Shiny Surface (Kurt/Mod)

[Morgan Porter]

The Mirror Lake was beautiful. True to its name, the surface of the water shined with the sun beaming down upon it, and Morgan was pleased with how clean the lake seemed. She could hear the sounds of various Pokemon out and about, even if her gaze was sweeping over the area too fast to really pinpoint any specific species.

"This is lovely," Morgan said, her hands cradling her Ralts egg as she looked around. Vivi was by her feet and huffed, seemingly not as taken with Mirror Lake as her trainer. Morgan ignored her Pokemon's pout and instead turned to Kurt.

"How often do you end up coming around here?" she asked out of curiosity. The other rancher lived on this part of the island, after all.

Pokemon Happiness: Vivi (1/5), Horos (1/5), Illume (1/5)
Ralts Egg: 11/20
Kurt Emerson, Mod Ava/Mod Kris for item and wild Pokemon spawns. Takes place immediately after While the Trainer's Away.

[Kurt Emerson]

"Isn't it?" Kurt was right with Morgan and her Pokemon. Coconut was on one of his shoulders while his fishing rod was against the other. Glancing up, he spotted Apple flying above them. He figured his Xatu could use some exercise and invited her along on the outing.

"Oh, we come out here often enough," Kurt answered. "Got a few additions to my team from here after we moved to the island. You mentioned coming here for foraging? Or were you also hoping to catch some Pokemon around here?"

Granted, Kurt wasn't quite sure what kind of Pokemon Morgan would be looking for around the lake, but it was always a possibility.

Pokemon Happiness: Coconut (1/5), Apple (Maxed)
Mod Kris/Mod Ava, Morgan Porter

[Morgan Porter]

Morgan glanced down at Vivi, quite conscious of how young and inexperienced in battle the Gothita was. Granted, Horos and Illume didn't have many levels -- if any at all -- on Vivi, but Morgan felt that the other two would be able to be more confident in battle. Vivi had the temper and the willpower, sure, but battle prowess in general? Morgan really didn't know about that.

"I'm not sure about catching wild Pokemon for myself," Morgan said in response to Kurt. "I don't know what types of Pokemon around here would fit in on my ranch, and I don't think my Pokemon would be strong enough against the wild Pokemon. We're mainly just exploring and foraging."

Hopefully for apricorns, mainly, but she wouldn't be picky for berries. A cookbook for homemade Pokemon medicine was on Morgan's shopping list, at least. With that said, Morgan released both Horos and Illume, allowing them with Vivi to wander just a little farther to see if they could find anything. Kurt's Xatu was nearby, if need be. Morgan was grateful for both the man and his Pokemon for accompanying her.

Gesturing to Kurt's fishing rod, she asked, "Are you hoping for more Pokemon?"

It'd be interesting to see Kurt's Pokemon in battle.

Pokemon Happiness:: Vivi (2/5), Horos (2/5), Illume (2/5)
Ralts Egg: 12/20
Kurt Emerson, Mod Kris/Mod Ava

[Mod Kris]

Morgan Porter, Kurt Emerson

When they got the okay to explore a little, Vivi took off in a random direction. Horos followed at a more leisurely pace, perhaps unsure where to go. Illume actually went in the opposite direction.

Illume actually found an apricorn bush and brought back two Blue Apricorns to Morgan.

Vivi, with Horos in tow, found a small tree growing by the banks of the lake and froze upon realizing that there was a Pineco hanging from one of the tree branches. The wild Pokemon stared back evenly.

On the surface of the lake was a trio of Ducklett casually swimming, while a Chewtle was just off the shore and close to Kurt and Morgan. The little turtle-like Pokemon was downright glaring at the humans.

[Kurt Emerson]

"You never know," Kurt said with a small shrug when Morgan mentioned that she wasn't quite sure what kind of Pokemon around would be appropriate for her ranch. He watched as her own Pokemon were released to explore nearby and he let Coconut off his shoulders, encouraging the Aipom to join them.

