Rolling Time
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85 - 3x Incense - Ettie
31 - 1x Warden's Safari Ticket - El
24 - 3x Move Tutors - Ettie
49 - 5x Pokeballs - Makoto
73 - 2x Type 1 Evolution Candies - Ettie
82 - 3x Gachapon Tickets - El
14 - 2x Shard of Choice - Ettie
70 - 3x tm/tr - Ettie
92 - 2x Salac Berries - Ettie? albeit theyre universal i think
98 - 3x Premium Gachapon Tickets - Ettie
24 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Ettie
46 - 2x Ability Capsules - Makoto
26 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Ettie
30 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Makoto
54 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Makoto
28 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Makoto
71 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Makoto
73 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Makoto
70 - Duplicate, 100 PD - Makoto
55 - Duplicate, 100 PD - El

The brawling primates barely knew what hit them, before a sudden near-deafening buzz filled the air around them. What were previously screams and screeches of rage and combat directed at one another soon turned into cries of confusion and expressed discomfort - the monkey pokemon covering their ears as they glanced around themselves to try and figure out just what in the world was going on. It was only when a passimian spoke up - pointing and hollering at Shalin and her bug-types - that the rest of either group began to turn their attentions onto the trio, and well...

... Shalin might've technically stopped them from fighting each other, but it didn't stop them from fighting. It was clear that they were displeased at a third party interrupting their fight, and as one of the largest passimians in the group - no doubt the leader - let out a hollering call to its troopmates, chaos would break loose. First, it started with a number of the passimians using Fling - they began picking up rocks, branches, handfuls of snow, whatever they could find within easy reach. And once they had something in hand, they'd begin throwing these objects at Flit and Queen Zing!

But that wasn't all - though most of the primeapes lacked the same ranged means that the passimians did, they seemed to have an idea of their own. Two primeapes would grab onto one of their compatriots - and with a heave and a ho, they went so far as to use Seismic Toss in tandem, to turn the third primeape into a living missile aimed in Shalin and Flit's direction! And as this airborne primeape came in close, it'd attempt to Cross Chop on the Yanmega, screeching out an impressive battlecry all the whilst!

However, the passimians and primeapes were not the only pokemon affected by the incessant buzzing of Flit and Queen Zing. As soon as it began, Ettie and Anne couldn't help yelping - their hearing assaulted by a high ringing that grated upon the senses. Ettie whined as she covered her ears the best she could - and Anne, turning around, was ready to drag Ettie with her and simply get out of here...

... But, it would seem that the duo was noticed - for whilst the lycanroc's back was turned and her hearing was compromised, a couple of Primeapes would notice their presences. Crying out in indistinct rage, the two wild pokemon would begin charging the sisters - ready to engage them in fighting!

Present:

Shalin Nariya

A sharpedo, a garchomp, and a vikavolt... Ettie nodded and took a second to think over the named pokemon, as if to try and figure out whether she recognized any of the species names. Didn't Josh mention having one or two of them, at some point...? She'd certainly have to ask him about them sometime!

But, then came the question of Ettie's own pokemon - which had the wildchild perking up. "Ooh... Anne strongest!" Ettie spoke with a nod and a gesture towards the lycanroc in question. Given that Anne was the only fully evolved pokemon in Ettie's pack at present, and that she was more or less built for strength and endurance over speed, it was an easy answer.

"Princess strong, too!" Ettie added as she next gestured towards the Snubbull. Looks were decieving with Princess - not many thought much of her, given that she was an unevolved pokemon, on top of her seemingly-lazy nature. But Princess could pack quite a punch, all things considered - it just took actually motivating her to put it to work!

As for who was the fastest... Well, that was an easy answer, too! "Duchess fastest!" Ettie spoke - pointing towards the electrike. "Josh-friend says... When Duchess grow, Ettie can-ride!" She'd explain, visibly excited at the idea of being able to zip around on the back of a manectric. "And when can-ride, Josh-friend and Ettie race!" She was looking forward to when she'd be able to race against Josh Devlin , really - it sounded like it'd be fun to just see who could go faster; not unlike that of the thrill of the hunt, just minus the actual hunting.

As Bert dove down though, Ruffian - much like before - would attempt to meet the flapple head-on with a tackle of his own. But, he'd find himself tumbling back this time - fatigue from the Leech Seed and the fight as a whole starting to set in. Growling softly to himself, Ruffian would slowly get up onto his feet, panting though bared teeth - but he wasn't done (or at least, he liked to think that,) not yet..! Once he felt steady on his feet, he'd charge forwards at Bert once more - attempting to tackle him in a rough Take Down!

