Johanna found some comfort in Megan Whitmore’s presence. Admittedly she would have preferred the woman wasn’t here, but by now it seemed she had no choice to accept that whenever she would find herself in situations like these then Megan would accompany her.

And luckily so as Megan’s Pokemon summoned a WIDE GUARD and provided some momentary relief from the burden of fear that slammed down upon her shoulders.

Unfortunately it did not last.

Johanna fell to her knees, hands fingers digging into the ground as the fear tensed her. Claydol too found itself on the ground. Both were burdened by Ting-Lu’s fear.

Before either of them managed to overcome it, if they did. A pulse of power halted their heartbeats for just a moment before they were sucked into the Rusted Sword.

When Johanna next opened her eyes she found herself in a place of terror. She recognized it as Wyndon Stadion. She had visited it once or twice as a spectator. But it seemed Necrozma had had its way with it.

But for a moment the where and why did not occupy her mind at all. No, for a moment she felt the lingering fear tearing at her nervous system, demanding her to curl up into a fetal position and cry. But she did not listen, she took deep breaths, tried to ground herself in what she could see.

And what she could see suddenly grew tenfold more reassuring as Megan came to her unhurt.

Megan’s squeezing and a few more breaths finally grounded her enough to reply. “Y-Yeah. I am fine.” She sent Megan a reassuring smile. “How about you?” A pang of worry in her voice.

Meanwhile Claydol had come to it. It had realized that they were in a compromised position and so began to gather EXTRASENSORY power, ready to fire it at the first hostile that would target either Johanna or Megan.

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TLDR:
- Is sucked into the Sword.
- wakes up. Has to deal with the lingering Fear.
- Is approached by Megan, assures her that she is alright and checks Megan's status.
- Claydol prepares to EXTRASENSORY the next hostile enemy that would attack them.

Once again she had to fight. Once again she had preferred not to. But her position as Gym Leader had pulled her into this fight for the sake of Hoenn. And for the first time she did not mind.

Modest combat gear clad her body. Communications device in her ear, her long blue hair braided into their usual twin tails. Like many others she stared down at the battle between guardian dog and evil entity alongside her Pokémon partner, a claydol floating by her side.

As the strange beast raises its vessel and lets its fear inducing reverberations ring out. She feels panic gripping her chest.

“We need to do something, and quick. HYPER BEAM on that one!” She points toward the TING-LU.

Claydol is quick to obliged, sending a beam of obliterating energy toward Ruinous beast.

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TLDR:
- Johanna watches the battle for a moment.
- Johanna commands her Claydol to help defeat the Ting-Lu
- Claydol fires a HYPER BEAM at Ting-Lu

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The crowd loved the waving back. They loved Andrea for what she inspired them to be. And responded in kind with cheering.

The battle began.

Shiinotic took to the field. It watched as the Hydreigon worked itself up into what seemed like a Frenzy to the calm fungi.

Shiinotic figured it would help calm the Hydreigon down. And so with a little shaking of its mushroom head it send a wave of SLEEP POWDER toward the Hydreigon.

The Dragon Rush did not connect. The Mankey leapt away, only to take the Aegislash’s Shadow Claw.

The momentary distraction was enough for Trevenant to catch the Aegislash with a Shadow Claw of its own, dragging it down to the ground after having dealt considerable damage.

Then the Mankey jumped upon it ailing Close combat upon its ghostly body. Not that it touched it all that much. Still, one more attack from a typing it wasn’t immune to, and Aegislash wouldn’t be floating any further.

A moment's fright washed over the Dragapult seeing its friend being downed like this. It was quick to send a torrent of FLAMETHROWER just above the downed companion, hoping to push both opponents away from the Aegislash.

Things devolved quickly.

Ettie ran, Nikita followed.

Leaving behind Johanna and the gang alongside an Alakazam. While Nikita would go searching for the wild child. Johanna would do her utmost to make sure that no Pokémon with evil intent would get past her.

And that was about to be the end of the tale. Had Nikita’s Alakazam not created a quick shield within the predator’s mouth, growing it until the deadly jaw could handle no more.

“Thank you.” She beamed the Alakazam with a relieved smile as the battles continued around them.

Her pack keeps fighting to the best of their abilities, with well timed attacks one after the other.

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Nikita Sokolov Ettie

Seeing Ettie caught in the bubble reminded Johanna of the few times where she’d visit the PokéCenters and watch them take care of wild ferocious Pokémon brought in by well meaning trainers.

Still, Ettie’s Pokémon were looking to her for help. And so she walked closer. Nikita quickly pointed out the problem. And it was one she had feared might happen. She put on her best reassuring smile as she turned to the Pokémon and said. “It’s going to be okay, we can fix this. Don’t worry.”

And so both trainers would begin… or they would have had the other group of Sharpedo not crashed through the tunnel’s gap.

Johanna’s Pokémon were quick to jump into action. Coordinating their attacks as best they could, almost as if they had trained it so. Marshadow leads with DRAIN PUNCH, before Gengar would slam in with a Shadow Punch, before it all culminating with Claydol trying to push the lot back with huge rocks of ANCIENT POWER.

Unfortunately Johanna had turned her gaze away for a moment, to look at the battle leaving Ettie to escape if she desired to do so.



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Nikita Sokolov Ettie

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND ANYONE IN BETWEEN!” The Jester walked onto the battlefield as he called the attention of the crowd seated around the circus arena.

“IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I CAN ANNOUNCE THAT THE QUEEN OF JOYLAND, JOHANNA JOY, HAS GRACIOUSLY OFFERED US YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO WHAT IS SURELY GOING TO BE A SPECTACULAR MATCH.”

The spotlight moved to the entrance corner from which the Blue haired Jester Queen, adorned with a playful but tasteful jester-queen costume waltzed out, waving at all who had come to see her.

Excited cheers followed her with each wave of her hand.

Alongside the Gym Leader a cheerful Mushroom hop and skipped along, waving equally as excited.

“BUT WE CAN’T HAVE A BATTLE WITHOUT A CHALLENGER. A POKÉMON COSPLAYER WELL KNOWN IN THE WORLD OF POKÉMON CONTESTS, BOASTING MORE THAN A HUNDRED FOLLOWERS. IT’S NONE OTHER THAN Andrea Vaneau”

The spotlight follows the trainer as she would make her way to her position. Along the way she would be bombarded with excited cheering from the onlookers.

“The rules for Today’s match are simple.” No longer required to build hype, the jester-announcer allowed the microphone to carry his voice in a more normal manner. “It’s a traditional One vs One, first to knock out the other wins. Forfeiting is allowed, but where is the fun in that? First move goes to the challenger”

“And with that.” He looked from one challenger to the other making sure both had summoned their respective Pokémon (One Shiinotic and one Hydreigon)

“Let the battle begin.”

And the Jester disappeared in a fantastical display of wizardry and showmanship.

One opponent down. Crushed beneath the smack of a hammer. But it fought bravely.

Johanna gazed at the trainer for a moment, taking in his reaction to the knock-out. She gave him a silent approving nod, one that he might not have noticed.

Back to the battle. Nidqueen came charging with SUPERPOWER enhancing its body. Closing the distance quickly as it lashed out. And this was where Tinkaton found the hammer to be unwieldy. It was not as much of a close range weapon as one might think.

And so with one lucky strike the Nidoqueen managed to slam down upon its foe, knocking out the Tinkaton and winning the match.

To this even Johanna found herself baffled. Pondering if perhaps for a moment the Nidoqueen had found some hidden power within itself at the sight of the Zoroark’s defeat.

Whether that was the case or not, mattered little as the Tinkaton was pulled into its Pokéball. She gave the trainer a round of applause, and so did those few souls that had been watching. She then proceeded to walk over to him, badge in the palm of her hand. She extended it to him alongside a few words.

“Congratulations, here, for a well deserved victory. But most important of all. I hope you had fun!”

A light snicker escaped Johanna, before she gave a solid acknowledging nod in response.

“Yeah, let’s do that.” And so she put her foot forward and began to walk.

“So, what do you want to talk about?” There were a few big topics that came to mind but she would let Megan decide what she felt comfortable digging into.




MISSION:BOND BRIDGE
LOCATION: Route 121

She gave him an empathetic look when he seemed completely baffled by her statement. The people around them moved on, moved past them as they were holding up the queue.

He staggered backward as he proclaimed disbelief. Her smile faded mildly as a familiar annoyance made way for a brief moment. It hadn’t been the first time she had heard such words uttered.

“Yes… Yes I am.” She tried to put the pep back in her voice. “I know the hair doesn’t exactly scream JOY, but I am a Joy, born and raised by Edith Joy.”

She paused, something clicked in her mind, the words that he had spoken.

“Wait, are you a Joy as well?” Her voice almost stuttered as the question left her mouth. She figured there might’ve been a cousin or two out there. But nothing like those Andersons that seemed to spawn a new member of the family every month.

Johanna watched with glee as Ettie’s group got to take their turn.

First up was Ettie. She showed surprising strength as she hit the target. Johanna gave a proud applause as she said. “Yeah that’s pretty good!” Her words were honest, her smile bright.

And then she turned her attention to the four-legged friend intent on trying. Alas it’s first attempt seemed to do barely anything. But then, using its wits it found itself landing harder on the target with a good old TAKE DOWN.

The indicator shot up like a rocket. The Bell rung loud and clear with its satisfying DING.

Johanna gave a round of applause once more. But then noticed the daze the Pokémon was in. “Are you okay?” She moved over to kneel by Ruffian’s side intent on checking the health of the little pup.

OOC: Feel free to pick any generic Carnival rides and or games to visit in this area, if you want Ettie to immediately try stuff.
LOCATION: EVER GRANDE CITY -> JOYLAND
MISSION: VACATION TIME

All hell broke loose. A mild statement for sure. Johanna watched with worry as Ettie jumped into the fray upon one of the Sharpedo that had found passage past her barrier.

But before Johanna could even formulate a plan, their companion Nikita had joined in to help with an Alakazam.

But Sharpedo hadn’t been alone, Veluza had followed along. It was time for the creature that had been hiding in Johanna’s shadow to make an appearance. A tiny figure jumped up, fist crackling with lightning quickly meeting with the fishy predator, knocking it out.

“Thanks.” Johanna would quickly acknowledge the Marshadow’s efforts before turning to Ettie and Nikita with a worried look, her gaze asking the question ‘is Ettie okay’ even if she did not want to give voice and weight to her concerns. Because she already knew the answer.



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Nikita Sokolov Ettie