Looking for Teammates [Catching Thread]

"...A Starly." Reyn muttered as he passed the park. It was nestled above a tree, still short enough for him to climb. Honestly, Starly is one of the regional bird Pokemon that he loves. He doesn't mind it the slightest, it's cool in his opinion. However, he prefer personality before coolness, then utility and willingness before personality. That's why, he unfortunately does not seem to be able to catch it. It's a pity, but he also don't want to needlessly scares it by suddenly talking to it. Reyn looked at Rex who seem to notice his dilemma.

(If you're unsure, you should not catch it.)

"I guess you're right buddy. Wanna try to lead this time around?"

Rex looks happy and start leading his trainer. His tail wagged nervously as he seem want to try to see if he can find dual typing pokemon. They're usually the one that his trainer wanted. For now, he moved closer to more watery area.

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To sum it, Reyn PASSED the Starly.
IMUIT

Their little journey to find new friends somehow ended up a bit more tasking than he thought. After he passed the Starly, he has yet found any Pokemon that somehow he could befriend. This made the Tyrunt a bit sad honestly. He wanted to find more friends for his trainer, but apparently even when they walked so near to the water source, no water Pokemon came out. When he thought it's best for him to look for another place, he felt something going to attack him on the flank! Rex managed to dodge, but he's now in full alert mode.

"That's..."

(A Shinx. A male Shinx)

From the eyes of the Shinx, Reyn senses a fierce Rivalry, which might be true, as Rex did not flinch upon it entering the field, which mean it's not Intimidate. The next moment before Rex could compose itself, the electric type already leaped forward like an arrow, hellbent on tackling the other Pokemon. Rex dodged, and dodged, and dodged, yet the Shinx keep following him like a tracker missile. It does not headbutt Rex on its front, which mean it's aware that it might got bitten if it did.

"Rex, how good are you at the moment?"

(For now I can keep dodging for a few more times, but it's getting harder--!)

Yeah, he's aware. This is not good. They're playing the stamina tag game. If Rex stopped dodging and attack, he's open. If he keep dodging mindlessly, there will be chance for him to slip. Neither are preferable, so... He gave a signal to Rex. The dodging game got even fiercer now. Rex keep jumping in zigzag way, with the Shinx leading. The Pokemon looks too straightforward, too inexperienced. it does not feint. Instead, it's Rex that doing all the feints. The Shinx is pulled to his rhythm without him knowing. That's when the farce end. When Rex looked tired and cornered, the Shinx looked so sure of it's victory. The small t-rex like pokemon was unable to dodge as the shinx goes in for a tackle--not!

It was all an act! Rex quickly rolled away, resulting the Shinx nearly hitting a wall. It thought that it was safe, but Rex quickly countered with a tackle of his own, causing the wild Pokemon to flew several feet backward. Despite so, as expected... it's still not done.

(Not yet...)

Sensing the other Pokemon not giving up just yet, Rex did not drop his guard, but on the other hand, Reyn...

"...Right, stop it right there. Rex, ask it if we're trespassing his territory."

And so the small dino asked. However, the answer was surprising.

(No, there's no concept of territory here for me. I'm just trying to prove myself)

Reyn sensed negative on the answer, but he had no idea that the guy would actually said that. Proving himself? Reyn asked Rex to tell it to elaborate. Sensing the interest in the human, the Shinx dropped his guard and proudly sat on his hindleg.

(You see, a lot of my brothers and sisters put up a great fight against human's Pokemon. Each one of them, they're strong. My littermates are preferred by human compared to the other Shinx. But for some reason, I'm always ended up passed. No one would look at me... and it honestly frustrated me. I want to go on a journey too. To get stronger, to evolve, I want to challenge strong Pokemon like my brothers and sisters. That's why, I figured that the next time a trainer come, I'll challenge his Pokemon myself. I'll prove it to them that I'm worth their time catching. I'll get them far, because I'm just like my other littermates! I'm not any inferior, I'm my own mon!)

"...So that's the gist of it," Reyn thoughtfully muttered. He took out his Pokeball and put it on the ground.

"...I'll say that you're still naive."

To that, the Shinx flinched, and look offended. "...But I can't deny your potential. You're very persistent, and I like persistent Pokemon. Even so, I don't battle a lot. Even though I'm an ace trainer, I'm more interested in maximizing potential of Pokemon along to give them moves most suitable for battle. I'm firm believer of right moves and strategy, also power will leads to victory. Even so..."

Reyn knelt to look at it directly. "...Do you still want to join my team?

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