Keenan finally got a name. "I think I'll go with Mattie if that's cool." The blonde simply nodded in confirmation. It was fine. After all, who knows how many people you'll meet? Or someone that was legitimately bad at names. They soon found another couple of Pokemon. A Crustle and a Flabebe. Neither of which he was interested in. "If you want that mud crab, go right ahead. I'm just going to sit this one out..." Unless he was attacked. But Flabebe weren't normally hostile. And this one fit the mold. It just twirled on around him and Houndour before leaving peacefully. Kee did decide to recall his puppy. Poor thing was banged up. In exchange, he sent out Spheal. He was much more rested, plus had the right typing for what seemed to be more common around here.

He just waited and watched Mattie and Lycanroc fight a Crustle. Hopefully it wouldn't take long and they can get going. He really wanted to be in town by dark...

Kee looked around and spotted the bird Pokemon. Cute, and had a useful move. Still, it was a random guess that the children wanted to play with Pokemon, since they couldn't play or otherwise interact with their parents. He'd met some rich folk before. Not a lot and only at a distance, but it was easy to tell. Most wouldn't consider him that observant. "Maybe so, but you also trained them. At least give yourself some credit." In his mind, it takes at least a little bit of training to get Pokemon to either do as you say in battles/circumstances or trust them to act independently and get the job done. Even if they did all the work, you helped them get to the point to do the job.

The woman released an Alolan Vulpix to add to the party. Even after offering to watch and keep an eye on things, Keenan just sighed and sat on a stool. "I think I need a breather first before checking up on them. Those traps weren't easy to avoid. Oh, I'm Keenan by the way...and sorry for snapping earlier..." He blushed and rubbed the back of his head. He shouldn't have done that, but frustration of that happening so quickly and how worried he was over his buddies made him...a little testy. Still, he was a little ashamed how he acted towards her, even more so since she did help out fantastically.

Kee coordinated between his own Pokemon. Derek lept in it as well, using a Sobble and his Metagross to keep the predators away. The Machamp accelerated things by picking up several of the Chewtle and getting them to the water. But even Kee noticed that the pressure had lightened up. He saw the wild Pokemon in the treeline, but not a one dared come out. So far at least. A rogue here, a rogue there. He didn't even have to have Sizzilipede use smokescreen yet. Then he heard it. A banshee of a scream, and something huge plucking out two of the turtles near him.

The blonde reacted quickly, and lunged at the feet of the creature. It was a Fearow. It picked him up easily, though his added weight did throw large bird off a bit. He held on tight, even as it tried to shake him off and fly further away and up. What stopped it was a Powder Snow attack just in front of it. Then met by two Ember attacks, making the Fearow dive a bit before recovering. Kee still held on for dear life, trying wrangle the two Chewtle from its grasp. But of course, it held on ever tighter, making the poor babies cry. Unforgivable! He tried to dig his own fingernails into the creature's thigh, making it cry out, but still not letting go. In a fit of anger, it did dive back at the group, but tried to drag Kee across the ground.

With Spheal's quick thinking, it used water gun to soften the ground with a good soak. Tyrunt and Houndour went to try to bite the big bird, only to miss. It rose again and turned, swiftly moving over the water. Keenan was now muddy as all hell, and was swiftly tiring. But he was going to save those Pokemon! Hopefully Derek had a plan or something to stop this thing!

The Lycanroc gave it's trainer a rather interesting look. One that made both Kee and Houndour look at each other. Was this really a good idea? But on the bright side..."Wait, Rustboro? I was heading there to challenge a gym!" The blonde flailed a little bit, and was overly excited. But first, he needed to get there, and rest, and shower, and eat. That is, of course, if he could get this guy to take him there. But alas, he just waited. Of course the Aron got hostile. And attacked the rock of doggo. The poor little guy barely did a thing to the fellow rock-type. The guy went into battle with the little Pokemon. But there was something else he needed...a name.

"Soooo I don't mean to distract you...but what's your name?" Then maybe they'll be set. But for now, he just waited patiently with his own doggo sitting beside him again.

