Calamity Caves

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Lumina
Energy: 46 - 20 = 26
Items in Use: Heal Ribbon (adds 1 energy to the normal 1 energy regain upon page. i.e. +2 energy each page)
Vulpix Tag (-1 energy per pokemon roll)
Inventory
-N/A


Lumina padded forward, the smooth stone underneath her paw pads cool to the touch. She had not been to the Serene Cave since before she had evolved, and she was now interested in taking on the challenge, now that she was stronger and had developed new talents.

She now had psychic abilities, particularly in the art of telekinesis, which was useful to the quadrupedal pokemon. She no longer had to carry things awkwardly with one paw or in her mouth. Her bag was slung around her neck and shoulders, and sat on her back easily, though for now it was empty. She was actually on a mission to fill her bag with useful items on this mission, though she wasn't sure what kinds of items she would find here in the cave.

{Energy: 8 + 1 (new page) = 9}

Jet watched Lumina's expression and he could tell that she seemed rather pleased with his awe. Though he couldn't help but find it a little bit strange. This Ninetales had hardly seemed like the bragging type like that. But he supposed when you did have strength and skill like that, you at least had the right to take pride in it. So he certainly was not going to hold it against her. After all, if he had that kind of strength, he'd probably be just as proud of it as she seemed to be.

He looked over at the defeated Bibarel when she asked if he could take on the Bidoof. A Bibarel may have been too strong for him to take on. But a Bidoof? They weren't very strong, right? Maybe he could take on one of those at least. "N-no, no," Jet replied, finally getting back to his feet and steppin over to Lumina. "I-I don't think a Flamethrower will be needed. I-I think I might be able to handle this one."

He wasn't usually this insistent on fighting anything for fear of embarrassing himself. But here, he felt slightly inspired by Lumina's show of strength. He wanted to see if he couldn't do something like she could.... He then cast a quick look around, trying to find the smaller Pokémon. "Wh-where is it...?" he asked, carelessly stepping closer without properly inspecting his surroundings in his eagerness.

Lumina
Energy: 16 + 2 (page) = 18
Items in Use: Heal Ribbon (adds 1 energy to the normal 1 energy regain upon page. i.e. +2 energy each page)
Vulpix Tag (-1 energy per pokemon roll)
Inventory
-N/A


Lumina rolled her eyes as the buizel stepped forward without giving a proper look to his surroundings first. The bidoof came forward out of its hiding place in the shadows, looking angry at the fall of its parent -or perhaps elder sibling, it was hard to tell. It let out an angry cry and fell upon the buizel with snapping teeth.

Lumina prevented herself from sending a wall of flames at it, determined to see the buizel fight for herself. She wanted to see just how good the buizel was at defending himself, and if he would need her help to toughen up or if he could do the job himself.

The offending bidoof aimed at the buizel's sensitive air sacks around its neck, hoping to pop them and cause the buizel immense pain from doing so. It would be aiming for the sacks in its next couple of attacks. It was vicious but slow, so if the buizel was determined about knocking the bidoof away, he would likely succeed.

Jet's attention was suddenly caught by a blur of movement from his side. Considering that the Ninetales was still back where he had just come from, there was only one Pokémon that this one could be. His eyes widened in fear as he realized that the Bidoof must have been waiting in the darkness for a chance to take him off-guard. Of course, the sneak attack worked, and Jet was successfully caught by surprise. Fortunately for the young Buizel, though, he had a massive speed advantage in this situation and his reaction time was good enough to compensate for his recklessness. He let out a yelp of surprise, but was quickly able to stumble backward and to his left side, kicking off of the ground with his right foot.

Thankfully, the Buizel was just able to avoid getting caught by the Bidoof's teeth. He let out a small sigh of relief, but knew that he didn't have long to celebrate. As soon as the Bidoof's attack missed, the critter would probably turn around and attack him again. But at least this time, he wouldn't be caught off-guard unless the Plump Mouse Pokémon tried to do something sneaky. And he had to make sure that the Bidoof didn't connect. He could tell what the Normal-type was aiming for. A nice chomp to the neck to seriously hurt him via his floatation sac. He couldn't help but shiver slightly at the mere thought of the pain that that would probably inflict upon him.

Of course, the way he reacted to the Bidoof's attack was probably very telling of his combat skills or lack thereof. After all, a battle-savvy Buizel would have been able to react on the spot and spin around to deliver a counterattack, not only stopping the attack but also inflicting damage at the same time thanks to the massive speed advantage. Jet, however, had merely just barely stumbled out of harm's way without doing anything more, and rather ungracefully at that. But there was still an entire fight ahead of the young Buizel...perhaps he could make up for it later.... Whatever the case, Jet knew that he had to focus on the fight and didn't have time to think about such how he looked.