Coconut, though, paused before going over towards Vivi and Horos, spotting the Chewtle and staring right back at it. The Chewtle appeared to be glaring at the humans and trained Pokemon, while Coconut seemed a little bewildered.

Kurt noticed Coconut stop and spied the Chewtle as well. "Hello," he said to the Pokemon. "We leave you alone and you leave us alone, or did you have something else in mind...?"

Pokemon Happiness: Coconut (2/5), Apple (Maxed)
Notes: Let's engage the Chewtle.
Mod Kris, Morgan Porter

[Morgan Porter]

Kurt seemed neutral to the idea of getting more Pokemon during their visit at the lake, but Morgan listened as he actually spoke to a wild Pokemon that was, frankly, downright glaring at them. Morgan herself took a step back, but Kurt told the Chewtle that it would have to make the first move it if wanted to do anything other than stare.

She would let Kurt handle the Chewtle, especially since Illume already brought back a couple of apricorns for her to add into her box. "Thank you," she said to her Pokemon. She looked over to see how Vivi and Horos were doing, and was a little startled to see them both staring up at a Pineco.

Before Morgan could do much of, well, anything, Vivi abruptly gave a shout and shot out a small, purplish force of telekinetic power at the Pineco. Morgan kind of froze. She did not expect Vivi to use Confusion.

Pokemon Happiness: Vivi (3/5), Horos (3/5), Illume (3/5)
Ralts Egg: 13/20
Mod Kris, we're sort of engaging the Pineco? xD

[Mod Kris]

Kurt Emerson, Morgan Porter

The Chewtle honestly seemed caught off-guard at the human talking frankly to it, but it seemed to consider Kurt's words.

Evidently, it was fired up enough to mess with Kurt and his own Pokemon, for the Chewtle marched further up onto the land and aimed a Water Gun attack at Coconut.

Chewtle

| male | strong jaw

Level: 15
Hold Item: none

Tackle | Water Gun | Bite | Protect | ---- | ----

>> Chewtle used Water Gun

Meanwhile, Vivi's Confusion was causing a small mess with the Pineco. The Confusion hit the wild Pokemon straight on, causing the Pineco to lose its grip on the tree and drop to the ground. It shook for a brief second before it began glowing and smoking with the obvious beginnings of Self-Destruct...

Pineco

| female | sturdy

Level: 15
Hold Item: none

Tackle | Protect | Self-Destruct | Bug Bite | Take Down | ----

>> Confusion took off 11% HP from Pineco
>> Pineco started using Self-Destruct

[Kurt Emerson]

"If that's how we want to do this..." Kurt didn't mind that the Chewtle seemed to want to fight, although Coconut was a little confused. The Aipom got hit with the Water Gun, but shook it off. Coconut retaliated when Kurt commanded, "Swift."

The Aipom only did the one attack before Kurt tossed a Lure Ball at the Chewtle.

Kurt himself realized that there was a little commotion over where Morgan's young Pokemon went. He was there after all to help protect them, right? With a small whistle to Apple, he gestured for his Xatu to go and help. Apple landed in between Vivi and the Pineco, her wings spread to help shield the younger Pokemon from the wild Pokemon's attack.

Apple would be able the take the hit, Kurt was sure.

Coconut

| male | run away

Level: 25
Hold Item: none

Scratch | Screech | Fury Swipes | Tickle | Sand Attack | Swift

>> Water Gun took off 10% HP from Coconut
>> Coconut used Swift
>> Swift took off 77% HP from Chewtle
>> Kurt threw a Lure Ball

Pokemon Happiness: Coconut (3/5), Apple (Maxed)
Notes: Trying to catch Chewtle, and sending Apple over to Morgan in case she's needed.
Morgan Porter, Mod Kris

[Morgan Porter]

"Oh, no..."

Everything was happening so fast. Vivi maybe accidentally attacked a wild Pokemon that had fallen from a tree and was now smoking.

