Vanilla laughed a little at the sheer coincidence of the two of them meeting up here after what they had both gone through. Though a little pained, she was still lively as ever. Perhaps just a bit tired? Regardless, the teen would nod her head along at his introduction. Isaac likely could put two and two together, but even when turning down an offer to repay him for his acts, Vanilla was a stubborn one. it was her father's greatest trait, or so her mother had always said.

His offer to repay him by training with him was just the energy boost that the tiny girl needed. Her lethargy was suddenly warded off as Vanilla adjusted her seat in the wheelchair. "Deal!" she grinned up at Isaac. "I was going to just practice with targets and such, but seeing as how you wanna train together..." Her grin only lengthened into a grand hopeful gaze, casting its way towards Isaac.

"Do you wanna have a Pokémon battle with me? It'll be a really quick spar!"

Vanilla leaned right out of her wheelchair, bouncing up and down in anticipation. She had spent a while in the hospital doing nothing all day, so any chance at really doing anything trainer related was a godsend. As Vanilla pumped herself up, she'd cough again, a bit more hoarse this time.

Isaac Merlo

• player/ooc name: Junkohz
• character tags: Vanilla Kingsley , soyeon kwan , Ashley Langford , Vyce Crowley , yuki hanakata , vee loxley
• dropped characters' tags (if applicable): Sylvia Cousteau
• ic posts for characters:

Vanilla is redeeming...

• INFAMOUS (50 PD) - Reach 100 infamy with your character | Look at my fame counter!
• HAUNTED (50 PD) - Catch 5 ghost-typed pokemon | Vanilla PC | Vanilla caught: Bramblin, Sinistea, Charcadet, Spiritomb, Drakloak
• IS THIS A PIDGEY? (50 PD) - Catch 5 flying-typed pokemon | Vanilla PC | Vanilla caught: Rookidee, Altaria, Murkrow, Crawmorant, Skarmoray
• DEEP DARK FANTASY (50 PD) - Catch 5 dark-typed pokemon | Vanilla PC | Vanilla caught: Morpeko, Bisharp, Honchkrow, Drapion, Umbreon
• MINDFREAK (50 PD) - Catch 5 psychic-typed pokemon | Vanilla PC | Vanilla caught: Slowbro, Musharna, Eggsecute, Kadabra, Reuniclus
• QUICK BADGE - Be awarded the badge by the gym leader, JOSH DEVLIN | Vanilla vs Josh Devlin Gym Challenge

Please display all on my profile!

The wind was howling at the speed Cauli was going. She was in second now, but the surge of air passed them would come in the form of Ace on his Salamance. He beat her to the end of the race, but behind him came Hosh and his Altaria. It was now neck and neck, gym leader versus challenger! He inched ever so closer while both of them crossed the finish line together. It was close enough that it would be up to a photo finish to decide the winner. The teen departed from her Altaria, the rush still coursing through her veins.

"Ohmygodthatwassointense, thanksforhavingme! Ican'treallyrfeelmyhandsandhowlongwasthat?" Vanilla was giddy, having to hold onto Cauli as she'd be bouncing up and down, trying to wear the adrenaline off. The footage was being prepared as Vanilla and Josh waited. Her eyes locked onto that badge, eyes swimming full of hope. Could she have won on her first try? All it would take was a little luck and trust in Cauli's skill. The video was prepared and the times were shown....

"I did it!" Vanilla cheered, hopping up and down as she hugged her Altaria. The drained but gleeful Pokemon cried in glory while its wings fell on top of Vanilla's back. Josh came over and congratulated her on the win, dropping the bedge in her hands. The challenger looked at it in awe, then smiled back at the gym leader once he mentioned being pinned as the champions inside of the gym. So it was kind of like Navy's then?

Vanilla pocketed the badge and then stood before Josh. "Actually if you don't mind, would you mind if we raced more one day? It would be an honor to fly or ride with the Josh Devlin!" Her eyes showcased her newfound enjoyment of racing. That glimmer of awakening, tasting the sweetest dish for the first time in what was likely ages. "Only if you wanted to, though."

Josh Devlin

As Vanilla sat on the floor, trying to work her way through the pain as she'd breathe in and out while trying to work through the brief snippets on pain. Her head looked up as she saw a familiar face of the man that had rescued her and Ribbon from their certain demise. The Sylveon chirped at seeing the man, wiggling its tassles alongside a friendly cry. "It's you..." Vanilla said, slowly clutching her way back up onto her two feet again. One hand used the seat of the wheelchair as leverage to slowly forced herself back up to her two feet. Once she knew that she could make the fall, Vanilla plopped down with a relieved sigh. "What are you doing here?"

She looked pretty worse for wear, though extremely lucked to have survived what she did. Her skin was a tad more pale, alongside her torso being wrapped in bandages and such from the explosion at the peak of the volcano. Her right leg was in a green colored cast, complimenting her blue eyes and aquamarine hospital gown. A stray cough escaped from her before she could beam up at her savior, though hoping that he wasn't going to up and take her back to her room. "I'm sorry, I never got to introduce myself on that mission. I'm Vanilla. And yes, it's my real name." She looked back to her party, leaning backwards as the drugs were beginning to work their magic.

