Slinking in the Alleys [dex]

[JAMES TERRELL]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: 2c2c2c; border-left: #4a4a4a solid 8px; width: 440px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] [style=width: 415px; background-color: 181818; padding: 4px;] [/style][style=border: 4px solid #181818; width: 415px; background-color: 272727; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 2px; color: dddddd;]Let My Foolish Pride Forever Let Me Down [/style][style=width: 407px; text-align: justify; color: dddddd; font-size: 9px; background-color: 181818; border: 4px solid #181818; padding: 4px; height: 300px; overflow: auto;] Castelia City was a large, industrial place. Maybe that was why James found it mildly appealing. In between the skyscrapers, alleys were found. While there were people and entrances in these alleys, they were always much less populated and darker than a majority of the city, or other cities and towns. The relative isolation was reassuring to him. Growing up, he had never liked his situation, but he grew accustomed to it. His family was rarely home, usually off on the main land of Kanto, leaving him stuck on Cinnabar Island, by himself. He was a lonely child, teenager, and now, adult. Loneliness was all he had ever known. So now, whenever he started to feel uncomfortable with anything, he'd make his way back to Castelia City. The man would find himself a spot in the shadows, looking incredibly suspicious without reason, alone. Usually he'd have bought himself a book or something to keep him company, or he would practice moves with his Pokémon. Two of the only hobbies or interests that he had always held. Pokémon training and battling, and reading. Pokémon had always been his constant companions, and they were the only creatures in the world he ever spoke to willingly, or opened up to. Right now, he had his Ralts egg in his arm, while Drew, his Abra, was sparring with Lil, his female Ralts. She was the mother of the egg in his arm, but she had been much for sparring than taking care of her egg. Very little motherly instinct in her, but James was inspired by her drive. Neither of the Pokémon were hurting each other, just showing their moves off to each other. It was almost cute to watch. Unfortunately, James rarely appreciated that aspect of Pokémon. He was almost hoping someone would mess with him, just so they could involve themselves in an actual battle... [/style] word count 315 ❅ note here we go! ❅ TEMPLATE BY SEA OF OTE

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[Dexter Leroy King]

"Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome... I don't necessarily need to be here for this... I'm gonna keep the headphones though..." Oh how the buildings stretched tall and high above his head. The night sky was twinkling, but not with stars from space, but from the glittering lights of the rooms in the buildings above due to opening and closing of the lights. it was truly a beautiful sight for those who knew how to appreciate the night life. "Mother fucker I'm awesome!" He yelled out in the streets randomly, lyrics from a song he had heard just moments ago. He was marching, swinging his posture left to tright, his arms dramatically following in rhythm; a very dramatic version of what people would call 'swagger'. This song always seemed to put him in a good mood. it reminded him a lot of himself, his ego and other people trying to put him down or rain on his parade. "No you're not, dude don't lie" he continued singing through his thoughts ' that is what they usually say~'. "I'm awesome!"

His lyrics being yelled through the streets had definitely caught some attention. Some man who was trying to sleep apparently got annoyed by the ruckus and decided to throw a shoe at the raven haired man bellow, yelling at him to shut the fuck up already! Catching the shoe and throwing it back at the window, the fat shirtless man was knocked back into his room with a shoe to the face. Leaving the singer to laugh hysterically at the scene from where he stood below. "I will run away from a brawl I'm awesome!~" He yelled out again before starting to run into some random alley to get away from the fat shoe man incase he wanted to knock Dexter's lights out for leaving a boot print on his sleepy face. Not to mention that he had two eggs in his backpack. One was a Sableye apparently and the other a Sandile... He had to avoid fights at all costs unless he wished to crush the eggs.

Some time had passed since the singing and the whole shoe incident. Dexter was creeping from one alley to the next, seeing if he can find anything interesting discarded or some random easy prey so he can mug them at knife point for money and other valuables. So far, he had no luck. The alleys were so dark in some areas, that even he, a night owl who adored the shadows, could not see with out the help of Raven; his trusty Umbreon who was now poised lazily on his shoulder. Her rings glowed faintly, not as bright as the move Flash could have provided, but at least when those sombre spaces came and went, he could see where he was walking. He was so glad that she had finally evolved.