Morgan vaguely heard Kurt dealing with a wild Pokemon, and she knew she couldn't get to Vivi and Horos in time herself. She did the only thing she could think of.

Around the same time Apple swooped down to cover Vivi and Horos -- thank Arceus for the Xatu -- Morgan dug a Pokeball from her bag and chucked it at the Pineco. She crossed her fingers hoping that the wild Pokemon had lost just enough of its health from Vivi's Confusion to be captured.

Or, at the very least, even if it broke out of the pokeball, perhaps it would be startled out of trying to use Self-Destruct.

Pokemon Happiness: Vivi (4/5), Horos (4/5), Illume (4/5)
Ralts Egg: 14/20
Kurt Emerson, Mod Kris, hopefully Morgan just trying to catch the pokemon right off the bat is okay!

[Mod Kris]

Kurt Emerson, Morgan Porter

The Chewtle was either hurt enough from one Swift or it was so caught off-guard because how dare the human cut their battle so short that the Lure Ball barely shook before it stilled.

Likewise, the combination of both the Confusion and the Pokeball interrupting the Pineco's Self-Destruct seemed to have favorably resulted in Morgan's chance throw succeed after a couple of shakes.

Congratulations, Chewtle was caught!
[center][font size="5"](Nickname) the Chewtle[/font]
[img]https://i.dstatic.com/images/pokemon/front/normal/chewtle.png[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/2yYWaNT.gif[/img] | male | strong jaw | monster/water 1 | kurt emerson

Personality:
+ brave + (positive)
- combative - (negative)

Happiness:
60 / 150
(Started @ 60, Lvled 0 times [3 x 0 = 0], Fainted 0 times [-10 x 0 = 0], Thread points [0 posts / 5 = 0, remainder 0])

Level: 15 (0/15 exp)
Hold Item: none
Current HP 23%: [div style="width:23px;height:10px;background-color:goldenrod;"][/div]

Tackle | Water Gun | Bite | Protect | ---- | ----

History Points:
>> Caught at Mirror Lake at level 15.[/center]
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Congratulations, Pineco was caught!
[center][font size="5"](Nickname) the Pineco[/font]
[img]https://i.dstatic.com/images/pokemon/front/normal/pineco.png[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/B6lsnAb.gif[/img] | female | sturdy | bug | morgan porter

Personality:
+ calm + (positive)
- flighty - (negative)

Happiness:
70 / 150
(Started @ 70, Lvled 0 times [3 x 0 = 0], Fainted 0 times [-10 x 0 = 0], Thread points [0 posts / 5 = 0, remainder 0])

Level: 15 (0/15 exp)
Hold Item: none
Current HP 89%: [div style="width:89px;height:10px;background-color:green;"][/div]

Tackle | Protect | Self-Destruct | Bug Bite | Take Down | ----

History Points:
>> Caught at Mirror Lake at level 15.[/center]
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[Kurt Emerson]

Kurt barely watched to see if the Lure Ball stilled. Coconut bounded forward to collect the ball when the Chewtle was captured, but Kurt immediately turned to go and catch up with Morgan.

"You all okay?" he asked, taking in the sight of Apple blocking Vivi and Horos while a Pokeball shook a couple of times from the base of a tree. It looked like both Kurt and Morgan caught new members of their ranches.

Coconut caught up within a few minutes, his tail holding the Lure Ball and Kurt thanked him before taking it. The trainer then nodded to Apple, who preened for a moment before taking back off to the skies.

Giving Morgan a crooked smile, Kurt said, "Well. Didn't quite expect this excitement."

Pokemon Happiness: Coconut (4/5), Apple (Maxed), Chewtle (1/5)
Notes: Thanks!
Morgan Porter, Mod Kris

[Morgan Porter]

Oh. It worked.

Morgan blinked at the Pokeball that now held her Pineco and it actually took Kurt coming over and speaking to snap Morgan out of her thoughts.

"Uh, yes. Yes, I think we are all okay," she said, glancing at her Pokemon to be sure they were alright. Looking to Apple, she added, "And thank you for coming down so swiftly to help."

