Gotta Catch Em' All: Blizzard Blue Version (Open!)

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 11
Points: 20


Brandon listened as Meghan agreed that they should go along to Lavender town and clear their names, but was then shocked that Meghan said she was going to split up from the group and go after the device on her own. This concerned Brandon gravelly, that sounded like a mission that would be difficult for a whole team to accomplish, let alone a 1 person team. It sounded like a sucide mission to do it by ones self. Brandon shook his head slightly, then he looked at Meghan and said "Meghan, you shouldn't go out there alone, it is too dangerous, even if you managed to sneak past every check point, how are you going to retrieve the device? It is bound to be heavily guarded, who knows who... Or what might guarding it. If you had your main team with you I would say you might be ok, but right now you are working off of a back up team that is far less strong and much less experienced. It is simply not safe to try and do such a mission by yourself. It seems like a sucide mission to me. I am not and can not stop you from going, however, I believe if you are going to go, you shouldn't go alone. If you want, I will go with you. My primary team was much less injuried and I have still got quite a few battle experienced pokemon with me, they are strong and can handle a fight. If you want me to, I will go with you and aid you on your mission. I still believe we should ALL go to lavender town, but I just can't feel comfortable with you doing this yourself. If you won't come with us and don't want to do it alone and you want help, just say the word and I will help you with your mission."

Brandon really really wanted to go to Lavender town, he thought going after the device seemed like a REALLY bad and dangerous idea, but he just couldn't stand to see Meg go on this highly dangerous mission without atleast offering his assistance.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 10
Points: 21

Rose also voiced her concern for Meghan's wanting to go alone. Meghan quickly spoke up saying that she couldn't let us go with her but that she wanted Brandon to go along Rocky, Alice and Rose as headed to Lavender town, she said that if they ran into any trouble they would need back up. She also said that his quicky thinking skills could also come in handy to get them out of a jam if nessecary.

Brandon sighed and said to Meghan "Ok, if that is what you want to do, then do it, but do promise me you will be very careful and not get yourself into any situation you can't get out of".

Brandon never got an answer to this because at this moment the group began to head towards the pokemon center. Brandon followed, walking slowly. He was somewhat relieved that Meghan had declined his offer because Lavender town did seem the way to go. Brandon also hoped they would be able to stop by a clothes store so he could buy himself a disguise.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 9
Points: 22


Brandon listened to everyone speak and make their plans. When Rocky spoke of his being shopping and then intel gathering about Surge, Brandon's head perked up and he asked Rocky "Rocky, would you mind if I came with you to go shopping? I need to get a new outfit before we leave Vermillion City. I am also a fan of intel gathering and am also quite good at it. I can probably help you find the right people to ask about Surge".

Brandon hoped Rocky would allow him to come along, as doing so would allow him to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 8
Points: 23


Rocky allowed Brandon to go shopping and intel gathering with him. They set out and soon ended up in sort of pokemart, Brandon noticed a clothes rack and went over to sift through the clothes, he noticed a dark green t-shirt and a black hoodie on the rack, he pulled them off, next he found a pair of black sweat pants on the rack and he pulled those off as well. As Brandon headed to the register to pay, he also noticed some fake tattoos hanging in a special display mount on the wall. Brandon took 4 of them and then made his way over to the register to pay. As he paid for the items, he asked the cashier "Have you ever battled Surge? I heard ground types may be the way to go for his gym." , the cashier chuckled as he counted the money and handed Brandon his change, the cashier then replied with "yes sir, ground types are most effective against Lt. Surge alright, but Mr. Surge is very smart and made a house rule that makes it so you can only have two of them, smart guy that Lt. Surge is" with that the cashier stopped talking and headed into the backroom. Brandon found the bathroom and changed into his new clothes. He also got a wet paper towel and put on 2 of the fake tattoos. Then he put the other 2 fake tattoos into his bag for future use. He also put his old clothes in a mailout bag and put them in his pack for the time being, his plan was to mail his old clothes out to his Mom in Sinnoh for safekeeping until this whole ordeal was over. Brandon then met up with Rocky outside, he had only just reached him when both of their poketchs went off and Meg said something about their healed pokemon not getting here in foreseeable future. Directly following the message Rocky muttered "What the..." and began to run full speed towards the pokemon center, Brandon ran full speed to try keep up with him, luckily Rocky's big size made his top speed just slow enough for Brandon to keep him in sight. Soon they both entered the pokemon center to find out what was going on. After he entered, Brando n stopped to catch his breath and then try to find out what was going on.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 7
Points: 24