"Thanks for-" She let out a wheezy cough, spitting out some reddened phlegm on the ground. "Thanks for rescuing me at the volcano again. The doctors said that I was lucky to stabilize...whatever that meant. But if I took the full brunt of that Tera Blast...Anyway, thank you. I wish there was someway I could repay you." Vanilla smiled weakly, as Ribbon chirped happily again. She remembered Isaac just as clearly as her owner. Her eyes fell onto her party, who would all look up at Isaac.

"I was here to work on our training for the gym challenge. Even if the doctors don't want me out of bed, I can't let these guys fall out of practice. It's just...hard with my injuries."

Isaac Merlo

With the end of the summer challenger season coming to a close, sign ups for the next few gym challenges had been full for the next few weeks or so. Even if Vanilla was still recovering from the events of not one but two outings where she was harmed, the teenager was still out and about working on her team. The trainer had snuck out of the hospital with her team and was slowly making her way towards the Ever Grande training grounds where other trainers were busy doing the exact same thing. Granted, nobody was wearing a hospital gown and in a wheelchair while read in the face, but Vanilla would pushed herself off and onto her feet. Pain shot through her body as she wobbled, gritting her teeth together. "G-Gimme a private area, please..."

After a long winded talk and managing to talk her way out of having the police called on her, Vanilla was unlucky with getting a private area and had to settle for a normal one, alongside other people that occasionally stared. All of what she needed was around the area, neatly arranged alongside the other people. She called out her Pokemon, those being her Machamp, Sylveon, Drapion, Altaria and Drakloak. All of which would help arrange stuff that they would need to go over training exercises. Vanilla helped, having dragged a wooden target across the field for target practice. During this, she tripped as part of her knee would flare up in pain again. She fell onto her knees again, feeling the pain shoot up her body while wincing to herself.

"C-Come on, get up..." Vanilla Her hands dipped into her bag slung across her shoulder, pulling out a pill bottle and downing two painkillers before laying there, waiting for them to go into effect. Her Pokemon slowly crowded around her as the teen tried to catch her breath and slowly crawl back into her wheelchair...that was across the area. Other people watched, either in disbelief or concern, though she didn't care much about it. Humiliation and her were well acquainted given her ridicule about her baking skills.

Isaac Merlo

Isaac Merlo & Vanilla Kingsley

Sure, Isaac's known Vanilla for only one mission or so, but the girl's a bit of a trooper as her track record shows!

Although She's still young and green to the hostile world of Hoenn, the girl never says away from any type of challenge or fight. Vanilla came from Hoenn close to a year ago in search for her father, a former Ranger Captain that went missing years ago. She's inherited his stubbornness and is deadset on finding him, even if naive.

I could see her and Isaac getting along well! They share a lot of the same characteristics and she definitely would ask for his help to become a better battler. More stuff they share hobbies with could be exploration and gardening. Vanilla's a good cook as well, so if he ever needs a hearty meal, she can totally provide!

It took Vanilla a bit to stand back up from being knocked down for a bit, though helped somewhat by

The massive Charizard is bombarded by every little attack that its new typing would be weak to, significantly damaging it in the process. Yet as the dust settled, it would throw out one last desperation move while utilizing the full power of the terra crystals surrounding it. A fine dust begins to be picked up in the air, as a dark blue is able to be seen coming off of the fire type. It's power radiating from it is massive, and this attack is going to hurt if it lands. Her SYLVEON, meanwhile, continued to attack the Charizard as it would launch another MOONBLAST at the enemy.

As the crystals started growing brighter and brighter, it became very evident that the worst was yet to come. She had to get Ribbon out of there before things became unsalvageable. "I can't lose you too, Ribbon. Let's get you back in your ball." Her hand reached for Sylveon's Pokeball, but only found a void where it normally was.

"Huh?!"

She looked down to confirm that the Pokeball wasn't there and cursed to herself. "Nonononono..." she said to herself, eyes looking all around the ground for the capsule. No shiny red balls within the nearby vicinity. It clicked in her head about what must have happened when she fell. "Damn it, I must have dropped it. But with much the ground's shaking, it could be anywhere!"

Panick erupted in her system as she whistled for Sylveon. "To me!" The Sylveon spun around and looked at her trainer in confusion before bounding over quickly. Unfortunately, the blast was much too near. The energy coming from the Charizard was far too great to ignore. Ribbon wasn't going to make it to her in time. Panicking, the girl did the only thing she could as the blast was coming. The Charizard unleashed its Tera Blast as the energy would close in behind the Sylveon.

