{RP} The S.S. Wishmaker - Tides of Witchcraft

[Noblejanobii]

Avery Miller (They/Them)
Battling Arena Waiting Room
Affected RP'ers: @Neo Emolga @Desolate Divine @Chakramaster

Jimmy's new friend was quick to introduce himself to Avery, much to the coordinator's surprise. They hadn't been expecting that of all things. Avery looked at Jimmy. "A Jirachi? How long have you had one of these?" They crossed their arms. "We could've wished ourselves back human with this little guy's help." Avery watched as Jirachi flew around them and introduced himself. They offered a smile and nodded. "Pleasure to meet you, Jirachi. I'm Avery Miller." As the coordinator exchanged their greeting with the wishgranter, they noticed Cassandra start to be escorted off towards the battlefield. Guess it was time for them to get a move on too.

“See you on the battlefield, Avery!” Cassandra said with a confident smile as she and Victini waved. “Good luck, I’m not going to make this easy for you!”

Avery laughed and waved back. "The same goes for you!" they called back. Looking at Jimmy, Avery shrugged a little. "You'll have to elaborate on your little secret wishmaker later. I've got to get on the battlefield." Following after another attendant, Avery was escorted towards the arena down a different hallway.

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Avery Miller (They/Them)
Battling Arena

Avery waited at the end of the hallway where the large metal doors stood shut, waiting for the audience to get seated before the battle began. By now, Avery had released their team to discuss strategy with them. Even without her witchcraft, Cassandra was still a formidable foe, that much they wouldn't doubt. This was doubly so due to Avery's overall lack of any sort of advantage against her team.

"We're going to have to brute force this," Avery explained as they leaned up against the hallway wall. "Only one of you has any sort of advantage on Cassandra's team just by sheer coverage moves, and that's assuming we even make it to that Pokémon." They sighed and began to count down on their fingers. "Mint, I'm going to have you take on Espeon. Espeon isn't a very defensive Pokémon if my memory is correct, so the combination of Body Slam and Mega Kick from you should hopefully make sure work of it. You'll just have to take advantage of your rolling to ensure you can close distance between you and the Espeon, since they're known to be ranged attackers."

The dubwool looked uncertain and shrunk down a little. "Dubwool dub dub?" (You really think I can do it?) she asked meekly. "Dubwool dubwool. Dubwool dub wool?" (I don't have much battling experience. What if I mess it up?)

Avery knelt down and gently pet Mint. "Don't you worry about it," they responded, "Just do the best you can. If you lose, then we'll make due. But if you win, then go as far as you can. I'd love to use you against Hatterene too but if she sends out Ninetales against you it's going to be a very difficult fight for you. Your ability makes any attack from her pretty much an assured knock out. But that's okay, because I have a plan for that too. So just focus on winning against Espeon okay? And if you lose, we'll still love you regardless."

Mint grew a bit teary eyed and bleating, unable to produce any real words due to how touched she felt at Avery's words of encouragement. The coordinator chuckled before looking at Knautia. "I plan to have you go up against her Ninetales. Other than Acacia, you're the only member of the team without a weakness to Ninetales' fire type attacks, and since you're more of a physical attacker, I figure that'll be better against Ninetales."

"Zeb. Zebstrika!" (Right, boss. You can count on me!) he said confidently.

Avery then looked at Daybreak. "You're the best shot against the Hatterne, assuming we make it that far. Plus you'll have some resistance to Ninetales' attacks if Knautia goes down before we can finish her off. If anyone can clench the victory, it'll be you."

Daybreak snorted and held his head high in the air. "Rapidash. Ra ra ra rapidash," (Naturally. I'll ensure we are victorious,) he responded.

Avery nodded before hearing the announcer give the mark that the battle was about to start. "Well, it's almost time. Let's do this." They quickly returned all of their team except for Gloria to their Pokéballs. Helping the Shaymin onto their shoulder, Avery watched as the doors swung open. Avery strode out with a smile on their face, waving along with Gloria to all the people in the arena. They weren't sure if that meant anything in the battling scene, but it was very typical in the contest circuits. As they made their way to their mark on the battlefield, Avery looked across and spotted Cassandra. They waved before giving a slight bow towards her, as if to indicate that this was an honor, and it was to many degrees.

This battle meant a change in fate for them both. For Cassandra it was something of self discovery, while for Avery, it was tested to see if the battle circuit was something they really wanted to do long term. This was a new beginning for them both.