Out of it (Panda/Open)

[Kathy Dar]

Kathy was feeling rather out of it, given she had just gotten over a head cold. That cold had stopped her from exploring, and now she was feeling a lot like she had left on a vacation and came back. She wasn't really sure what was going on, if she was supposed to be some where, or where anyone she knew was. Shade was swinging around her like she was some sort of tree, Zack had fallen asleep by her feet once she had made it clear she was planing on just standing there for a while. Zomosa had been trying to get her to pick him up for the last five minutes, but Carla was already in her arms, and hadn't been there that long. Zom had already had his turn. But then again, they where both just babies, and so had little stamina. And so, Kathy just stood there, looking slightly bored.

[Raize Phoenix]

Walking for just seconds now, Rai found himself stumbling into the courtyards. He was unable to do much of anything today, having nothing really to do. His blonde hair combed downward as usual & his honey colored eyes drifting about the surroundings. He wasnt lost, just uninterested in what he'd seen thus far. His pokemon each released themselves. "Sno!" Ashura called out, bouncing around for joy. "Haha. How cute." He said with a detached tone to the snorunt. "Aipom!" Justin cried out, launching himself forward, seeing some girl just standing.

Seeing all of the gathered pokemon, Rai couldnt contain himself from running over. As he darted off towards the black haired trainer & her adorable pokemon. "Hey you, lets battle! Or at least hang out & chat!" He asserted himself with excitement but politely. His snorunt & Aipom stood near him, as he challenged her.

[Kathy Dar]

Now, this was not a way of approach anti-social Kathy was prepared to deal with. Being out of it, someone talking to her would have been startling enough, so someone just randomly coming up to her and asking for a battle threw her off completely. In fact, she ended up staring at him blankly for a good fine seconds, after jumping about a foot, mouth open, before she thought to close it, and come back to reality. Carla didn't even twitch, just stared surveying the boy calmly. Zam darted forward to wag his tail and ask for this new come to pick him up. Zack slowly trotted forward to greet the two pokemon following the boy, and Shade merely stopped swinging around Kathy to wave.

Kathy recovered enough to nod and say "Well, um, I don't know I mean, well" She stumbled, trying to find a way to say, well, something.

[Raize Phoenix]

Rai gave a small chuckle, covering his mouth with his left hand. He then came to a hlat with laughter. "Sorry Miss. I didnt mean to startle you at all." He politely apologized for his interuption of whatever she was doing. The girl seemed to be very timid, just like Ashura outside of battle & away from Rai. "If you'd let me, I wanna try that over again. Im Rai, Raize Phoenix." He said, shooting her with a friendly grin & firing his honey colored eyes at the girl. His blond hair stayed down, drifting slightly from a gentle strolling breeze.

"Aipom!" Justin jumped forward in front of Ashura. He was standing there to come face to face with the phanpy. "Aipom!" He introduced himself. He then took a firm stand. "Aipom!" He pointed at the elephant poke baby. He declared a battle and wouldnt take no for an answer. Ashura jumped for joy, wanting to have a battle as well. "Sno!" He said aloud, reminding everyone of his presence. Rai looked over at the pokemon. "They kind of want a battle, more than I do. Justin wants to evolve & have two tails. Ashura wants to float around." Rai informed, pointing towards Aipom & Justin saying their names. Hopefully this girl would agree to a battle.

[Kathy Dar]

Well, this guy was...straight forward, at least. Even if that really did throw Kathy off. She blinked slowly processing. She breathed in, and out, before speaking, gathering her thoughts. "Well, My name's Kathy, Kathy Dar, nice to meet you" Zack looked at the purple pokemon, and paused to look dejected. He had just wanted a new friend, not a battle, for while he didn't oppose fighting, he had been happy for the break in fight he had gotten lately. Shade, on the other hand, was quite happy and leaped from Kathy's shoulders to land gently on Zack in a way that said this wasn't the first time he'd done it. "Nuz, Nuzleaf!" He cried, saying his name, and telling them he'd be quite glad for a fight. Zam didn't even notice the battle talk, just barked "Pooch!" In an attempt to get Rai to notice him, since he hadn't.

Kathy sighed, and looked to Carla for her opinion on a battle. She just ruffled her feathers, indifferent. Given Carla preferred not to fight, she took that as a yes. "Well, sure I guess." She shrugged "Though, I don't really think my Pokemon would be in it for the evolving. After all, Shade's the only one that wants to fight, and he needs a stone" She smiled slightly. Sher frowned again "So, what kind of battle? I'm not very good"

[Raize Phoenix]

"Well, its nice to meet you Kathy." He grinned blissfully at the pokemon trainer. Though he'd thrown her off completely, she seemed to be able to at least answer his question. Rai looked over a bit, after her first answering statement to see that the puppy had barked at him for attention. "Your pretty cute little guy." He smiled at the puppy.

"And thats fine. If you dont mind, wanna have Shade & Justin here battle?" He asked politely this time. He didnt want to overwhelm her, like he did before. "Aipom!" Justin bounced on his head,Trying to get her to battle.

[Kathy Dar]

Kathy paused to consider a battle. Who would she want to battle? Zack in a battle, though he didn't really want one, would most likely be a good thing, she didn't want Carla to fight, and she doubted Carla would want to, and she didn't know if Zam would want to or not. She bit her lip, thinking. Zam barked again, happy to be noticed, and She decided. "Well, I'm sure a one on one battle would be fine, though I think Zam might battle if you asked him." She shrugged, not comfortable, as almost always when around other people, but, like always, hiding it with the ease of someone that had been doing it half her life, which she had.

Zam's ear's perked up at the sound of a battle. He barked and wagged his tail. Shade called out "Nuz, nuz, nuz!" Which meant, quite clearly, Battle, battle, battle!

[Raize Phoenix]

Aug 11, 2011 20:11:08 GMT -5 Raize Phoenix said:

"Great!" Rai jumped for joy, happy the girl was okay with it. "Well, Zam, Shade. Would you two mind having a battle?" He asked the two who seemed pretty friendly & social, despite their trainer. "Aipom!" Justin called out, jumping in front of Rai, also asking. Ashura joined him, "sno." It nodded with a giant grin. The duo were ready to take on what ever these guys had to offer.

[Kathy Dar]

Kathy swallowed. So, a double battle. "Back to me guys" She told her pokemon, and Zam and Shade scampered/swung over to her. She took a breath, going into battle mode. The boy in front of her was just the other side, not a human, not annoying, just someone to try and defeat. This was going to be hard, given, she didn't think she was that good, and wouldn't admit she wasn't bad, and Shade wast he only one with any experience, and very little double battle experience. So, she was going to try and make sure they stayed out of each others ways. "Zam, try for Sand attack, and if time, follow up with embargo. Shade, use faint attack on Justin, and try for Ashura"

[Raize Phoenix]

The sand attack reduced accuracy, by one stage so it wasnt that bad. Embargo also landed, making Ashura unable to use items, though it didnt have anything to use already. Justin, took the faint attack head on. It did its job & smacked him, but he got back up quickly. "Justin, use double hit on nuzleaf. Ashura, use icy wind!" He told them. The aipom swung his tails at the nuzleaf, which would be followed up by a chilling wind heading straight for Zam & Shade.