Both of their attentions were caught by some dueling pokemon in an alley just as they were passing. Four red eyes blinked in syncronization at the scene. He cuped both his hands around his mouth before yelling out to the other. "Oi! Mr. Sketch, have any watches I can buy?~"

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[JAMES TERRELL]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: 2c2c2c; border-left: #4a4a4a solid 8px; width: 440px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] [style=width: 415px; background-color: 181818; padding: 4px;] [/style][style=border: 4px solid #181818; width: 415px; background-color: 272727; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 2px; color: dddddd;]Let My Foolish Pride Forever Let Me Down [/style][style=width: 407px; text-align: justify; color: dddddd; font-size: 9px; background-color: 181818; border: 4px solid #181818; padding: 4px; height: 300px; overflow: auto;] In the alley, James heard someone singing obnoxiously. Looking around, the man got increasingly close to him, and was now too close to him. Hearing his voice, James just became mad. This guy, whoever he was, was acting like he was hot shit, and carried an atmosphere of cockiness around him. "Really? Mr. Sketch? That's the best you have? Cute." Lil and Drew stopped their sparring immediately and joined their trainer. James noticed the Umbreon on the man's shoulder, and felt a slight wave of negative thoughts cross over. Dark Pokémon were good against Psychic Pokémon. However, this Umbreon didn't look too strong, maybe he wouldn't prove to be too hard of an opponent. Well, let's find out. "So, Random, how about we see if your attitude can be backed up by your battling?" It was a favored hobby of his to battle, and usually win, against these kind of people. People who thought themselves higher than others, who scoffed at him. A strategy was already forming. "So, how about it? Two on two? I've got my Abra and Ralts here. And we're always up for a challenge." Drew just kind of chuckled, and Lil just looked anxious to battle. James, currently holding the Ralts egg, decided to take his other egg, an Exeggcute, out of his backpack. Now, he would be commanding a battle looking slightly ridiculous, two eggs in arms. Without waiting for an acceptance of the challenge, James decided to get the leg up early. Looking down at his Abra, he said under his breath, "Drew, throw up a barrier and then a light screen" Strategically, that was probably the smartest thing to do. The two layers of protection would heighten his and Lil's defense and special defense. When facing a Pokémon they both had a disadvantage against, stacking the odds was the best way to go. Neither of the Pokémon were scared though. They both looked excited to take the challenge. [/style] word count 300 ❅ note lehhhgo. ❅ TEMPLATE BY SEA OF OTE

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[Dexter Leroy King]

"Cute? You think I'm cute huh?~" He acted bashful, lowering his head and swinging a leg back to let his shoe roll from one side to the other as it ballanced on its front tip. Hands clipped behind his back, he was trying to act cute, or more so like a shy five year old. "Kek." he smirked before stopping his act and straightening himself out. "Sadly you aren't my type~" He mocked with a chuckle, letting his grin widen. "And I never go out with sketch dates~" He shrugged, palms facing upwards as he closed his eyes for a moment, looking as aloof as possible.

"So, Random, how about we see if your attitude can be backed up by your battling?" He leaned forward at what the other was saying, trying to understand everything completely as it rolled out. His grin only grew cockyer at this point, if that was even possible. Still leaning forward, his eyes lids dropped lazily half way down his eyes. He looked as sly as a rattle snake in a rat pit. "Frisky aren't we?" His eyes roamed from the man to his Pokemon, investigating them both. They didn't seem all that powerful, and surely he had the elemental advantage at this point. His gaze finally fell on Raven who was still just louding over his shoulder; with a tilt of his head he signaled for her to get ready. She immediately acted on pushing herself off his shoulder and landing lightly on her toes just a couple feet infront of him; the action had pushed his shoulder back, nearly dislocating it if he wasn't so limber himself.

"Alright, so I'm guessing a two on two then, lets see~ ... Aha!" He roamed his belt for a moment, hovering his finger over them before picking out one at his far left side. Pressing the button in the center to activate it, he tossed the ball airbourn and a blinding white light had him wincing before it faded to reveal the poisonous gas ball. "The battle has begun! Girl you know what to do, Jasper, c'est the temp de tout ranger~"

Raven knew exactly what to do, the Umbreon wagged her tail back and fourth cutely to try and gain the Abra's attention and lower its guard. While Ghastly slowly made his way behind Umbreon to combine her [TAIL WHIP]] with a [HYPNOSIS].

Ability of Umbreon and Ghastly: Synchronize and Levitate
Umbreon lv.7: Tackle|Dark Pulse|Tail Whip|Wish|Stored Power|Detect
Ghastly lv.5: Hypnosis | Lick | Spite

UMBREON USED TAIL WHIP ON ABRA
GHASTLY USED HYPNOSIS ON ABRA

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[JAMES TERRELL]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: 2c2c2c; border-left: #4a4a4a solid 8px; width: 440px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] [style=width: 415px; background-color: 181818; padding: 4px;] [/style][style=border: 4px solid #181818; width: 415px; background-color: 272727; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 2px; color: dddddd;]Let My Foolish Pride Forever Let Me Down [/style][style=width: 407px; text-align: justify; color: dddddd; font-size: 9px; background-color: 181818; border: 4px solid #181818; padding: 4px; height: 300px; overflow: auto;] The man very quickly got further on James' nerves. His modest ploy, as if he was taking the "cute" as a compliment was immediately irritating. But, James had practice with this type of person. They were one of his least favorite, however, the best way to deal with them was to not let them get to you. "Pity. I was so hoping we could run off into the evening together." The twinge of humor was mostly intending to reciprocate the mocking, but even that slight comic aspect was out of character for the man. Maybe this new region would have a bigger impact on him than he imagined? The Umbreon leaped down, and then a Ghastly appeared. It definitely didn't seem like an ideal match-up, but they would go down fighting with all that they were worth. The Umbreon's Tail Whip got to his Abra, and he realized that the Barrier would only do so much with lowered other defense. Then, the hypnosis was shot at him. "Drew, don't let them hit you!" The rings just barely missed the Abra as he dove to the side without really knowing what he was dodging. "Fantastic! Now, Drew, go after the Umbreon and use a FIRE PUNCH, and follow it up with a THUNDER PUNCH." The Abra immediately allowed each balled up fist to become alight with the power and element he was directed to use. He lunged toward the Umbreon with his fists blazing. "All right, now, Lil, use your GROWL on the Umbreon." The Ralts nodded and yelled over at her target, knowing full well what the idea was. "Now, use your SHADOW SNEAK at the Ghastly." That command brought a smile to her face. Immediately, she began to expand her meager shadow from the lamp nearby, and it went all around the Ghastly. Her move was fast, being a priority one, and while it wasn't strong, it would affect the Ghost type rather well. This battle was very much started, and it would probably last much longer than planned. Both teams seemed pretty equally matched, if James could keep up the defensive strategy. In three more rounds, he would have to remember to have Drew put up a new Barrier and Light Screen, but that shouldn't be a problem. [/style] word count 380 ❅ note lehhhgo. ❅ TEMPLATE BY SEA OF OTE

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[Dexter Leroy King]

"Well I won't go out with your type, but after I win this little battle, how about we rent out a hotel room. Just for the two of us~" His eyes shut for a moment, letting his smile take full effect. Stretching across his face while beaming at the other. "I'll bring the lube if you bring the condoms." he cooed, letting his voice take on a little bit of a smoky tune. The others voice didn't indicate much annoyance, but the fact that he brought sarcasm was already a win on the black haired man's side. "I know a place where the beds vibrate." He opened his eyes to gaze at the man opposing him, mockingly quirking a brow in his flirting act.

