A Peaceful Forest. Akuroma Meets an Old Friend of Avaria's?

Akuroma shuffled through Pecha Forest silently. Just an hour ago he was at the Dojo training, yet he was already going to train the new move he learned, Thunder Punch. Thankfully the rain had stopped a few minutes after he left the dojo. As he made his way into the forest he pulled out an Oran berry and ate it. He had forgotten to eat after training, so the berry would have to make due. The forest sounded like it was still raining with all the water that was previously trapped by the trees now falling freely.

(33/28 Energy)

A Roselia watched the Ralts shuffle slowly and quietly through the forest from her position in the tree branches. The Pokemon was clearly not from around here, Ralts not exactly being common Pokemon in this forested area.
Vesper watched as he drew closer to the tree she was sat in, neatly sitting on the branch, sheltered from the rain that had been pelting down not too long ago. Though rain always made the sky cloudy, at least it felt refreshing. Glancing up at the sky though, the Roselia held in a sigh as she could still see the darker grey hues of the clouds through the leaves, despite the fact that the rain had already stopped.

Deciding to make the best of a situation, Vesper used the red and blue roses that stood in for her hands and pushed herself off of the branch she was seated on. Gently she slid to the ground, landing a short distance in front of the Ralts as her curiosity got the better of her.
"So what would bring an obvious stranger like you to the forest?" asked Vesper, watching the Ralts's movements closely for the slightest hint of hostility.

Vesper
Energy: 19
None lost due to home dungeon.

Akuroma looked at the Roselia through his hair as she slid down in front of him. When she asked what he was doing here he sighed. The only time someone asked him that was when he ran into Mirage in Shadowhue and Avaria in the Frozen Stream.

"Training. I recently learned Thunder Punch and was hoping to perfect it's use a bit," he said as he watched the Roselia. Unlike her, he was able to watch for hostility through her emotions and her movements, although his hair did impede his vision of her somewhat. Although, if this went along like the last two times, he'd end up getting a traveling companion out of the Roselia instead of an enemy.

Vesper's eyes scanned the Ralts for a moment. He didn't seem to be able to see very well through his hair, bur from what she knew the species were psychic type, something she knew not to underestimate. Psychic types often had other ways of perceiving or protecting themselves from danger, something she was definitely aware of. But they could also use those skills to do the exact opposite.
"Explorer, Outlaw, Merchant or Unaffiliated?" she asked, tilting her head to the side as she asked out of curiosity. A small harmless smile danced on her features as she watched him, awaiting his response with what seemed to be genuine interest.

Akuroma scratched the scar on his cheek a bit at the Roselia's question, "Unaffiliated, I guess. I sometimes go out and explore for the Library. Gather information on dungeons and such for them, but other than that I'm an every day Pokemon. Well, if you count always running into outlaws and nutjobs as 'every day,'" he said nonchalantly. His horn twitched a bit, he still didn't sense any hostility from the Roselia, but he'd have to be careful. He had found that most grass types were very patient, and if she knew any poison type moves he could be in trouble.

Vesper blinked but chuckled, "Sounds like an interesting life!"
The Ralts seemed to have experience dealing with outlaws and battling if the short version of his life story were to be believed. That coupled with his scar told Vesper all she needed to know. With a bright grin, the Roselia hopped backwards a few steps before pointing one of her roses -the blue one- in front of her, a sphere of golden energy forming in front of it before the sphere extended into a beam of psychic energy that quickly headed towards Akuroma. She narrowed her eyes mischievously as she observed the Ralts's reaction to her Extrasensory attack.

Akuroma tilted his head a bit as the Roselia began her attack. He sighed before he was engulfed in a bright mint green light. When the light had faded, he was gone, only to reappear in a similar light up in a tree branch.

"Aw, and here I thought we could be friends. I suppose you're not like Mirage and Avaria, oh well," he said. His arm began to glow in the same mint green light as before. He smirked at the Roselia before swinging his arm down and sending a wave of psychic energy at her.