[Kathy Dar]

Shade was close enough to Justin that no amount of dodging would be physically possible, and so, was struck twice, the power of the blows knocking him over, though he was able to bounce right back up. Kathy instructed "Shade, Zam, dodge and Shade, continue to Ashura, Zam, Crunch on Justin!" Shade nodded and turning back to the battle just managed to dodge the cold blast of wind, and landed with a shiver, before turning to use Faint Attack on Ashura. Zam, on the other hand, was a bit less successful, given Kathy's instructions had distracted him, and he got a face full of the attack which sent him tumbling backward, sprawled in the dirt. Happy little Zam jumped up with shudder, and almost fell over balance, but proceeded to attempt to use Crunch on Justin

[Raize Phoenix]

Things were going pretty well so far. The attacks did the job, damage. The opponent actually came back though. This time, she appeared more confident. Double hit worked! And icy wind did its thing too, though the nuzleaf dodged it. Now faint attack & crunch were coming Rai's way. Well, Justin & Ashura's was, but that bothered Rai not a bit. They'd been in worse situations, so it made sense that he'd been able to remain calm & happy as usual.

With faint attack coming in, Ashura took the hit. He was knocked onto the ground & bounced back onto his feat, still in pain. He was ready for whatever was next. Justin on the other hand took a nasty crunch from zam. After that move hit, it jumped back, next to Ashura once more. "Use swift & Ashura use powder snow!" He called out, in a usual polite tone. They launched a blast of golden stars & snowy waves at the team. This time, maybe damage would be done.

[Kathy Dar]

Well, Zam was toast. he had neither the skill nor moves to dodge either of those attacks. And so, the only she she called him him was "Play dead!" In order to stop him from injuring himself more trying to avoid the attacks, and it sure helped, given she was sure he would have managed to fall down a hill and almost kill himself if he had. He survived the swift which hit first, but the Powered Snow was a different story. With a shiver, he fell unconscious. To Shade she called "Shade, Harden, then start Razor Wind!" Shade complied, the Swift hitting during harden, and he managed to start Razor Wind just in time to blow the Powered Snow attack away from him. He aimed the Razor Wind at Ashura.

[Raize Phoenix]

Ashura had knocked out the poochyena! Awesome, that showed the improvement Ashura had made cine first encountered by Rai. He was finally moving on up! Oh wait...Damn...No...No he's not...Just when Rai thought Ashura was showing his improving strength, Ashura was struck by a powerful razor wind! "Sno..." It cried, being struck hard. "Return." Rai demanded Ashura's safety, bringing him back into the pokeball. "You were awesome." He told Ashura's pokeball. "Now Justin, use double hit!" Rai returned to battling. Justin charged forward, swinging his tail at the nuzleaf.

[Kathy Dar]

Kathy allowed a small smile. While it wasn't fun to see a pokemon fall unconscious, she could at least allow a small smile for victory. After all, it wasn't bad to smile for something that was just surrounded by something unhappy. Shade was stuck by the Double slap, and flinch, sucked in a breath, then Kathy called out "Razor wind, again!" Shade started the attack, aimed the attack, and then let it go way to low, headed for Justin's feet.

[Raize Phoenix]

"Look out!" Rai shouted, seeing the move shoot at Justin. "Try to dodge!" Rai suggested, having Justin run at the winds, attempting to jump over. But with a mistake the monkey's feet were hit & it landed onto the ground. "Justin!" Rai called, running at the monkey. Barely catching it in his arms, he would hold Justin in his hands. "You okay pal?" He asked with a concerned tone.

[Kathy Dar]

Kathy was started by how it hit Justin, and, without thinking, ran forward to see if he was okay when Rai did. Shade, amused to see his trainer suddenly abandon a battle, also went to see if Justin was alright. He was a fine battler after all. "Justin, you okay?" Kathy asked


((Horrible, but it got what it needs and I'm low on time ;w;))

[Raize Phoenix]

"Aipom..." Justin nodded, dozing off to sleep. "Oh thank goodness..." Rai said with great relief. He returned Justin to the pokeball and looked at Kathy. "Sorry about that, he got a little carried away there. Maybe we can finish this up later." Rai told the trainer. "Im just gonna go to the nurse's!" Rai said, running off, waving. "Bye Kathy!"

ooc: XD That was fin Kathy, I understand. Meh. Its best the thread end here >.<

[Kathy Dar]

Kathy waved bye, then headed for the nurse for Zam too, just at a slower pace.

OOC: Yep, ending, here.