Her feet moved before her mind could register. Vanilla was in no shape to take off into a dead sprint, but it's what had happened. Nothing else mattered in that moment. Just somebody desperate to not lose another member of the family in her life. In an instant, Vanilla dove towards Ribbon, embracing the Sylveon in her arms. As they fell to the ground, she turned to face away from the incoming TERA BLAST, shielding the Sylveon with her body as the blast encapsuled them both...

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TL;DR:
↳ Still overheated
↳ Vanilla's SYLVEON uses MOONBLAST on the Charizard
↳ She loses Ribbon's Pokeball and is unable to call her back in time to save her from the Tera Blast
↳ Vanilla dives forward and covers Ribbon, sacrificing her own health to save the Sylveon
↳ ( With OOC permission, opting into the failure roll )

With some trickery and fancy flying, Vanilla and Josh were neck and neck for third place. They comitted to the S-turn as the challenger would look over at the gym leader, her mega evolved Altaria keeping its wings to the sides while cutting the corner as much as possible. She was smiling, her hair blowing in the wind as she laughed. "Woohoo!" They went back and forth onto who could overcome the other before Josh's Altaria would scratch on the ground in order to slow down long enough to regain altitude. The two of them surged forward, overtaking them both as Vanilla now placed in second. With the final obstacle coming itm it was down to the wire. Anything could happen in these past few seconds! "Keep on going, Cauli! We're almost home-"

Her voice faltered as the mega evolution wore off. her trump card had run out at the worst possible moment. Her Altaria would shrink back down into her usual form, looking up at her trainer as Vanilla cursed to herself. She leaned down as did Cauli, as Vanilla pointed forward. "Full steam ahead! We can still win this!" The Altaria let out a shrill shriek of angreement as they dove towards the finish line.

Josh Devlin

"Agh!" Vanilla yelped as one of the Glimmora's MORTAL SPINS can impacted her, scratching her arm as she was pushed back onto the ground. It sadly ricocheted over towards her ALTARIA and would share the same fate. Once the Pokemon were dealt with, Vanilla groaned and felt her body lag behind whatever movements she wanted to make. "Ugh, l-lucky shot..." It was like a culmination of every bad feeling condensed into one feeling. Her movement was slow coming up from the ground to push herself onto her rear, but Vanilla is able to move around somewhat, albeit pained. Cauli remains mostly the same, coming over to check on her trainer some as she put on a brave face. She thought back to when Thomas Benoit was able to pull out an antidote for the Nhilego poison back in Ultra Space, but now? Maybe not. But for Cauli, she recalled an option. "Cauli, REFRESH."

The Altaria would puff itself up, shaking its plumes as the poison effect would wear off from itself, which at least put some worry out of the girl's mind. She looked up at the approaching DESIREE BLOOMS with worry in her eyes and tried to at least offer some kind of way to ease her stress. "Ah-I'm fine, Desiree. R-Really." The pink Pokemon that sat in her lap made the girl looked down and come face to face with the Hatterene as it would use HEALING PULSE on her. She was filled with a comforting warmth, although it remained yet to be seen if it would have any effect. "Thanks, Hatterene." She had collected enough of herself to slowly force herself back onto two legs again.

Still, the teen pushed on with everyone else, just at a slower pace. Everyone wandered closer until they came across another gruesome sight. There was a small field of herbs that Vanilla had thought as familiar looking. She recalled seeing them one some advertisements for cooking things, although wasn't familiar enough to pinpoint what they could be used for. Not like she could at the moment, as she held the Hattrene in one hand and slowly moved towards the bowl with everyone else. Or tried to. The poison had ebbed and flowed in severity, as she stumbled and clutched her stomach in pain. She fell to her knees as another wave of illness washed over her. Not wanting to get in the way, she crawled over to the cliffside and put her back against the wall to prop herself up and scout out over the horizon for anything of note.

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TL;DR:
↳ The GLIMMORA'S attacks harm Vanilla and her Altaria, badly poisoning them.
↳ Cauli uses REFRESH to cleanse itself of its poison, though Vanilla is still badly poisoned.
↳ DESIREE BLOOMS 's HATTERENE attempts to use HEAL PULSE in order to try and nullify the poison.
↳ She tries to wander closer towards the Megalopolan and the bowl but stumbled and fell
↳ Vanilla made her way closer to the cliff to rest and look at the horizon while still suffering from the poison.

"Atta boy, Chum!" Vanilla called out for the smaller horde of Pokemon crashing against the larger one. But the celebration was short lived once the Eternatus slipped through the cracks of the Wishiwashi and slammed its body against the walls arena of the sea as a cloud of toxic debris began to spread. Vanilla felt Tsubaki's arm tug her away as she recalled Chum and then followed the woman to wherever she was swimming to.

"Where?! We've got nowhere to go to besides swimming back up! And we're like a million leagues down!" Vanilla said before Tsubaki brought her close and whistled to her Gengar. The ghost type would open its mouth as the child still stood confused. But it wasn't until she was told to close her eyes that Vanilla hugged Tsubaki's side and closed her eyes, bracing herself for the warp. As the Gengar closed its mouth on them, they were warped out to safety.

Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki