Reluctance [Capture Thread]

Capturing a Female Frillish!

Soon all noises were drowned out by the winding path of this alleyway. It was dark, save for a few dimming lights above. Lota closed its eyes to get a more focused feel of the environment. However, Toki was the first one to notice something wrong. He sniffed the air. "...I smell the ocean..." this wasn't too unusual due to the beach nearby, but the smell was too strong. The scent waved through the claustrophobic space and out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a pink form wisp by "....Lota..." he said, the Absol opening its eyes and taking a defensive position in front of Toki.

The unmistakable chill made Toki assume he was dealing with a Ghost type of some kind. He closed his eyes and focused before he got into a combat stance, an aura enveloping his body. His eyes opened, the red irises glowing in the dark. He spent some of his energy to activate Foresight, just to be safe. One could never be too careful with Ghost type Pokemon. Lota circled Toki to keep an eye out all around.

A stream of bubbles rushed against Lota's body from the shadows which elicited a howl from the Absol. Toki turned around and saw the Pokemon who attacked as it floated about the air with a wide smile. "...Feint Attack..." he ordered. In a swift motion, Lota vanished from sight, which startled the Frillish before Lota's horn swiped at its body. The dark energy was especially painful due to Lota's type advantage against it.

Suddenly Lota began to feel very weak. The Frillish had wrapped its body around Lota's neck after the impact and began to use Absorb, sapping away energy from him. He staggered slightly as it tried to shake the Frillish off to no avail. She seemed rather impressed and admired the sudden use of the attack. It was no secret that people were afraid of Ghost types, Frillish especially if they live near the water. For this young man to so swiftly order his Pokemon into an advantageous attack was remarkable to her. ("You have a very wise trainer. He seems to have much resolve.") she said to her captive.

Lota grunted from the strain of energy loss ("Toki has been through far too much to be scared by the likes of you...") he managed to bark out. The Frillish let out a soft laugh ("I respect your own determination as well! Pray, will you let me win here or will this dance continue further?") her words were not mocking. She was genuinely intrigued by these two and wanted to see how they could get out of this one.

Toki's brow furrowed in rage as he ran towards the attacking Pokemon. He reached back with both arms, palms open as he stepped in with a heavy stomp. From the stomp, Toki thrust both his arms out as both palms slammed into the Frillish, the Foresight from earlier allowing the attack to make contact.

Frillish was dislodged from the attack and felt its form seize up. Toki had used Force Palm and the secondary effect of paralysis took hold over it. This trainer was able to damage her with a Fighting type move? This was an interesting encounter to begin with, but now this was simply fascinating. ("He prepared ahead of time...well done.") she said for Lota to hear.

It weakly backed away and its body began to glow with a light in an attempt to recover some of the damage taken "...I'm sorry..." Toki said, dashing forward before it had a chance to fully make use of the move. With a swift uppercut, Toki called out "Feint attack, once more!" before reaching for a Pokeball in his bag. He pulled out a Dive Ball. He smiled softly, as it was fitting.

Lota jumped between the walls of the alley and slammed into the Frillish once again. As it fell from the impact, Toki threw the Dive Ball. It made contact and the ball opened to pull the Frillish into it in a beam of light. Toki caught the ball from the air and felt it shake a few times in his hand before it stopped. Now that the battle was over, Toki sighed in relief and let the Frillish out of the Pokeball. She looked a little confused. Toki extended a hand out to her, palm faced upwards "...Iara...I hope I am a good trainer for you." he said with a soft smile. She reached out with a tentacle to touch his hand before she made a motion that looked like a curtsy. His resolve was admirable, as was his simple acceptance of her despite the tales that surround her kind. This trainer, Toki, was someone remarkable to her.

She float away slightly and looked at Lota ("I do hope we can live in mutual respect of one another, my new friend. Forgive me if I was rude earlier.") she bowed politely to him as well.

Lota was hesitant to forgive the sudden attack, but Toki seemed happy with the development, so he nodded his head in agreement ("As long as you do nothing to harm Toki, we will have nothing to worry about.")

She began to float back and forth happily ("Wonderful! Wonderful! Oh, how I look forward to our adventures together!")

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NAME — Iara
LEVEL — 5
SPECIES — Frillish
TYPE — Water/Ghost
EGG GROUP — Amorphous
ABILITY — Cursed Body
HELD ITEM —
GENDER — Female
HEIGHT — 3'10"
WEIGHT — 70 lbs.
MOVE LIST — Bubble, Water Sport, Absorb, Recover
PERSONALITY — Iara is surprisingly carefree despite her regal appearance. She never acts haughty or arrogant and treats all others within the same station as her, though still speaks like a distinguished noblewoman. She desires to dispel the horrid fisherman tales of Frillish and Jellicent being terrors of the deep. She adamantly refuses to hear any proof of such things, though oftentimes gets depressed thinking that it might actually be true. Whenever Toki seems upset, she'll harmlessly cling to his body to try and cheer him up and tries to encourage him to do something nice for others. She respects him highly for the quick thinking and strength he displayed in the battle that captured her and will defend his honor to the end if someone challenges him. Despite being angered if someone taunts or disrespects Toki, she is quick to forgive as long as Toki is willing to do so as well since she does not want to accidentally ruin any reconciliation between Toki and the offender, even more so if it was a misunderstanding.