Illume had fetched the Pineco's pokeball and returned it to Morgan, making a sort of trill sound as she passed by Vivi and Horos. Morgan wasn't entirely sure what Illume said, but Vivi huffed and turned away from her teammate. Horos looked a little sheepish.

"Yes, wasn't expecting that at all," Morgan said and vowed to keep a closer eye on her Pokemon. She was lucky Kurt and Apple were with her. If not, she may have been rushing to the port to catch a boat to the closest city with a Pokemon Center. "And did you catch that Chewtle?"

Pokemon Happiness: Vivi (5/5), Horos (5/5), Illume (5/5), Thera (1/5)
Ralts Egg: 15/20
Mod Kris, Kurt Emerson

[Mod Kris]

Kurt Emerson, Coconut gained 15 exp. points! Coconut reached level 26!
Morgan Porter, Vivi gained 15 exp. points! Vivi reached level 6! Vivi reached level 7!
i didn't forget the experience points in my last post, what are you talking about

The commotion caused by the trainers and their Pokemon seemed to have caught some other wild Pokemon's interest.

Bobbing up to the lake's surface, the horn and bright orange hues of a Goldeen watched casually. It didn't seem inclined to go too close to the shore unless something lured it closer. Likewise, a chittering was heard higher in the tree and a Weedle was staring down at the group of trained Pokemon.

Meanwhile, after evidently chastising Vivi and Horos, Illume had taken off on her own again and returned to Morgan's side with three Yellow Apricorns.

[Kurt Emerson]

Kurt's shoulders relaxed in relief when Morgan revealed that they all seemed to be okay. "Good," he said. He would have felt awful if something had happened to Morgan or her Pokemon. He had offered to join her at the lake with the idea that he and his stronger Pokemon would help keep them all safe as she and her team searched for berries and apricorns.

Apple had cooed to Morgan in response to the young woman's thanks as the Xatu returned to the skies, no doubt enjoying the breeze while also keeping an eye on everything from above.

"We did, actually," Kurt said, glancing down at the Lure ball before minimizing it and attaching it to his belt. "Think it wanted more of a fight, but we didn't have time for that. And you got a Pineco! Congrats!"

Glancing out at the lake, Kurt noticed the Goldeen but decided to leave it alone for now. He had his fishing rod, yes, but he wanted to be sure that Morgan and her team were comfortable with the wild areas before sitting down and fishing for himself.

"Coconut." Kurt looked to his Aipom and asked, "Want to join Illume and search for apricorns or berries too?" The Aipom grinned and joined Morgan's Pokemon.

Pokemon Happiness: Coconut (5/5), Apple (Maxed), Cashew (2/5)
Notes: at the exp. points! I didn't notice either!
Morgan Porter, Mod Kris

[Morgan Porter]

Kurt seemed appeased when Morgan said that she and her team were alright, and she noticed his shoulders relax. The pair hadn't been too far apart in regards to their respective, impromptu wild Pokemon battles, but she just realized how quickly Kurt had caught up to her regardless. It was rather sweet of him to take up the role of support so seriously.

He congratulated her for catching the Pineco and Morgan blurted out, "I know very little about Pineco." That, and it was suddenly her strongest Pokemon. Glancing back up at the tree -- and promptly being startled enough at the Weedle to take a few steps back -- Morgan asked, "Do you know if that's how they feed? By clinging to a tree?"

She moved away from the tree and closer to Kurt, ushering Vivi and Horos to follow and her hand protectively curled around the Ralts egg. Illume seemed alright on her own, and even had Coconut for company now, the Elgyem bobbing a little at the Aipom in some semblance of a bow before taking off to find more goodies.

Pokemon Happiness: Vivi 7 (1/5), Horos 1 (1/5), Illume 1 (1/5), Thera (2/5)
Ralts Egg: 16/20
Kurt Emerson, Mod Kris, thanks for the experience points!