"Alright Raven lets see you do the six two before I get too horny." Just perfect, this wasn't one of those Abra's just who just teleported and sleep all day. Oh well, there was no fun in hitting an already half dead Pokemon anyways. The Ralts growl went unnoticed as Umbreon was just a little too preoccupied with the two punches coming her way. Using [DETECT] she avoided the first move easily, however, only capable of missing one move at a time, she followed through with Dexter's whole command. While the Abra was coming in for its second attack, her rings glowed before she unleashed a wave of dark power through the power of [DARK PULSE], right before getting hit by Thunder Punch. (from 1-100, Thunder Punch got a number higher than 10, Umbreon is not paralyzed. )

Ghastly was a little annoyed that his Hypnosis didn't hit, however he had more important business to attend to. "Show some affection Jasper~" The man said while the Ralts was on its way for a Shadow Sneak. Attacked from behind, Ghastly instantly turned to face the Ralts and went in to try and [LICK] the thing before trying once more for another [HYPNOSIS]. This time he tried to lull the Ralts to sleep.

Ability of Umbreon and Ghastly: Synchronize and Levitate
Umbreon lv.7: Tackle|Dark Pulse|Tail Whip|Wish|Stored Power|Detect
Ghastly lv.5: Hypnosis | Lick | Spite

GROWL WAS AVOIDED
UMBREON USED DETECT AND PROTECTED HERSELF FROM FIRE PUNCH.
UMBREON WAS HIT BY THUNDER PUNCH! UMBREON USED DARK PULSE.
GHASTLY WAS HIT BY SHADOW SNEAK!
GHASTLY USED LICK AND HYPNOSIS ON RALTS

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[JAMES TERRELL]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: 2c2c2c; border-left: #4a4a4a solid 8px; width: 440px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] [style=width: 415px; background-color: 181818; padding: 4px;] [/style][style=border: 4px solid #181818; width: 415px; background-color: 272727; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px; text-align; center; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 2px; color: dddddd;]Let My Foolish Pride Forever Let Me Down [/style][style=width: 407px; text-align: justify; color: dddddd; font-size: 9px; background-color: 181818; border: 4px solid #181818; padding: 4px; height: 300px; overflow: auto;] Had he not spent his whole life training himself to hold back on revealing his emotions, James would have winced a bit. He was utterly disgusted with this stranger. Everything he said was crude, and completely unwarranted. It was undeniably getting to him. Gritting his teeth, James choked back his sheer anger. The only thing he managed to utter was "No deal." It was increasingly apparent that this man was getting to him. It only made it worse that he was at a complete disadvantage and was most likely going to lose this fight. The Dark Pulse completely caught both Drew and James off guard. Luckily, the Light Screen in play reduced the damage, but not enough. The Abra went tumbling back. The jovial little thing looked like he was drained from the hit. But, he was still standing in spite of it. That shook away all the anger he felt from this disgusting ass of an opponent. "Great job, Drew. We're gonna have to be ready for those from now on." The sneakiness of the attack gave James an idea. Using his thoughts, he sent his next command without speaking. It was a trick he had developed because of the telepathic abilities of his Psychic Pokémon. Drew, do you hear me? The Abra discretely nodded, acknowledging the secrecy. All right, what I want you to do is hit the Umbreon with another THUNDER PUNCH, then immediately TELEPORT far enough out of range after. It was kind of a chicken move, but if he could execute it perfectly a few times, it would prevent the Umbreon from doing any damage to him. The Abra nodded again, then ran at the Umbreon with a lightning infused fist, but he was obviously holding back. Drew was conserving half of his brain power to be ready to teleport with perfect timing. Lil's attack had been successful, but apparently not as potent as he expected. The Ghastly came back with a lick, and she was still distracted by her attack and couldn't avoid it. The lick sent chills through her body, and she even felt like she was paralyzed! (rolled successful paralysis. 19/100, under 30) It was strange, there was no electricity in the attack, yet she felt the same effect. James noticed, and got nervous. "It's all right, power through it." The second attack the Ghastly used was another Hypnosis. This time it wasn't avoided, but because she was paralyzed, there was no effect. "All right, now, GROWL at the Umbreon, and then GROWL again at the Ghastly." He didn't want to risk having her use a physical attack and being stopped by the paralysis. She stayed still and opened her mouth, releasing a rather intimidating bark type noise. By now, James had basically accepted defeat, but he was not going to go down easily. He just had to step up his strategic play exponentially. But even flawless playing most likely wouldn't pull off a win here. Maybe he would have to play dirty after, worst case scenario. Unfortunately, that wasn't quite him. Although his nature was against it, the dark man couldn't help but entertain the thought of his Abra sending a last Thunder, Fire, or Ice Punch at the other man. It brought a quick little grin to his sadistic looking face. [/style] word count 550 ❅ note first of all, holy crap long post for me. second, sorry for the delay. third, convenient paralysis, eh? haha ❅ TEMPLATE BY SEA OF OTE

