"Baltoy Destruction Frustration"
(A try at a humor story by Imperfection07.)
I suppose most people who played Ruby/Sapphire know how frustrating it is trying to capture this thing. Unfortunately I can't actually go into the game…
The only character I own is Marina since I called my human character that in the game.
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It was a not so average day in Marina's Pokemon Journey. She had just defeated Flannery and received the Go-Goggles so she could go into the Desert Ruins and finally capture a Baltoy.
"Finding and capturing a Baltoy is going to be a piece of cake!" Marina thought aloud coincidentally having sand fly into her face. "Stupid sandstorm…" Marina grumbled through the packed sand.
After slapping the sand out of her face and fitting the Go-Goggles she looked around. Well…one thing was for certain, she could see nothing but sand, rocks, and the… occasional flying pebbles.
"OW! OW! OW!" Marina yelped and dove out of the way before holding her head. "Stupid pebbles! GO GRAVELER!" At once her favored Rock/Ground Pokemon appeared.
"Can you check for any more flying pebbles?" She asked. Graveler nodded and walked out unharmed from the Sandstorm before coming back. "It's safe?" Graveler nodded and once Marina walked out of the safety of a rock slab…
(((BANG!)))
Let's say the pebble was actually a sleeping Sandshrew which was all curled up. Marina paused as she laid face flat on the ground.
"Any other 'rocks'?" She asked bitterly. Graveler shook its head. Just to be sure, Marina held up her favorite hat in time to hear the shredding of cloth to pull it back and see it all torn up. "You're a lot of help…" Marina grumbled before recalling Graveler back in the Poke-ball.
Finally, Marina walked to the shelter of a huge rock which blocked the harsh winds and occasional debris. She was still determined to find a Baltoy, even if she had to battle a dozen Trapnich with her team of Minun, Graveler, Pelipper, Mightyena, Swellow, and Grovile.
The brunette continued searching until she suddenly found it: BALTOY!
"GO GRAVELER" Marina released her Pokemon. "USE ROCK THROW!"
Graveler pummeled Baltoy and the rock/psychic type suddenly glowed bright white.
"Huh? What the…?" Marina went bug-eyed.
((((((KA-BOOM!!!!!!))))))
Marina was covered in first degree burns while her Graveler was partially injured.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" Marina shrieked causing a huge amount of sand from the top of the rock to fall on her muffling the rest of her angered screams. "NOOOOOO FAAAAAAIIIIIIRRRRRR!!!!!!"
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Meanwhile, in Fallabor Town…
"Torkoal, use your overheat attack!" Flannery commanded before a sudden high pitched screaming caused Torkoal to misfire from the pain in its…uh…ears, having the whole gym to catch fire and go up in smoke. The fire diminished and Flannery stood there with a stunned look as she was covered in second degree burns. "That scream is definitely familiar…"
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A few minutes of digging, ranting, and struggling, Marina was out of the sand pile and back on her feet.
"I'll catch those Baltoy. Even if I get myself…" Marina paused thinking over what she was about to blurt out loud. "Ah-hem…hit by a rock!" Marina covered her head for a moment before looking around and wiping imaginary sweat from her forehead.
"Whew!" Marina sighed before her eyes widened.
"BALTOY!"
"AAAACK!" Marina shrieked as a Baltoy knocked into her sending her spinning through the air. Graveler grabbed her leg and got her back down with a bored look on its face. This was definitely going to take a while.
A few minutes of pondering and rubbing injured spots, Marina had an idea.
"Graveler! Get me to that cliff!" She ordered. Graveler's eye twitched. What was this girl thinking?!
The two got to a high cliff and got a huge bolder ready. Marina knew what to do but Graveler was starting to think its trainer was a nutcase.
"Okay Graveler, once a Baltoy comes to the X on the ground we roll the bolder down and run it over. And once that's done I'll finally have a ground/psychic type!" Marina smiled dreamily about her plan. Graveler just issued a groan.
Immediately, a Baltoy floated towards the huge X on the ground.
"Wait for it…wait for it…PUSH!!" Marina found that she was the only one pushing on the rock. "Graveler, what are you…?" Her eyes widened when she saw a huge crack in between Marina and her Pokemon. She shot it a bitter look and issued a grumble.
"I hate you…" She managed to say before the cliff section fell straight down. Well, Marina's plan slightly worked. She did run over Baltoy. But there was just one teensy little thing she missed: Baltoy had about 1 HP left. I suppose you all know what that means. "I'VE GOT YOU NOW BALTOY!! Huh…?"
The ground below Marina started glowing and her pupils shrunk with horror.
"Oh…heck no…" Marina grumbled before the ground underneath exploded sending Marina, the Bolder, and the cliff edge flying through the air.
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Meanwhile, a tour guide and tourists (who were all wearing Go-Goggles) were walking through the Desert Ruins.
"And the few species of Pokemon that live here are Sandshrew, Cacnea, Trapnich, Baltoy, flying Pokemon Trainers…" The tour guide stopped. "Flying Pokemon Trainers?"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!" Marina flew over their heads before disappearing into the distance and a loud crashing was heard as she must've crashed into a huge rock wall.
The tour guide paused before continuing.
"…and on rare occasions some people would go at anything to catch the elusive Baltoy." He said as a bolder flew over them before heading in the same area as where Marina was.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….."
(((((CRASH!))))
"…anything…"
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Well, Marina was okay. But lets say she's going to have to rethink her plans of catching that Pokemon.
THE END...?