As the Ralts teleported away, Vesper's smiling expression turned into a deliberate frown and she gathered the roses on her arms in front of her so that it looked almost like she was scenting the flowers that took the place of her hands.
"Now now. I was only trying to help. You won't get any better at using Thunder Punch if you teleport away all the time now will you," she replied, her expression quickly shifting back into a mischievous little grin as she dodged his Psyshock attack. She distinctly heard the mention of her closest friend's name, but didn't care to ask into it for the time being as Avaria had never mentioned a Ralts to her. He couldn't be all that important. The other name however, she didn't recognise at all.

"You could've told me you were going to help instead of attacking without giving a reason," he said, sitting down on the branch and looking down at her. At this angle, his red eyes were unobstructed by his hair as he looked at the Roselia. Now he was unsure if this Roselia truly was an outlaw. Unlike Mirage, she did not seem angry or confused about her place in the world. Unlike Avaria, she didn't seem to be open about being an outlaw, if she was one. Then there was her question of his own affiliation. Why would an outlaw care if he was one? Deciding that pondering about it was futile, Akuroma simply asked.

"So, you asked me about my affiliation, may I know your's?" he asked her, "And while you're at it, mind telling me your name?"

"If i'd have done that though you would have easily predicted an attack. Learning is best done from real experience in my opinion," she replied, spreading her arms to the sides again to collect as much sunlight from the dim sky as she could. Watching the Ralts from her position on the ground, she retained her smile, finding some amusement at the slight look of confusion and curiosity in his eyes.

"I wouldn't really allocate myself an affiliation as I am not always what the label says," replied Vesper, blinking as she watched the Ralts, "Though my parents would definitely call me a Thief," she replied with a grin. Despite the emotional baggage that came with leaving her parents, she enjoyed being a thief and easily accepted who she was. It wasn't something that bothered her too much unless she dwelled on it for too long.
"But you shouldn't ask someone's name without first introducing yourself. It's impolite after all."

"If I'm expecting an attack, I can try deflecting it with a Thunder Punch instead of dodging it with a Teleport," he said as he teleported off the tree branch. He reappeared a few meters in front of Vesper, a smirk across his face.

"And here I thought we were going to skip most of the pleasantries. My name's Akuroma," he said before his arm began to release mint green sparks.

"If you're not expecting an attack, you can still try and deflect it with Thunder Punch instead of dodging it with Teleport," she replied matter-of-factly, watching as the Ralts teleported from the branch and back onto the forest floor. She paused as the Ralts finally opted to introduce himself.
"Vesper," she replied, introducing herself as Akuroma had finally obliged in doing so, "Though I must say the colour of your Thunder Punch is most interesting."
With that comment, she quickly hopped backwards again before the Ralts could hit her with his unsually coloured Thunder Punch. She wouldn't have thought it to be a Thunder Punch at all if it had not been for the sound of crackling electricity.

Akuroma didn't respond, he simply focused on the sparks until his entire arm was engulfed in the oddly colored electricity. He then began to charge at Vesper, keeping his arms low before he would get up close to her. He couldn't really plan how to punch her, as he had to keep his focus on the electricity for the most part. As he neared her, he swung his arm upwards.

The Roselia watched Akuroma for a moment as he remained still, seemingly focusing on the move he was using as nothing changed except more of his arm grew covered with the mint coloured sparks. As she waited she used Absorb, the green tendrils coming from each rose on the end of her arm weaving there way into the ground and appearing to look like an Ingrain move. The slow rate at which the Ralts prepared for his attack gave her plenty of time to prepare a counter, and no sooner had he gotten close, than the tendrils from Absorb had shot out from the ground, latching onto the electrically charged arm and attempting to switch the direction of the punch so that it narrowly missed Vesper.

When the tendrils suddenly wrapped around his arm, Akuroma lost his focus, causing the electricity to burst out in a large flash. Thankfully his hair kept him from being temporarily blinded from the light, and he was able to teleport a few feet back, getting out of the Absorb attack.

"I channel the energy through my Fairy typing. It makes it easier to use than if I used my Psychic typing. Although it makes the electricity colored similar to my Psychic attacks," he said, no longer needing to focus on the Thunder Punch.