From now on, the Pokédex's lines will be called out in \backslash\. It's just a thing to make it more convenient. I look out for you guys. (-_-)
Unsure of Dragon's fighting capabilities, Matt sent out Craig. In response to the Medium tossing her Pokéball, the Pokédex called out
\Medium Georgina sent out GASTLY!\
On the Pokédex's top screen, a videogame-like recreation of the battlefield was displayed. On it was the question,
\What will Craig do?\
On the bottom screen were four options: FIGHT, ITEM, POKÉMON, and RUN. Matt chose FIGHT.
From there were four more options, apparently Craig's moves. They were Metal Sound, ThunderShock, Supersonic, and SonicBoom. Matt decided on Supersonic.
\Craig used Supersonic! The foe's GASTLY was confused!\
Immediately after, the Medium's Gastly began an attack. However, it didn't seem right in the head, and stumbled through the air.
\The foe's GASTLY is confused! The foe's GASTLY used Spite! GASTLY removed 4 PP from Supersonic!\
Matt didn't quite understand the 'PP' business, so he went on attacking, this time with SonicBoom.
\Craig used SonicBoom! It doesn't affect GASTLY…\
Now, this was something strange. Moves not doing anything. Gastly still seemed completely loco, though.
\The foe's GASTLY is confused! It hurt itself in its confusion!\
Gastly had started toward Craig, but veered right around and plowed straight into a wall. That did do something.
It was Matt's turn again. He settled on ThunderShock.
\Craig used ThunderShock!\
The arcs Matt had seen around the wild Magnemite before reappeared. However, they weren't yellow; they were an intimidating shade of blue. As the wicked blue streak of electricity fired towards Gastly, the Pokédex reacted:
\A critical hit!\
The Gastly went around erratically some more, before it slowed to a halt and fell to the floor.
\The foe's GASTLY fainted!\
Yes. Matt was sure of it. That was the goal of a Pokémon Battle: to make all your opponents Pokémon faint. He was already on his way.
"Hm! Very well done, youngster!" the Medium said as she recalled the unconscious Gastly. "However, I've still got some more up my sleeve."
\Medium Georgina sent out GASTLY!\
The rest of the battle was largely the same, apart from Matt only using ThunderShock.
\Matt has won the battle!\
"Ohh, clever boy! You might have what it takes to defeat Morty!"
\Matt received $7.68 for winning!\
Matt went further along the invisible floor, wary of falling through the seemingly-nonexistent boards and tumbling to Arceus knows where. Just as soon as he had started getting used to it, right in front of him a ghastly Pokémon spontaneously appeared!
"DYEEEEEGHH! G-go, Craig!"
He didn't bother to pull out his Pokédex. He was even more terrified than that one time when he tried playing "Seven Shifts at Teddi's". But that didn't matter right now—what mattered was that he got rid of this thing!
The Pokémon gave Matt and Craig a cold, intimidating look. He found that the piercing glare practically made it impossible for him to run away.
"E-er, use ThunderShock! Right in its mean face!"
Craig seemed happy to oblige. It didn't look like it was too fond of this thing either.
Suddenly, the thing pulled a nail seemingly from nowhere. In its other hand, it revealed another nail. Matt wasn't sure whether it was threatening them or about to perform a magic trick.
All doubt was lost when it held one of the nails to its forehead, and the other to Craig's! It then started to shove the nails in… slowly… and painfully.
However, Craig… didn't seem that affected. It already had screws jutting out of its body, what was a nail?
The thing, on the other hand, apparently having second thoughts about self-mutilation.
Which it thought about as it fell to the floor.
Because it had fainted.
Finally noticing the Pokédex's violent vibrations, Matt flipped it open.
\Matt received $9.60 for winning!\