Training Excersie - Bii

[Nix Night]

Today had a couple of purposes.

For a start, for the first time in a very long time, nix found herself with a young pokemon who was new to the world of battling, or new to the world outside the very shetlered one she had been raised in and new and she needed help on that front. Someone to train with who she could trust, someone who could help with battling but not have to win.

Furthermore, she liked Bii. She didnt like a lot of transfers, they came over with their own ideas on how things were done in their regions and they wanted the same items here, the same plans and they didnt respect how much more dangerous shula was. Only, bii had not been that person, in fact all nix had ever gotten from her were good and thorough reports and she was keen to spend a little time training with the gijinka.

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Despite it all, Bii felt like she could trust Nix. Lapis Lazuli doubted this very highly. And, yet, when Bii spoke of the sawsbuck that Nix kept with her, the deerling couldn’t resist wanting to find out for herself. So, once they were firmly within the range of the volcano and there seemed to be no other sign of humanity other than where Bii spotted Nix in the distance, the gijinka released her new friend.

Lapis Lazuli was at once sniffing about. She followed Bii all the same.

“H-Hello,” she greeted. “... It is very warm here.”

People commented about the weather. That was normal, right? Even if it wasn’t, it felt abnormally warm here. That was the distant lava, she supposed. She didn’t quite understand that, either, but she knew it was dangerous. The air here felt so unlike the pleasant breezes of summer. It felt like when an oven was first opening.

Why didn’t her clothes help with that, like an oven mitt helped with the oven…?

[Nix Night]

Nix spent her time waiting with her pokemon, a lot of them were not often out of the house or doing much beside patrolling with her and so the hot pools of volcano offered ripley a lot of fun to splash about in and ejoy while one of the smaller, a distance away, allowed Phantom somewhere to relax and rest some very tired bones.

Smiling at the sight of the male, eyes closed and head leaning back, nix sighed softly before feeling a small nudge beside her foot. She glanced down to find Kipi, the female always close to her normally but having backed up on to her foot, not an issue in itself but she was not a light pokemon and as normal, nix had no shoes on.

Lifting her head and looking down the slope to where Tain and Carino where looking for, well she didnt know what truth be told but they claimed there were plants up here and she wasnt going to prove them wrong. Well, there was another figure down there now, and with that, nix rubbed the head of her newest pokemon and stood up, raising a hand to wave to the gijinka as she got close.

"Indeed, i thought it would be a good place as the hot springs are good for relaxing after a battle and it offers a lot of options. Rocks for terrian, the pools to use in battle or around one, large stoney patches. I guess, a lot of people dont come here either, thats nice in its own way" the ranger replied at first before going on, catching herself rambling, taking the moment to flex out her foot which made Kipi duck in between her legs.

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Bii knew hardly enough about pokemon to recognize that the one at Nix’s feet was rare. Thus, she regarded it with the same smile the others sans Tain got. It was nice to see pokemon, but she didn’t know them especially well enough to get too excited. Lapis’s interest in Tain was obvious as well. The blue deerling’s ears perked toward the other cervine.

“That’ll be useful for me,” the deerling decided after hearing Nix’s words.

The young ranger, however, was caught up on the words of a hot spring. Was that what that body of water was…? Bii had heard hot springs were relaxing. There were supposed to be very good minerals in them. She would definitely want to get in after the battle…! Maybe some of the rest of the team, too?

After a few moments of silently staring with longing at the hot spring Ripley was in, Bii realized there was a conversation still going on. “I-It’s a very good spot…! Lapis Lazuli think so, too…!”

Said pokemon took a few steps forward, sniffing at the creature by Nix’s feet. Though she had been sheltered long in the depths of her forest birth-place, she had to say that this thing was strange even to her. Curious. Maybe she'd learn more once they battled.

[Nix Night]

Nix chuckled as she heard the words of the deerling, eyes turning to her and moving over her form before the other trainer spoke and nix grinned only deeper. "Dont worry, i have a sawsbuck. Shulian deerling is not a hard jump for me, and pokemon never were too hard for me" she said with a small wave of one hand before she looked directly to the pokemon.