URIAH BLACK

A trading of blows - as the liepard raked her claws over Spot in a passing blow, she in turn was struck with pure concussive force from his Vacuum Wave, sending her stumbling. At first, she made as though to hiss at the lucario - teeth glinting and her back arching partway... But, a thought seemed to pass through the feline's mind, and instead, she let out a plaintive meow in Spot's direction. Oh, poor her - here she thought that she could just find something to fill her belly - she was just so hungry, you know? And prey is so hard, sometimes, for a helpless little thing such as herself... Surely, they wouldn't miss one little Wooloo being absent, would they?

Waltzing closer to Spot, she'd use Attract - looping and trailing her tail up along the lucario's leg, and bunting the top of her head against his chin in a flirtatious fashion. She'd look him in the eye with a smouldering look - purring to him. Perhaps, he could forgive her for her trespass? And maybe even ask his companions to take it easy on her and her poor friends, while he was at it..~

The second liepard was still locked in a wrestling match with Anne meanwhile, fang and claw clashing as they growled at one another. However, with her superior size and overall leaning towards strength, Anne proved to be the one with the upper paw - slamming the dark-type feline into the ground with a snarling Counter! But, her opponent has a trick of his own - claws swiping at the ground to fling dirt into Anne's eyes in a Sand Attack! Blinded, Anne stumbled back and rubbed at her eyes with a paw - growling in irritation - as the liepard took this as his opportunity to slip away from the grapple.

With their superior size, it wasn't hard for the umbreon to throw Ruffian off of them - the pup tumbling briefly before he could right himself. But as soon as he was upright, he would waste no time in slamming into the eeveelution with a Play Rough - not about to let up on his opponent anytime soon! ...

... Except, the umbreon's fangs still dripped with venom - and in the close proximity, it was trivial for the dark-type to bite down onto Ruffian's shoulder, inflicting him with Toxic. Ruffian snarled in response - and as if deciding that two could play at this game, would bite down in turn amidst his Play Rough!

As Julia made the decision to pull out a flashlight though, something seemed strange. Firstly, the light itself - it felt as though it wasn't reaching as far as it should've. Or, perhaps, that it wasn't illuminating things as brightly as it could've. Though the edges to the shapes of the shadowy beasts were more distinct with light on them - even if the shapes themselves were vague, hard to identify as one pokemon over another - there weren't any details to be made out. It was as if the flashlight's batteries were dying, or as if--

-- Suddenly, almost as soon as the light began shining upon the shadows at the edges of the battlefield, something would swoop down at Julia - sharp claws swiping to knock the flashlight out of her hands. A gliscor would glide just overhead of the duo - circling about once, before settling in some open space at the middle of the free-for-all with a wide and toothy expression.

Which, the sight of the pokemon had Ettie making a soft whine in the back of her throat, like that of a nervous pup, huddling against Julia. She was admittedly afraid of bat pokemon - she didn't like them one bit - and this one... Was a bit too close to how some bat pokemon looked for her comfort, it was safe to say. Eyes locked onto the gliscor, Ettie found herself tongue-tied, thoughts stuck on trying to figure out what to do about the pokemon before her.

Which left Duchess and Princess having to decide for themselves on what to do. The electrike would stay behind her adoptive sibling for cover - managing this time to get a proper Howl off, to support her team.

Princess, however, was more than ready to engage the Gliscor - snarling as she charged head-first, preparing to use Crunch -- Only for the Gliscor to use Brick Break in turn, flipping forwards and slamming its tail into Princess, to knock her away!

Julia Davis

Ettie wasn't bothered by the static from the electric-types, safe to say. Even if her hands sometimes jolted or flinched a little from the faint shocks, it was all by pure reflex - and otherwise, she ran her fingers through their fur undaunted as she gave each pokemon a proper greeting and some attention. With how often Ettie handled and played and snuggled with Duchess - which, her Static meant that electricity built up in her fur on the regular - the young wildchild had plenty of time to get used to the things that came with interacting with electric pokemon.

So there was a history to Mauville Gym - particularly over it having been one of the toughest gyms around? Ettie would listen closely as Josh spoke of it, her head cocked as she mulled over the notion of what a particularly difficult gym would look like. Lots of big tough pokemon, she supposed...? Or really tricky challenges? Probably ones that included stuff like reading - Ettie still struggled at that sort of thing, honestly... But, she also couldn't help but wonder... "Is Josh-Gym hard?" Ettie pondered out loud, albeit to noone in particular.