The woman decided to help him out, and sent her Rattata off with his Houndour. He was glad that his offer helped out with getting some additional help. The rat of a Pokemon went off just to double check the brush. She did have a quick question for him. "Not usually...most cat Pokemon I've encountered were well behaved." But clearly not this one. They soon found themselves next to a house. Where there was a tree near the window, and they saw the Meowth jump inside the second story open window. So, it did belong to someone. "Rotten people...making their Pokemon do something like that...hey, I hate to ask you, but could you knock on the front door? I may be pretty harmless looking, but I'm still a guy, they'll probably would still be on guard..." It kind of sucked having to ask this delicate and cute girl do something so dangerous. But he was nearby, as was his Houndour.

And he had another plan. Taking out another Pokeball, he released his Sizzilepede. "Hey, you stay quiet, and don't cause a scene. Go up there and check it out. If it's clear let me know, otherwise, stay hidden until it's good for me to climb up." The red bug pokemon crawled up the tree all the way to the nearest branch. There wasn't much gap between it and the open window, and it was easy for Sizzilepede to get inside. Keenan would have to jump in due to his weight likely to snap the branch that far out. But for now, he stayed around the corner of the house, out of sight, hoping to listen to see what the owner of the house said to his new lady friend.

Buying TM/TR: 60 pd
Zweilous learned Dark Pulse

"So it would seem. If you help me out, I'll treat you to dinner? I just want my phone and Pokedex back..." He took out a pokeball and tossed it up. In a burst of light, Houndour appeared. "Pal, a Meowth just stole my phone, track it!" And with that, Houndour latched on to the scent and ran, with Kee close behind. It was kind of ridiculous. A literal game of cats versus dogs. He'd laugh if it wasn't for the fact that he was part of it. Luckily, his Houndour was quite a tracker, and was able to quickly catch up to the cat. Meowth started running again...

It was odd. It looked like it was trying to lose them, but why would it steal a phone? Unless it was packing it as part of its nest, but Meowth didn't do that, they'd rather steal food. Did a trainer own it and was using Meowth as a tool to do petty crimes? He didn't know, and hopefully they'd find out at the end of this chase...

Kee turned around to find only Aimi. He didn't know where Adrian went to, but he thought he saw a glimpse of his helper in the kitchen. Maybe she had something to do with it. Oh well, his priority was Aimi, who threw a pokeball. Out came Sizzilepede. She tried to order it to attack me, but instead, it got angry at her and looked at her threateningly. "Easy there, bud. Just use smokescreen...we got the rest." And so the fire type bug bellowed out an all encompassing smoke. At the snap of his fingers, Grubbin let out her String Shot attack. After opening up some windows, Aimi was wrapped quite well, with only her head and purse untouched. Grubbin joined her buggy partner, and Kee patted both of their heads. Retrieving his pokeballs, he recalled both Pokemon.

Going back to the kitchen, he saw Adrian fast asleep on the floor, with a cookie jar in his hands. Giggling a little, he went off to find some Ducklett Tape. Finding some, he taped the boy up and sat him with his sister. Taking out a sharpie, he drew on both of their faces. Nothing inappropriate, just typical childish things like cat whiskers and stuff. Aimi fumed. Hopefully his helpful partner joined them or was their the entire time. "Thanks by the way. I appreciate it. Ghastly couldn't have picked a better partner to wrap this up." Then he paid attention to the brats. Adrian was just waking up and saw that he was taped up, and his sister was wrapped in sticky threads. "Ok, kiddos. That wasn't cool. If you'd kept trying to give Sizzilipede orders, they'd have attacked you outright. You don't know any of my Pokemon, nor how they would react. What you did was dangerous and reckless. You don't ever mess with someone's Pokemon without permission, or wild ones. Since Adrian was dreaming of cookies when I drew on his face...well, now you know that I did something..." He took a quick picture and showed him what he looked like, also making him even madder, but still ashamed.