"Your trainer, lil unsure hey? You'll be training with one of my unsure's too, happy with that?" the redhead said after a few seconds, her voice scratching in a few places as she tried to shift between the words for her own kind and move to those of pokemon. Something, she did not think through.

Kipi staggered back off the trainers feet, eyes moving up to her at the words, and while her own pokemon did not react strongly, there was a small splash of Phantom opening one eye and then twisting around in the water to rest his arms on the side of the pool, keeping an eye on the group while a few snorts and snuffles told the ranger that Carino and Tain had also taken note.

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Oh, right! That made sense. Bii nodded, a touch bashful over having not realized that would be the case.

Lapis Lazuli, meanwhile, regarded Nix with the same level of suspicion she regarded all humans and every other caught pokemon. “... It’ll do,” she said, tone-clipped but not impatient. Despite all of Bii’s insistence that Nix was fine, the blue doe found Bii a mediocre judge of character. She’d determine the situation herself.

Bii leaned over, an oran berry in her hand. “Want a berry for the battle?”

“No,” Lapis declined, turning to clip-clop-clip a meter away. “You need to practice training, too. Remember my moves? Call out a good suggestion.” Emphasis on suggestion. Lapis would do what she felt was the best idea.

“Oh, okay!” A beat. Then, the gijinka turned to her boss. “Do we have to stand on opposite sides? We could just… watch together…?”

Was that a rule for battles? Or, did most trainers do it? She couldn’t imagine how it would be cheating if they stood by one another.

Highest roll first? ijpHUsr6

[Nix Night]

Nix smiled as she watched the trainer and her pokemon, noting how different she seemed to be from herself and her own pokemon. She took the chance of bii moving away and her pokemon putting distance to kneel down, reaching out to stroke a hand over Kipi's head and then twist it to turn the female to face the other pokemon.

"This is all for fun, i want to learn what you can do and how you fight, and then when i know that we can work on making it work better between the both of us" she said in a soft voice, her steel type shaking a little before she swallowed a breath and nodded, just as bii called over.

"Please, battle the way you feel comfortable. I dislike giving orders, or shouting commands, unless its needed or i work something out my pokemon hasn't. Others adore the calling of moves and feel it bonds them together, so do it your way" the ranger said, waving one hand and giving the other duo the clear sign to begin.

She was the boss of this girl after all, it felt unfair to start a battle before her.

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NIX AND KIPI ARE GIVING UP THE FIRST MOVE

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Suddenly, Bii was all the more grateful for all of the training and observation that Inkwell had been drilling into the gijinka. She’d actually be able to show Nix how far she’d come! Well, not that the woman would know how far it was that Bii had come. But, it’d be at least a sign for her feigned recovery, right?

“I see…!” Inkwell and Lapis had said something similar to Nix’s words just now. It wasn’t necessary that Bii had to speak unless she saw something that Lapis didn’t seem to. But, doing that would require Bii having a grasp on Lapis’s view. Oh, this seemed hard…!

… Ah, she’d just missed the signal to begin, huh? The Shulian deerling hadn’t, however! Lapis Lazuli, catching a whiff of Kipi’s mineral tang, couldn’t determine if her opponent was ground, rock, or steel. Either way, she figured she was better off remaining as she was. She doubted even a hot spring would grant her the fire typing and there was only a slim chance the other pokemon actually steel type among the other two options.

Bleating as a substitute for what might be a growl in other pokemon, the doe-fawn pawed the ground. She made sure to do plenty of display work, not interested in frightening the other pokemon genuinely. This was just a training battle after all. Lapis Lazuli wasn’t a savage… Unlike some of Bii’s team.

“Here I go!” With that, she sprinted on her little slender legs to try Tackling Kipi!

LAPIS LAZULI the SHULIAN DEERLING

level 6 | 60/60 HP

female with the harvest ability

MOVES: camouflage, tackle, growl, fake tears

Used GROWL!

Used TACKLE!

^{(40 bp - 10 nve = 30 damage)}