on the rare side of things and also out during a strange time of day. They wondered if it might be the cooling weather, musing about different facts and scrolling back through other entries where they'd recorded encounters with Ghosts, when suddenly from the corner of their eye, they saw a Pokemon hovering nearby.[break][break]

"Oh.. You nearly frightened me. A Lunatone, are you?" The rock Pokemon didn't look aggressive, and Odysseus didn't seem to sense any ill intent, so Lusia was fairly calm, though his skin had jumped a little at the sudden appearance of the Pokemon. The Pokemon, indeed a Lunatone, fixed Lusia with one of its bright red eyes and stared for a while, then blinked at them. It made a sound like a quiet, gravelly howl and moved closer, as if trying to see the tablet screen.[break][break]

Lusia was already putting in the entry for meeting this wild Lunatone, noting that it seemed curious as it stared unblinking at the screen. It blinked a few times and rocked itself forward and back on its curve, almost in a dancing motion. Lusia noted this as well, smiling despite themself.[break][break]

"You're a curious sort. Would you care to accompany us?" Lusia had never dreamed of simply asking a Pokemon to join them, and yet here they were, just hoping that the Pokemon might say yes. Or, what approximated to a yes in a unique Lunatone way, at least. After what felt like quite a long moment, but was only seconds, the Lunatone bobbed up and down with a smile in its eyes, and Lusia tapped it with a Poke Ball to add it to their team.[break][break]

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