Adrian looked at his sister questioningly, and she explained how one of my Pokemon nearly hurt her if I hadn't started commanding it. "Now, I get it, you're probably lonely, and want to spend time with your parents instead. But you got us. If you want to play with my Pokemon, I got four friends that may not mind entertaining you, so long as you're observant and gentle with them." That got them both to look at him with sparkles in their eyes. Grinning nicely, he released Houndour, Tyrunt, Grubbin, and Spheal. The blonde found some scissors, and gently cut them loose without hurting the kids or their clothes. The boy immediately went to his puppy and dinosaur, while the girl went towards the sweet bug and seal. Adrian got a big ball, and took Houndour and Tyrunt outside, while Aimi took to Spheal and Grubbin.

They were easily in areas where they could be supervised easily. For now anyways. "Thanks for the assist, by the way...how did you put Adrian to sleep?" clearly a Pokemon, but what else did she have up her sleeves besides a cool ghost type?

Kee waved it off. He was busy, after all. "Don't worry about it. I'm Keenan...and I got horribly lost out in the wilds...glad to know what route I'm on...um...if you don't mind...can you take me to the nearest town or city after you're done here? My phone died, so I really don't have a way to find myself back to civilization..." Clumsy idiot, but seemed okay. Keenan was embarrassed about saying anything though. Even as the guy dug out some tissues to stuff his bloody nose. His Houndour stiffened and looked back, even as Mattis said something.

Looking back, there was a wild Aron walking by. "Oh, an Aron. My baby bro would love it..." Aaron adored ghost and steel types. He was so happy to get a Honedge. Rustling from above, showed a Zweilous. That was rare. And both heads looked straight at him, then started to go after them aggressively. His Houndour immediately jumped in front of him and used ember. The attack seemed to stop it temporarily, but a blue flame came at them. Kee went to his left, while Houndour went right. The dragon slid down and went after the blonde.

"Houdour, use fire fang!" The dog pokemon charged with glowing red fangs, and bit one of the dragon's legs. And pulled and tossed it away. The hostile pokemon landed on its feet and let out a booming screech, a Hyper Voice attack. The trees shuttered from the sound, and even knocked Kee down on his butt as Houndour cringed and backed off. He used Leer to make Zweilous stop and stand down a little, and lowered its defense some. The dragon rushed forward and hit Houndour twice. But the puppy recovered fast, and used another fire fang, this time latching onto one of the Pokemon's necks. Then tossed it right into a tree. It twitched a little and struggled to get back up.

Kee took out a pokeball and threw it. Now, was he going to get another powerhouse?

capture attempt on Zweilous

Taking it as an open thread.

pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/thread/18606/kitty-rescue-pest-chase-mission

Keenan walked around the place, eyes still a little red from crying that his baby bro was going to leave him for his own direction. But he had to be strong. He was the older brother, he had to be better. Aaron...was already the better trainer, in his eyes. And he had long suspected this was only a way for the youngest Toral to leave the nest. Still, he moped about, until he heard a meow. Looking up, he saw a Meowth...stuck in a tree. He looked around to see if anyone else was around. Nope. Sighing heavily, he started to climb up. Once he was up, he just sat on the same limb as the cat Pokemon. It did come to him slowly.

It even rested its head on his lap a little bit, and purred when Kee tentatively petted it. Then, swift as lightning, it stole his cell phone/pokedex, and jumped down, running like hell. Kee's face turned red as he got angry. Mischievous little shit! He jumped down, started to chase the stupid Pokemon!

The guy yelled about a...Barbaracle? Looking over, he saw the arm of what he assumed was a Pokemon. Soon, he traced the arm to a sleeping thing. Taking out his phone and pokedex, he found out what it was. It was...interesting to say the least. He would have for it if the guy just told him to hold on while he tried his luck. Pouting, Keenan was still a good sport. "Good luck." The guy seemed way too energetic, particularly for one that just faceplanted into the earth. Keenan just sat down on a rock, with Houndour sitting down at his feet.

An Alcremie walked past them, looked at them, then walked on. Completely unperturbed. Keenan just sighed. That type of pokemon looked more like a meal than an actual Pokemon. Not cool at all. So, he just waited to see if this guy caught his cool new rock/water type...

skip spawn

Claiming as an open mission.

pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/thread/18605/doggy-roundup-open-mission