He gives a light chuckle at Lorenz’s comment. “That’s true, I s’pose.” He didn’t get much of a chance to check out the Bellsprout Tower. Though, since his mind’s been occupied he doubted he would have enjoyed it. “I wonder if its really true that celebi can travel through time..” he quietly muses as he follows along. Time always feels like something you shouldn’t mess with, but what he would give to go back in time..
He stopped as Lorenz did, probably to recheck the map. Lavender fell into place beside him, though was quickly occupied by Sulfur offering a half eaten berry. After sniffing it a bit, she gladly partook by gulping it down whole. She seemed incredibly pleased.
“No, not yet anyways.” A river huh? If there was one nearby, he thought maybe he could hear it so he tried to listen for that while also catching the rest of what Lorenz was going to say. But before he could, Lo’s light ended up flickering out. “Here, hang on.” He had hung it on his backpack since there was no sense in using both lanterns at once. As he was getting it off, he saw a bit of a soft light and Lorenz giving a small ‘thanks.’
“That’s not..?” he started confused, but quickly clicked his lantern on and held it out in that direction. “Holy shit-” An ampharos?? He didn’t even know those could be found in the wild, let alone here in the middle of a forest. Don’t they like electric places like other electric-types? Before he knew it, Lorenz had let out a shriek and was suddenly behind him. He had all but forgotten how Lorenz got with electric-types, though now he was thoroughly reminded.
Without much hesitation he reached to his belt, calling back Lavender, and tossing off another rather dented pokeball. A familiar probopass emerged from the light of the pokeball, and floated protectively in front of his trainer while rumbling slightly. To have evolved fully like that while still being wild.. it was hard to tell how strong it was and he wasn’t sure if it was actually hostile, but hopefully Sandy’s presence could simply intimidate it. If not, well.. Sandy was his best suited pokemon for battling electric-types.
The Ampharos did not show any sign of direct hostility, and merely appeared confused at Lorenz’s reaction as he did his best to hide completely behind Adrian, digging his fingers so deep into his shoulders there was no way it wouldn’t leave a mark. Good natured as it was, the wild Pokemon made a step forward, just to make sure the human wasn’t hurt... But then, it noticed the less scruffy human was taking out a Poke Ball...
The Electric type hopped back as Sandy was called out. It riled itself up and let sparks fly out of the pearl on its forehead, responding tus to what it perceived as a challenge with the possibility of being caught at stake. The bit of intimidation intended for the Probopass did have its intended effect, but not on the right target, as Lorenz sunk to his knees covering his ears as the Ampharos let its little firework show go on for a few seconds.
Sulfur seemed quite concerned by his trainer’s reaction. He didn’t understand it, but he got enough to know he had to kick that oversized sheep back to where it came from. The Croconaw stepped up to join Adrian’s Pokemon, and immediately went on the offensive. He made use of his Scary Face move, which seemed to do a good enough job making the Ampharos second-guess what he was up against...
Taking ahold of itself despite the Croconaw’s attempt to scare it, the Ampharos let out another cry. Sparkles began to fly again (Lorenz twitched once more) and as soon as Sulfur was within its reach, he was struck by a Thunder Shock attack.
The water type was zapped by the miniature lightning right where he stood. The move itself wasn’t all that powerful, but after a whole day of fighting and walking, there wasn’t much more he could withstand, especially from a Pokemon that had a type advantage over him.
Seemed like it was all down to Sandy and Adrian now!