In addition to that, the mention of some person - John - would make Ettie's eyes light up in curiosity. "War hero? What-mean? How-is?" She asked glancing away from the pokemon to look at Josh. What was a war hero? What did this John do to be considered one? She had a vague idea of what 'hero' might mean - she was pretty sure it meant someone who was good, or something like that - but that was about it!

With Saber's consent though (and a nuzzle that made Ettie giggle,) the wildchild would waste no time in hopping up into the saddle - continuing to gently stroke the manectric's neck as she got settled. "Ettie wanna race, when Duchess-big." She'd muse to Saber, as if having a conversation with the electric-type, adding "Ettie-Duchess fast, Josh-Saber fast, fun!"

Though, it seemed that the mention of the saddle would bring up something else - namely, a pokemon named Raikou. The tension in the Josh's voice would make uncertainty flicker across Ettie's face though - did she ask something wrong? Quietly, she shook her head no - she hadn't ever heard of Raikou before, let alone anything about any pokemon who were legendary.

"Ooohhh..." Ettie was visibly awed at Chad apparently being Uriah's strongest pokemon - and really, with the machamp's size and build, she could believe it! Giggling though, she'd glance to the trainer, asking "Who fastest?" She would love to get to know more of his pokemon, really - though it was interesting to see who were the 'leaders' of Uriah's pack!

Meanwhile though, Ruffian would attempt to hang onto Bert with his teeth as the flapple began to ascend - though losing his grip, he'd end up thumping down onto the ground with a frustrated growl. How was he supposed to fight someone who just flies away? Clearly the little dragon had something up his sleeve - but hell if Ruffian knew what!

All he could hope to do for the time being was brace himself, standing his ground as much as the Leech Seed's vines would allow him to. At least it was a chance for him to catch his breath - and perhaps sooner or later, the flapple would come down to resume the fight proper!

URIAH BLACK

It looked like there wasn't any broken skin from Malik's little fight (assuming that a plant pokemon would even need to worry about that sort of thing?) - and at worst, there were just a few bruises and surface-level scrapes. Which, from the sounds of things, some misting from a spray bottle that Toki had would be enough to help jumpstart the healing process. Ettie giggled at the happy wiggles Malik made - and raising a hand, she'd gently scritch the little fomantis. "Malik friend!" She declared with a gentle smile, nodding in response to Toki's comment. "Malik cute!"

As Ettie spent some time befriending the Murkrow though, Toki had a question - namely, on what sorts of pokemon Ettie liked. She'd blink for a second, thinking on the question as she glanced between murkrow and her pack. "Dogs good!" Ettie agreed - though as she thought over an answer, the words were a little tricky to figure out. "Ettie... Like pack! Want big-pack. Want many-friends! Pack... Like home." She spoke, her words slow and careful, as she tried her damndest to articulate herself with her limited vocabulary.

"And... Black-bird pokemon... Friends with pack! Flock find prey. Pack hunt prey. Pack share prey. Flock find more!" A mutually beneficial agreement, to say the least. Sure, scavengers like murkrow could be troublesome - but the idea of an easy meal and safety was a strong appeal for many wild pokemon. And all they needed to do was cooperate and do what they did best, for both pack and flock to go home on full stomachs. Which, speaking of murkrow - the one that Ettie had perched on her arm seemed content enough to stick around, an appraising gaze looking the group over briefly...

... At least, until a CLANG drew everyone's attentions - the sound of metal being struck. The murkrow would take wing to fly up to a nearby branch, watching as Aylin clashed with a weavile - one who looked to have been attempting to swipe some items from the group!

Anne bristled and growled as she protectively stepped closer to Ettie - certainly not trusting the ice-type anywhere near her. However, Toki and Aylin both had it quite handled - being able to fight the weavile off and catch it before it could cause any further trouple. Once more, Ettie giggled and clapped her hands, praising the little tinkatink with a chirped "Good Aylin!" It didn't look like Aylin had gotten hit by anything either, which made it especially impressive! "Protecting good!"

But with that, it looked like Toki was ready to keep moving - and Ettie nodded, hopping up onto Anne's back once more to lead the way down the path to Fortree. "Aylin-Azura watch good!" Ettie agreed with a warm smile, nodding. The older siblings and cousins in Ettie's original pack always looked after the littler ones - and it was not too different from Anne looking after everyone, or Princess keeping an eye out for Duchess! Or perhaps the Houndoom, too? She seemed to be keeping a watchful eye over the group, too, gently nudging Princess with her nose to make sure the Snubbull didn't fall behind.