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[Dexter Leroy King]

He couldn't care less if he won or lost this battle. Sure he had the upper hand right now, but he didn't know whether this guy had other Pokemon on him or not. He could have some kind of Swampert hidden up his sleeve just waiting to pound his Pokemon into the dirt for all he knew! But that kind of thought didn't even phase him at this point, his smile still drawn oh so clearly on his serpine like face; he was just too pleased that he other was getting so irritated! "Awh what a shame." He continued. "And here I was getting all excited for a good night~"

The Ghastly was pleased to know that the Ralts did not have the same ability as that blasted Umbreon. When ever they would spar and she would get paralyzed, the stat would randomly attack him too thanks to her Synchronize. Feeling none of that stiffness, he smiled before getting rattled by the growl. Oh great now his attack was lowered... Hoorah. Just out of pure spite for the Ralts, the Ghastly's incredibly inhumanly long tongue was sent once more in its direction for another [LICK]. Maybe the Ralts just tasted nummy or something and the Ghastly just couldn't get enough of the 'Psychic flavor of the day'.

Raven on the other hand wasn't so lucky. She lost sight of the Abra for two seconds before she got bombarded with another electrical punch. (from 1-100, Thunder Punch got a 14 which is higher than 10, Umbreon is not paralyzed.) She shook off the pain, if this continued she would black out! Letting the nasty thoughts course through her mind once more, gather and concentrate. She let lose another [DARK PULSE], waves of black emmited from her body in visible forms of dark thoughts. Even if the Abra teleported away or something, at least it should keep it at bay for a little while she cooked up something else...

The Umbreon's ruby eyes took on more of a pinkish hue before the dark aura turned a similar tint. She sighed happily, it would take some time before this move would take effect, but at least she would be able to stay in battle just a little longer. She made a [WISH] to heal herself... Stupid Abra, she should probably take those fists and shove it up somewhere where the sun don't shine! This time she would keep an eye on her flank in case it decided to use that same little tricky move with teleport. She just wished now that Jasper would be done with that little Ralts to come and lend her a hand like a good partner would do!

Dexter gazed back at his human opponent, seeing a flash of melicious desire go through the other's thought. The eyes were a great window to one's mind. And it was a sight that he was all too use to seeing that if he failed to pin point it, it would be a sad day indeed. The other wanted to hurt him, wether by playing dirty and letting his Pokemon take a whack at him, or to get physical himself. Not much of a physical fighter, he was use to having a good beating every now and then, and was even armed with a flip knife on the occasion that things went from bad to worse. "I see that dark desire~ Put it away before I get excited again~" He couldn't help but continue the taunting. "I like things kinky."

If the other would come at him, would he arm himself? Probably not until after the first three swings. He was a masochist, but that didn't mean he was willing to die just yet either.

Ability of Umbreon and Ghastly: Synchronize and Levitate
Umbreon lv.7: Tackle|Dark Pulse|Tail Whip|Wish|Stored Power|Detect
Ghastly lv.5: Hypnosis | Lick | Spite

GHASTLY AND UMBREON'S ATTACK WAS LOWERED!
GHASTLY USED LICK ON RALTS!
UMBREON WAS HIT BY THUNDERPUNCH!
UMBREON USED WISH AND USED DARK PULSE!

ooc: trololo and the long post is contagious! and no problem, muse troubles does that I understand D: lol very convenient, now im stuck with two useless moves out of three XDD

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