Gotta Catch Em' All: Platinum Version (Open!)

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 4 (+1 from posting) Posts: 32

"So TAKE the SHOT"

Palila watched with horror as the spindly 11 year old boy shouted. Marina clung and pleaded, Drake appeared out of the bushes and decided that now was the time to finally start fighting, but he was so ineffective that the man didn't even acknowledge him at all.

And then, they all witnessed murder.
The corpse on the ground was smoldering, letting off a horrible plasma/flesh smell.
Palila felt her stomach flip over, and bile rise up in her mouth.

"If you don't like these kids, we will take them off your hands..."

Palila's first instinct in most emergency situations was to act- breaking down was something to do later. She kept her mouth tightly shut.
Now was not the time for words.

She ran forwards, towards the horrible smell, towards Marina, who seemed to be next in line. Palila could hardly bring herself to look down at Williams corpse. Her brain was not ready for that reality yet.
Feeling as if she was in some kind of numb dream, Palila grabbed onto Marinas uninjured wrist, using Neiths grotle as cover. All her muscles were in overdrive- no pain, seemingly needing no air, maximum strength with every move.
It was the same vice-like grip Marina had just used on William- the same fear in Palilas eyes, if Marina looked at her.
But this time, they knew there was no point in pleading. She yanked Marinas wrist to the side as hard as she could, hopefully pulling Marina onto her feet and having the two of them break into a stumbling run towards the treeline.

As Palilas vision swung around, she was vaguely aware of a pokemon flying near Amy, protecting her, and Kinnies grotle still trying to rouse her trainer. Neith seemed to be shouting at her porygon too, but Tony was standing there like a stunned magicarp. Palila made a note to slap him on the way past to snap him into action. Sophie was nowhere to be seen- stashed away in the bushes.

We are going to die
We are going to die
We need to get away
We are going to die

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 5 (+1 from posting) Posts: 33

Palila was relived to have Marina jolt into action- dragging her the whole way would have been much harder. As it was, she felt as though she was watching herself in third person perspective. She could hardly feel the thump of her feet against the ground, or the breath in her chest. Even the sounds in the scene were dulled, coated in a blanket of shock. They were running, but now they both had their backs to all their enemies.
Palila just hoped that the grotle was still blocking the way.

As the two girls ran for cover past Tony, Palila reached out to smack him in the cheek. At this point in time, she probably didn't even realize she was angry. She did it from a blank face of total serenity. Slapping someone was such a mild form of aggression compared to what they had just witnessed. It was nothing. It was the only thing she could do. It seemed the most logical way to get him to pay attention and run. She vaguely noticed her hand feel tingly from the effort.
If it made him cry, well, that was too bad.

Just a few more steps, and they would be able to dive behind trees or bushes.
From then on, she would let go of Marinas hand and hope that everyone else knew to scatter like rabbits.

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 6 (+1 from posting) Posts: 34

Palila had her back turned as all hell broke loose in the clearing. She heard the cannon firing again, the shouts and screams of grunts, and the roar of not only charizard, but some other horrible monster. She shot a quick glance over her shoulder to make sure nobody was aiming or even looking at her, and then took off into the trees.

She ran towards Jubilife, remembering that had been the plan. Surely a city would be slightly safer than out here.
If nothing else, there are more targets to hit, other than me She thought to herself, and instantly felt sick for having the thought. Some kind of survivors guilt was playing at the edge of her consciousness, but she didn't have the mindspace to think about it.
As she ran, she began to notice noises of the other kids running through the bush too- the easiest ones to hear were heavy footfalls from Renny and Matthias, who were each carrying a girl.
Palila raised her eyebrows, surprised that the unmuscular, unathletic Renny could carry the not exactly waif-like Amy. Equally surprising was that often-on-his-own Matthias was carrying a team Galactic grunt- the same people who looked like they were holding him hostage not long ago.
Well, maybe team Galactic had pumped them both full of powerful growth hormones and empathy or something.
She could also hear Tony, who probably wasn't used to this much running, and Sophie, who seemed to be struggling with her arm but was capable of keeping pace with the main group. The others might have been there, they might not. From where Palila was, she couldn't tell yet.

After an hour of running, they seemed to be slowing down enough.
Perhaps it was time to regroup and see who had made it out.
"How far to Jubilife? Do you think he's chasing after us?"Palila asked nobody in particular, still stuck in short sharp emergency sentences mode.

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 7 (+1 from posting) Posts: 35

Palila had let go of Marinas hand at some point, though she couldn't remember when. As the team sucked in air and Sophie stated they should be in town by nightfall, Palila put her hands on her hips.
What a long route! Even if we hadn't been delayed, I would have thought running for an hour would get us further! She was used to the short and interesting routes of the Alolan islands. This route felt like a marathon to her.

