Safari Contest - Hidden Oasis (Closed)

[Arkelos]

Arkelos enters the Oasis; "Wonder what we're are gonna find out- Woh!"  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

With a bit of convincing from certain individuals within Snagem, Wren found himself pressed to join a Safari Contest taking place in a desert setting, near an oasis. Despite his normal desire to keep Hemlock and Aconite with him at all times, he'd been convinced to only bring Hyacinth along for this one. She was the only one of his Pokemon who currently evolved from purely experience that hadn't fully evolved as of yet, after all, so this would be a good experience for her.

Figuring it couldn't hurt, he'd allowed himself to be talked into it. Stepping into the burning sands surrounding the oasis, itself, his bare feet felt the familiarity of home for the first time in a while. "Alright... I might as well see what happens..." He told himself as he began to walk, a certain Flabébé sitting on his shoulder and laughing at the way his dreadlocks were pulled up with one wound around the rest to hold them up and off his neck in the heat.

Data

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Hyacinth - Female
Ability: Flower Veil
Moves:
Vine Whip
Wish
Misty Terrain
Ally Switch
Heal Bell
Petal Blizzard
Dazzling Gleam
Evo Points: 5/25

 

[Requiem of Whyspers]

As Wren walked through the surprisingly lush greenery of the oasis' underbrush, he heard a yelp from beneath his foot. "Liop!" The source of the sound remained unseen but he recognized it.

"Oh no..." Helioptile weren't an uncommon sight around the desert, after all. Unfortunately for the channeler, the question wasn't what was it but rather, was this one vengeful?

The answer came quickly enough when a weak pulse of electrical energy suddenly pulsated through his right leg, numbing it up to his knee and causing him to lose his balance and topple over into the sand. "Hyacinth! Get ready for a fight!" He warned his minuscule Fairy-type. Hyacinth prepared herself by Wishing for her to win the coming battle. It was just in time, too, as another weak pulse of electrical energy surged up from the sand, a Shock Wave pulsing outward and striking at her despite her small stature.

"Petal Blizzard! Blow the sand away with it and make it show itself!" Wren called out, covering his face with one of his arms. Hyacinth nodded and aimed her flower at the ground, whereupon a blast of flower petals and wind erupted from the fairy flower, the pinkened twister ripping away the sand from the area immediately under and around the Flabébé. The sharpened flower petals within cut and tore at Helioptile's scales as it was uncovered, causing the Electric-type to scurry a short distance away. The Generator Pokemon, already agitated by being stepped on while sunbathing, was now also terrified of it's attackers. Turning to face them, it fired off a Thunderbolt before fleeing.

Data

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Hyacinth - Female
Ability: Flower Veil
Moves:
Vine Whip
Wish
Misty Terrain
Ally Switch
Heal Bell
Petal Blizzard
Dazzling Gleam
Evo Points: 5/25

Evo Point Gain: +0.5  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Before Wren or Hyacinth made it very far, a sickly sweet scent caught their nostrils. Hyacinth caught the smell of Roseli Berries and gravitated toward the smell, hovering slowly but surely toward it without hesitation. Wren, on the other hand, was smelling vanilla Castelia Cones. "How are they all the way out here?!" He asked himself as he followed after Hyacinth.

It didn't take the pair long before they found themselves circling what appeared to be some kind of maintenance system for the safari zone. "This is weird. Why does this thing smell amazing?" Wren asked Hyacinth as she floated down to investigate better. The moment she alighted upon the plush red surface of the thing, however, she would regret the decision. The Carnivine Ingrained upon the machine snapped shut with a mighty Crunch to crush and devour it's prey.

"Hyacinth!" Wren exclaimed as the Sweet Scent's spell wore off and he snapped back to his senses. The burning pink light of her Dazzling Gleam from within Carnivine's maw, however, revealed that the Flabébé was safe and sound inside, if covered somewhat in flytrap drool. Carnivine's mouth snapped back open again as the light burned it's tender mouth flesh, allowing Hyacinth to escape.

Utilizing Growth in an effort to make itself bigger and, therefore increase it's chances of recovering it's prey, Carnivine swelled in size as it soaked up the nutrients from it's Ingrain and put them to good use.

"Hyacinth, use Dazzling Gleam again!" Wren called out, intending to have his partner rely heavily upon the only attack he knew she had that would really be effective against the opposing Grass-type. Hyacinth shook her tiny head before her eyes lit up and she glared at Carniving, blasting it with a strong Psychic. The Grass-type was bombarded by the psionic energy but refused to give in. "I didn't know you knew that move..." Wren realized in spite of himself.

Hyacinth shook her head and pointed at her flower, then at the ground, wondering how the man thought she used it to float. "Huh... I guess I thought you used magic or something..." Wren responded, now very embarrassed.

Deciding to try and slow it's prey down a bit before attempting to feed upon it again, Carnivine open it's mouth and, from within the massive maw, a burst of neurotoxic pollen exploded from the Bug Catcher Pokemon's gullet via Stun Spore. Hyacinth was unable to escape it thanks to it's size but, luckily, her Wish from a bit before finally came back to bless her, it's healing energy recovering the damage she'd taken from Carnivine's earlier Crunch about that time.

"Heal Bell, Hyacinth!" The Single Bloom Pokemon nodded and swung her flower beneath her, a chiming sound echoing across the immediate area and healing the status conditions of every human and Pokemon alike that heard it. Wren was thankful for it, realizing that, despite the Thunder Wave from Helioptile having worn off for the most part, his leg has still felt like it was asleep until now, when the feeling faded away entirely.

Tired of this game of reacting to on another, Carnivine decided it was time to stop playing with it's food. Lashing out with a Vine Whip, it attempted to ensnare Hyacinth and drag her toward it's mouth. "Fight back with your own vines!" Wren encouraged his partner as she swung her flower and a whip of vines snapped out of it to entangle Carnivine's own vine whips. When she successfully snared them Wren called out to her. "Hold it tight, Hyacinth! I'm gonna try to catch it!"

Pulling a Safari Ball from his pocket, where he'd placed the ones he'd been given for the contest, he threw the ball at Carnivine and hoped for the best.

Data

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Hyacinth - Female
Ability: Flower Veil
Moves:
Vine Whip
Wish
Misty Terrain
Ally Switch Psychic
Heal Bell
Petal Blizzard
Dazzling Gleam
Evo Points: 5/25

Evo Point Gain: +1.2  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Picking up the Safari Ball containing the now dislodged Carnivine, Wren could see what it had been blocking had been a sprinkler system intended to keep the oasis plants watered and thriving in the intense heat of this environment.  

[Cecile Silverstone]

||Ulla and Leon||

Ulla and Leon were standing in front of the gate of the main area. "Have fun in there." Ulla was a little startled by her brother's remark as she looked at him. "You don't want to enter instead?" "And expend energy on a contest that's not required? Ulla, what's my motto?" He said blankly without even looking at her as he was picking his ear. She pouted. "....You don't do anything you don't have to. If you have to, you'll do it quickly." He then patted her head and pushed her on her way. "I'll wait for you out here."

Ulla entered the area as she popped out her MInior, Minior looked around frightened as it floated back over to Ulla terrified. "It's okay Minior. This is just a contest. It's a Safari zone, the trainer with the better caught Pokemon will win a prize. This will be fun! Now let's go looking." Minior was hesitant but then nodded as they were on their way.