Skipping Drapion

EXPEDITION TEAM

FAREWELL, MY FREE ADVENTURERS!

CHARACTERS: Callan Young, Josh Devlin, Johanna Joy, Ettie
EXPEDITION #: second
SELECTED PROMPT #s: 10, 17, 20, 21
NOTES:

• Bringing Mega Stones + Z-Crystals + Tera Orbs.
• Not sure if worth noting, but planning on fulfilling 10 by having Ettie meet her doublade + get possessed by it in the Border

Ettie was initially caught off guard by being taken for a ride. She initially had intended to hop off, to avoid burdening Josh and Basil too much - but before she knew it, the leafeon was bounding about without a care in the world! Ettie made a surprised little squeal as she hung on tighter to Josh - but soon began laughing with joy at the rush of the wind around them with each Quick Attack! Was this what it'd feel like, when she'd get to ride on an evolved Duchess? She couldn't wait - she'd show Josh just how fast her packmate could get, in no time!

As Josh extended the offer for Ettie to be allowed to give any of his steeds a try though, Ettie nodded in acknowledgement. She didn't know if there were any that she absolutely had to ride now - she just enjoyed riding along with Josh in general! But it was, nonetheless good to know in the event that one of his pokemon did click with her.

But with the introductions, it seemed that Josh took interest with some of Ettie's pokemon. "Fiery Path?" Ettie questioned, tilting her head - she'd not heard of that place before, let alone been anywhere that might've fit that title. Was it some sort of, say, fiery canyon? Or maybe the aftermath of some rampaging fire-type or a forest fire. She'd seen a forest fire, once, when she was small - bright and blazing and with choking smoke. She never figured out what had started it - but it had forced her pack to move to a new territory, which was what had brought them to the deep wilds around 119 in the first place.

The mentions of Komainu and Ulysses, though, would make Ettie perk up curiously. "Oooh, okay!" She chirped, nodding brightly. Granted, the idea was that Ettie would get to meet Josh's entire pack - so she'd meet them anyways - but getting to see another Houndoom and the form that Pago would eventually take sounded like fun!

Ettie would end up continuing to hitchhike with Josh and Basil though, the pack playing with the Eeveelutions as they moved on to head into the rest of the Gym proper. And here, at one of the first of the Sectors that made up the Gym, Ettie was greeted with the sight of a number of Josh's electric types - including a familiar face! "Saber-friend! Hello!" Ettie greeted with a happy wave towards the Manectric, recognizing him from when Josh had rode the electric hound across the sands in the desert.

Hopping down from Basil's saddle, Ettie would approach to investigate each of the electric-types one by one, smiling warmly as she pet them. "Friends good!" She chirped - and though all four got plenty of attention from the young girl, it was safe to say that she was especially enthused over the two canids of the group. Glancing to Saber in particular though, a curious hue crossed her expression. Gesturing to Saber's saddle, she'd ask the manectric "Can ride?"

Given that Saber was a Manectric - which was what Duchess would evolve into - Ettie figured that she could get an idea of what it'd be like to ride on Duchess, by riding on Saber! But, seeing the saddle that Saber wore, Ettie tilted her head a little - inquisitive. "What-is?" She asked Josh, pointing towards the decorative elements of the saddle. Most of the other saddles lacked the same distinctness - was it because Saber was the packleader alongside Josh, like for her and Anne?

Petalburg Woods was a nice place, even if its proximity to Oldale - and by extension the Silent Icelands - meant that it was quite cold at present. The snow - relatively shallow, yet still an experience Ettie had to get used to - crunched underneath the feet of Ettie and her pack as they moved. Above, the brief flashes of black feathers from Astus and Adrea could be seen - both corvids flitting about, keeping an eye on the pack's surroundings and the path ahead. All was peaceful and quiet thus far - likely due to many of the usual native pokemon having gone into hibernation with the shift in climate.

But all the whilst, Ettie couldn't help but find herself at ease in this place. Though Petalburg Woods was not a rainforest - and though the foliage nowhere quite as thick and lush - the trees that surrounded the pack reminded Ettie of home. Of prowling through the thick of it during a hunt, or exploring whilst patrolling with her family. All it was missing was the smell of earth and moss that would fill Ettie's lungs as she breathed in. Though, it instead was simply filled with the icy chill of winter, something without scent yet so much sensation as it settled heavy in her chest.

That was okay, however. Perhaps things would warm back up, sooner or later - and when it did, she'd be able to truly feel at home out here, so far to the southwest.