As Sophie detailed her plan, Palila listened for a minute, then spoke up. Strangely, even though they hadn't wanted to split the group on the earlier plan because it could be dangerous, now a split was encouraged. She was not on board.
"Okay, sure, I'd love to book a room with two beds but I can't even book a room for myself yet." She was a little upset that Sophie had forgotten so soon, but forgave it under the stress.
"And secondly, with a terrorist group after us, and a lunatic murderer, shouldn't we go DIRECTLY to the Police? We saw someone - at least one person, probably more- DIE today." She started shaking as soon as she said the word, but continued on trying to be the voice of reason , turning to Amy "You know police procedures- witnessing a murder- we need to go to the authorities, right? They could put out a warrant for that guy? They can see our injuries and hear what happened!"
She looked fearfully out into the trees.
"We can't get caught alone again. Team Galactic isn't going to show up and get in the way. I get that we don't wanna be noticed, but seriously, we need help, guys."

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 8 (+1 from posting) Posts: 36

Palila frowned as Sophie detailed the reasons why they shouldn't go to the police, and Amy backed her up.
"You really think the police are going to think a bunch of kids are going around on a murdering spree, killing their own in the process?" She challenged, then sighed. Nobody had the energy to argue over it, most likely. It was already a distressing time.
"Whatever. But. We need to at LEAST let the professor know- he's trustworthy, right? And going into hiding will change our plans that involve him."
She didn't exactly relish the idea of going shopping with Amy. They didn't have similar style at all, or seem to agree on anything, and Amy probably needed medical attention or something.
"Amy, did you have an asthma attack? Nobody hit you, but you fell over."
She looked around the group, only NOW thinking about injuries people might have sustained.
"Actually, yeah- who else is injured?"

Drake appeared to be having a freak out off to the side of the group.

Matthias spoke up, pointing out that he was alive and had saved a Galactic grunt, Palila shrugged, giving him a dead-eyed stare. When Drake asked what they would do with her, she replied.
"I suppose she won't be able to go to the Police either, huh." She looked over at the grunt, who had brightly coloured hair.
"Welcome to this horrible adventure."
She introduced herself, tone still flat. "I'm Rae."

Drake had apparently swapped freakout duties for Renny, who also went off to the side of the group screaming.

What a long, long day this was going to be.

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 9 (-5 to catch, +1 from posting) Posts: 37

Palila listened to Amy talk about her panic attack and how she was soothed by clothes. It seemed strange at first, but Palila thought about herself and realised that she would love to go skating and forget about the world for a while, so maybe being around clothes was the same sort of thing.
Marina seemed shaky, but still reasonable. Palila wondered why she was so concerned about burn heals, and had a niggling feeling she was forgetting something. The thought was knocked from her mind by the sound of screeching zubats.

She ducked, and wove a little. No zubats came her way.
She nearly got bowled over by a bidoof, though.
"Not you again!" Palila shouted, and swung a kick at the creature. It stopped in its hasty retreat to flatten its ears against its head and growl.
"Dude! You're gonna get left behind if you don't keep running!" Palila pointed in the direction the other Pokemon were running, but the Bidoof seemed ready to do battle instead. She remembered the injured pokemon and the monsters behind them.
Palila reached into her hoodie pocket and pulled out an empty Pokeball, rolling her eyes.
"You're an idiot. Get in here." She lobbed the pokeball at the bidoof.

Pokémon trying to catch: Bidoof
Pokémon using: ---
Point Requirement: 5
Item Being Used/Quantity: 1 Pokeball
Item Effects: Catches a Pokemon
Points On Hand: 9
Points After: 4

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Route 203
Team: Dartrix (13/25) Staravia (9/17) Prinlup (0/25) Wingull (0/25) Bidoof (0/5)
Partner Pokemon:
Items: 2x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 4 (+1 from posting) Posts: 38

Now that she'd dealt with that bidoof, Palila turned to the rest of the group, who were in various stages of disarray or distress. Palila felt a little silly not having realized the grunt gal was asleep, but shrugged it off. When she woke up and kicked Drake in the stomach, Palila felt her respect for her rise.
Drake explained that the team had a medic, and then Marina stepped forwards. Well, that was a little confusing. Marina was new, so she didn't know everyone yet. Marina had heard about the team roles before though, so Palila stepped forwards to set her straight.

"The 'medic' he's talking about is not you, it's Tonybones over there- " She pointed over towards Tony "- but he's not fully trained. Or, possibly, not really trained much at all. I doubt he can recognize or fix anything more serious than a Beedrill sting." She hadn't seen Tony do anything helpful recently, and was harboring some pretty strong anger towards him for not helping in the fight against the Charizard.
Actually, she was just in a terrible mood towards everyone.
She levelled her gaze at Marina, her tone bitter.
"If you want to take the T-mans ONE job, fine, but at least teach him how to fight instead so he can be of some use to us in this ridiculous renegade future."
She made sure her voice was loud enough so that Tony could hear what was said.