Favor for a Favor (Honoka/Trade)

We're painted red
to fit right in

Well, that was odd, albeit rather telling.

Elinda wasn't all that used to people who were looking to meet her simply walking right past - it was awfully difficult to miss the red coat, but that was exactly what Honoka had done as the younger woman entered the Pokemon Center. Elinda herself had almost missed the younger trainer due to the girl simply blending into the people around them better with far less flashy clothing, but as Honoka swept into the Pokemon Center Elinda's first thought had been of trouble. Their earlier phone call had been rather illuminating in the sense that it was a familiar problem to a degree. Rock and Steel types tended to be stubborn by nature, and Onix in particular could be incredibly dangerous if not properly handled. "Control" wasn't the proper word for this and Honoka had seemed to understand that, although part of Elinda was wondering if something else had gone wrong and resulted in some sort of injury trying to tame the much larger Pokemon.

Far as Elinda could remember none of Honoka's team were anywhere near as big, and that size difference could mean a lot of pain if one wasn't careful.

"Nothing too serious, I trust?" Elinda started, swinging around to follow Honoka through the Pokemon Center's front doors as the younger trainer approached the front counter and handed the nurse her Pokemon. At least Honoka herself seemed to be doing well enough - no immediately visible injuries or anything of the like.

"At any rate, as discussed. Acquired him from a friend and he's a bit spoiled, but should change with time and maturity. Regardless, he's small enough that you shouldn't have any trouble managing him." Elinda continued, reaching down to pluck one of the newer, unblemished Pokeballs free of her belt and placing it on the counter next to Honoka where she could easily reach it. Rock types had never really been Elinda's speed, and while she could make use of them it was likely a better idea to find a welcoming home for the Bonsly instead. Going off of how well Honoka had cared for Skarmory before Elinda's acquisition of the Steel type it seemed like as good a fit as any, and baby Pokemon tended to be a better fit for newer trainers to begin with. More to the point... from what Elinda could remember Honoka likely had more than enough experience in that regard as ranches often saw plenty of such Pokemon in their line of work.

"So how's the big boy? You mentioned he was giving you a bit of trouble." Elinda said, leaning forward onto the counter to get a bit of a better look at Honoka's expression.

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Metang - Level 20. Take Down, Confusion, Metal Claw, Magnet Rise.

Ferroseed - Level 10. Tackle, Growl, Rollout, Curse.

Bonsly - Level 8. Copycat, Fake Tears, Low Kick, Flail.

Aron - Level 10. Tackle, Harden, Mud Slap, Headbutt, Metal Claw.

Staryu - Level 10. Harden, Tackle, Water Gun, Rapid Spin, Recover.

Scizor - Level 13. Vacuum Wave, Quick Attack, Leer, Focus Energy, Pursuit, Bullet Punch.

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We're painted red
to fit right in

Frankly speaking that all sounded about par for the course as far as Onix in general were concerned. Elinda was no stranger to the species - there'd been a wild one living practically in her back yard growing up, and she'd never been able to really beat it in a fight before leaving home. It hadn't been until years later during her few months of imposed exile that the blond had found it again and battled it, and that had still been one of the hardest fights she'd ever experienced against a wild Pokemon. More to the point she'd still failed to capture it, a first for her adult trainer career.

Then again they seemed to be a general mix of extremes. Plenty of them were brutes as this one was, but they also had a habit of being incredibly protective of those they liked. It seemed to be a random roll of the dice without knowing what the Pokemon's particular upbringing happened to be, but there were ways around that. Metagross had been nigh uncontrollable for the longest time - he did what he wanted when he wanted, and Elinda's well being just so happened to top his list of priorities. That didn't mean he wouldn't disobey an order if he felt he knew better, and it was largely luck on Elinda's part that he usually did in such cases. Regardless, that wasn't how it worked anymore and if she'd been able to win that monster over Elinda doubted she'd have much trouble with this Onix.

Worst case scenario? Either Scizor or Metang would be able to crush him in a one on one fight and that wasn't even taking Staryu into account, so keeping him in line wouldn't be too difficult if it really came down to that.

"Oh, I think I'll manage. It won't be the first Pokemon I've had able to think for themselves." Elinda replied, accepting the Pokeball that Honoka shoved in her direction and clipping the orb to the place Bonsly's Pokeball had once been on her belt. If anything that came as something of a bonus, and Elinda suspected it would be a good starting place to begin breaking Onix in - mutual common ground. Much of her battle style relied almost entirely on her Pokemon being able to think and make decisions for themselves, and if Onix wanted to do that Elinda had no objections. It'd smooth the transition over at least, and so long as their roles were defined in a way that the Pokemon was willing to accept it really only left the issue of the Rock Snake not being a team player to contend with.

There were ways around that, though, and it would come with time.

"Anyways, a pleasure as always. Anything else we need or should we be about done? Still have something else to attend to and could use the time to acquaint myself with Onix beforehand." Elinda continued, glancing to Honoka.

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Metang - Level 20. Take Down, Confusion, Metal Claw, Magnet Rise.

Ferroseed - Level 10. Tackle, Growl, Rollout, Curse.

Onix - Level 8. Mud Sport, Tackle, Harden, Bind, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb

Aron - Level 10. Tackle, Harden, Mud Slap, Headbutt, Metal Claw.

Staryu - Level 10. Harden, Tackle, Water Gun, Rapid Spin, Recover.

Scizor - Level 13. Vacuum Wave, Quick Attack, Leer, Focus Energy, Pursuit, Bullet Punch.

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