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[meteorman]

✦ Victory Road Battle Post ✦
Meet me in the parking lot behind the Dedenny's in thirty minutes if you want an asskicking.

This is a catchall for the purpose of allowing for more Pokémon battles! Think of it kind of like an IC inbox post, except instead of interaction over the Pokégear it's in-person battle threads. Go ahead and let me know below if you want a battle and any specific ideas you might have (you can also contact me any time at mister_inkwell). You're also welcome to just go ahead and post a top-level if Ford and your character are in the same general area and you want to jump directly to a call-out. I don't mind spontaneous battles! Someone jumping out at you from the shadows unexpectedly and trying to kick your ass is kind of a staple of the franchise after all.

I've also put together a little form you can fill out if you want to quickly get across the kind of battle you're looking for and/or need a jumping-off point.

<b>Preferred Pokémon Levels:</b> Anything goes, close level gap (no greater than 15 or so), exact level only. <b>Preferred Team Size:</b> Anything goes, same number (six on six, three on three, two on two, etc). <b>Items Allowed:</b> Yes/No and if yes, what kind. <b>Mega Evolution Allowed:</b> Yes/No. <b>Other Specifics:</b> Anything else you might want to add, like a specific goal for the thread (do you really want your character to win for development reasons? Do you want your Rocket to try and steal the Pokémon they're battling against? That goes here!).
Preferred Pokémon Levels: I personally prefer a close level gap so the battle isn't super one-sided, unless it being super one-sided is the point of the thread.
Preferred Team Size: I like three on three or two on two best for roleplay purposes (a six on six battle would take quite some time!), but I'll roll with whatever.
Items Allowed: I'm good with both held items and healing items but it's very easy to find a reason for Ford not to use them if you don't want them.
Mega Evolution Allowed: I'm fine with this whether or not Ford has his Abomasnow with him.
Other Specifics: Ford's location and current team are both open to tweaking. He'd be willing to take a couple of warps or swap out some of his team members to be more level-appropriate in cases where the battle is agreed on beforehand. For random challenges on the street, what you see is what you get. I'm also totally fine with Rockets attempting to steal his Pokémon, though actual success will need to be discussed.

     
✦ Currently in Saffron City ✦

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[rediscover]

STANFORD PINES!
meet me behind the train station in goldenrod in one hour! or else!

[meteorman]

[uh]

I suppose I shouldn't ask 'or else what'.

[Guess he's gotta just down the rest of this coffee and get his ass down to the train station, huh...?]

[rediscover]

[uhhhhh]

nope!

[She didn't. Think this through far enough to actually come up with a coherent threat. It's fine.

An hour later, Anna's waiting in the empty lot behind the train station. To make herself look a little bit more foreboding, she's standing on top of a stack of discarded wooden crates, arms crossed, with challenge written all over her face.]

Ford Pines! [HERE WE FUCKIN GO] I challenge you to a battle for my sister's honor!

[meteorman]

[Oh. This is what we're doing. Alright. Ford is glad now more than ever that he chugged that coffee. He puts his hands on his hips and looks up at her, trying to gauge exactly how serious she is versus how much is just her being hammy. He decides it's probably skewed toward the latter and he can work with that. She really is a lot like Elsa.]

I accept your challenge! Best of three?

[rediscover]

[It's definitely skewing in that direction, make no mistake. But she's also kind of serious, because this is her sister, and she feels the need to...prove a point? Make Ford suffer a little? Bit of both.

She nods confidently, and steps down from her applecrate stack, which means she's now looking up at him, over a full foot taller than her.]

Best of three it is! [She takes her Houndour's ball out of her bag and tosses it out between them.] Ginger! You're up first!

[meteorman]

[Ford doesn't wait to see what Anna is sending in before he decides on his own Pokémon. He knows who he wants to use. If this is going to be a theatrical production then it has to Polymethyl Methacrylate, whose name he doesn't say in full when he tosses her Pokéball because frankly even he doesn't have time for that.]

Polly! Let's go!

[The worst tiny gremlin imaginable is here, it's time, here she goes. She clicks her plastic teeth together and shakes out her whole body. It's time for her to do her thing, which is Be Terrible.]

Confuse Ray!

[He has to tell her now, because, see, Polly's ability is Stall. She'll move second no matter what, unless her move has priority. The Confuse Ray is an attempt at making it harder for Ginger to hit her at all, because it's inevitable that she will at least once or twice.]

[rediscover]

[Oh, that Sableye is...kind of unnerving. Anna blinks a couple of times at the way she clicks her teeth together, staring worriedly before a resolved expression replaces her uncertainty. She mutters a hasty "shoot!" under her breath, hearing Ford call out his first move, and blurts out the first move she can think of:]

Ginger! Use Crunch!

[Hopefully he can...power through the confusion. Maybe snap out of it before he hurts himself too badly.]