Soon the group headed out for the gym, they arrived only to find it swarming with agents. After a few minutes they seem to find out that Surge was now in the same boat as them all, a fugitive. Brandon was shocked, he wouldn't hold against the guy to do such a thing, what he just couldn't understand was motive. Why would a gym leader, with already very powerful pokemon, want to steal pokemon? He just couldn't understand. Brandon followed quietly as the group fell back, it wasn't his worry anyway, with this many agents they would find out what surge had done and then find him as well. Meghan made a short pep talk saying they should stay low profile and probably get out of here. After her pep talk she left them and disappeared into the crowd of people in the city. Alice suggested they move on to Lavender town and come back for everyone else's pokemon later. Brandon couldn't argee more, Brandon took a deep breath and then said "I agree, we should get going, remmeber we only have two days before these computers are finished being set up, that means we need to be out of here and into Lavender town before they are. Meghan is right, it is going to be atleast a few days before Surge even considers coming out of hiding, we don't have time to wait it out. Let's sneak out of here now while all the agents are busy at Surge's gym and begin heading to Lavender town. We should try to be as stealthy as possible along the way, however, if we run into any trouble that we can' sneak our way out of, I will help fight us out of it, of us all, I think my team was the least injuried from Cerulean and most my current team still has some form battle expereince and they all are pretty strong, but I reckon with some stealth and creative tactics, we can make it to Lavender town with conflict, but we have to leave NOW if we are to have any chance of making it to Lavender town".

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 6
Points: 25

The group began to move and very soon had made it to route 11. They had made it out without any conflict so far, he hoped it would remain that way. Seconds later though he realized he had thought too soon as they startled a group of wild Rattas. They began to attack the group, as one of the rat pokemon bared its teeth and growled at him. Brandon couldn't help but almost chuckle, he reached for Riolu's pokeball and then pressed the button. As the light from the ball flashed and Riolu was being released, Brandon said loudly "Riolu, I choose you!".

A second later Riolu was out of his ball and looked as around, when he saw the Ratta he growled and made a combat ready motion. Then the hyper little Ratta let out a screech and began running full speed at Riolu, he made a chopping motion, of which made it clear his move was going to be bite. Brandon shouted to Riolu "Watch the bite buddy". Riolu already seemed to know it was going to be bite as well. As the Ratta leaped and for the bite, Riolu held out one arm in a blocking motion, the Ratta was already in the air and had no way to counteract, as he got close to Riolu, Riolu swung his other arm at the Ratta, the Ratta came flying at Riolu's 1 arm and was knocked to the ground by Riolu's follow up swing. As the Ratta hit the ground head first, it weakly tried to stand back up, but was too weak and the effort of trying to do so made it faint. Riolu's 1 arm had suffered a couple minor scratches from where a couple teeth from the Ratta scraped him, but other then that, he was fine.

Opponent: Ratta
Attacker/defender: Riolu
Opponent's hp: 5
Attacker/defender's hp: 25
Bonus: N/A
Attacker/defenders remaining hp: 20
Opponent's remaining hp: 0

Brandon praised Riolu on a job well day, then he pressed the button on Riolu's pokeball once more, as the beam of bright light flashed and Riolu began to fade, Brandon said loudly "Riolu good job, come back and rest now, RETURN!".
*Claiming 2 points :D*

[brandon_g]

[QUOTE=brandon_g;168816]Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 5
Points: 26+2=28

After the encounter with the Rattas, the group continued down the path until they were stopped by a workman who was helping to repair power lines. Alice and Rocky did the talking, while Brandon silently hung back observing, one hand clutched to a pokeball on his belt, just in case. The encounter ended without incident though and the group prepared to continue on.