But, as Ettie continued to explore through the woods, she noticed something. Namely, that things were... Almost too quiet. As if the pokemon here were absent - or had fallen silent, in the face of some predator lurking in their midst. Certainly, the pack could've very well been the reason - it wasn't like they were being all too subtle about their presence. Although, something didn't seem right here...

... And then, in the distance, she heard a ruckus. Screeching, hooting, hollering - a group of pokemon making enough noise to wake the dead!

The pack was understandably alarmed by this - immediately on guard as they glanced around themselves. What was that? What had happened?! The ruckus only seemed to continue - rising in intensity, until the thumps and scuffles of a battle began to be heard. Ettie and Anne shared a glance, before Ettie turned to the rest of the pack - "Stay! Ettie-Anne look!" - and then moved ahead, looking to investigate the situation.

Which, it was an odd one to say the least. There were two small groups of pokemon here - one Primeapes, the other Passimians - waging battle, squabbling over something that Ettie lacked the context to figure out on her own. Was this a territory dispute? Did these sort of pokemon even keep territories, or were they more nomadic? Was this some sort of hunt gone wrong? Or were they just fighting for the sake of fighting?

Ettie wasn't sure - and glancing to Anne, it seemed that the lycanroc wasn't sure, either. Perhaps, if they just continued to watch, they could figure out what the trouble here was...

An Eevee? Ettie wasn't sure - just cause she'd seen a pokemon before and could recognize it didn't necessarily mean she knew what it was called, so she'd initially shrug. However, as Julie pulled her phone out to browse through the Pokedex, Ettie would stand on her tippy-toes to peek at the screen as well - watching the ranger scroll through the pretty pictures and bring up Umbreon, until... "That?" Ettie questioned, pointing to the picture of an Eevee, grouped with its evolutions. "Ettie... Saw? Ettie think?" It'd been a long time ago (and during a hunting trip where it was the one that got away, Ettie was pretty sure,) but it did seem familiar!

The first liepard's eyes narrowed as she came to realize that her Fake Out had not worked as intended - and the feline, in seeing the charged projectile, would attempt to leap aside to avoid Spot's incoming Aura Sphere. However, what the liepard did not expect was for the projectile to twist about in mid-air, changing trajectory to slam into her side! Struck heavily, she'd yowl as she was sent tumbling - only able to stop her momentum by digging her claws into the ground. Not about to take this lying down though, she'd fling herself forward - claws flashing at blinding speeds as she attempted to dart past Spot and swipe at the lucario with an Aerial Ace!

The second liepard and Anne, meanwhile, would be circling each other - eyes narrowed and fangs bared as they walked slow, steady, paces. They were sizing each other up, watching for the first twitch of weakness, waiting for the perfect time to strike. However, whatever they had been waiting for, Anne would see her opportunity first. As the second liepard heard his companion's yowl, he was distracted for the briefest moment - just long enough for Anne to charge and strike the feline with an Accelrock! The attack sent him stumbling back - though wasting no time, he'd simply tackle into Anne with a Play Rough, sending them both tumbling into a wild wrestling match!

But, amidst the chaos, Ettie and Julia would both arrive on the scene - and the approaching umbreon was intercepted by Ribbon! As the little cutiefly let loose a burst of energy, the dark-type eeveelution would be sent reeling back - looking quite caught off-guard by the sudden interception. But, it was not daunted by this - a noxious-looking fluid beginning to drip from its jaws as it prepared to use Toxic--

-- But before the umbreon could even think of getting close to Ribbon, interference would come in the form of Ruffian charging in, slamming into it with a Take Down!

Ettie whooped in encouragement as she watched her pack fight - cheering them on as her eyes cast acrosst he battlefield. Even if she still displayed that excitable and childish side, there was calculating look in her eyes as she considered how to direct and aid her pack. "Duchess, help-Howl!" In response, the little electrike in question would waste no time in throwing her head back to do just as much...

... But, from somewhere in the shadows, a Dark Pulse would slam into Duchess, drawing a yelp from the electrike as she flinched, interrupted.

Safe to say, Princess did not appreciate this - her eyes snapping in the direction that she believed the Dark Pulse to come from, as she let out a low and enraged snarl in response. And yet, to charge blindly into the shadows would likely be suicide - especially when the barely-seen beasts seemed to be growing in number, and in proximity. . .

Ettie seemed the slighest bit intimidated by this, stepping closer to Julia - and yet, at the same time... "Something... Not-right..." She murmured. Something was weird about this whole situation, and she didn't like it...

Julia Davis

Buying:
1x Tamato Berry (10 PD)

Harvesting:
2x Grepa Berries (+20 PD to Ettie, please!)