Better and Tougher, The Real Adventures
Chapter 34: Krabtastic Teachers We! Part 3 of the Ocean Adventures
Heeding the call of the sea once more we say, "Welcome back to, 'Better and Tougher'!" Enough chat; let's get to all you really want to see!
It's been a long day, and to think that so much can be done under water. "Man, that festival was so 'COOL'!" cheered a rather festively pleased Carl.
"I'll say!" Kim agreed, for once, "I had no idea that there was a way to get such unsalted water at such depths. It's really quite refreshing when there's sodium chloride in the very air, all around." She smiled, having a refreshing time at a festival, where people usually call themselves drowned, can soothe the soul, that is of course if you believe in such spirituality, (Which this author doth not!)
Tanya smiled, "We know how to distill water, so that the salt is purged from the precious liquid, draining 99% of the minerals from the water. About 1 percent is left because water often contains important nutrients, and you got to get your nutrients!" she giggled, "How else could I look so slim?"
Carl took this as an opportunity to flirt, "You look like another 'S' word too, sec." he was stopped, though the word he was going to say had no c, it does sound like the C as in cat when you only get through half the sounding of an X.
As for the force that stopped Carl, it wasn't Kim, or Yetis, or any of our main heroes. It was actually a sound in the distance. It sounded like strange cackling, coming from the mouth of a small, red, & crustaceous pokemon. Carl's Pokedex had the answer yet again, 'Krabby is the crab pokemon. Despite its size, their claws have great might and some have been said to even rip through steel bars.' "Cool! I think I'm gonna go for this!" he smirks, "Lets go, Chikorita! Grass is said to have the advantage." He, unsure of the advantage himself, was going by rumor, and hoping for the best.
"Don't!" shouted Tanya. "Well, maybe, that is," she decided to fess up "I'd like to try and catch it, well," she paused, "If you'd teach me that is! I want to learn more about being a human."
"Well," Carl smiled, "Fine by me." He shrugged, eyeing Tanya confused look towards what to do now. "Um, try using Seaking to battle it," He suggested.
"Oh yea!" she smiled, while grabbing for the pokeball that Seaking had finally been able to be convinced to use. "Go!"
The opposing pokemon had long since realized that its crustaceous hide was endangered. It wasn't going to be bested in combat today, showed its defensive look. 'Kra-ki-ki!' it said in pokemon dialect.
"Seaking, get it!" ordered the mermaid. Much to her dismay, it seemed to have little effect at getting the pokemon to make a move. "What gives?" she wondered.
"Try using the 'names' of attacks you want used," whispered Kim, "You do know what they are, do you not?"
Tanya's eyes widened in understanding, "Seaking, use Take Down!" she ordered, causing the fish to swim quickly towards the defensive crab. It hit, but didn't seem to leave too much a dent. "Ok, now that it's been struck, lets give it a shot." She thinks, "I appreciate the pokeball donation, boys." She smiled at Yetis and Carl, who in return smiled back nervously.
Km had a fishy feeling about all this. "Something here doesn't seem right. Fess up, both of you." She glared angrily.
Yet, it seemed to have a hypnotic affect of mind control, as Carl looked at the eyes, "We told her that." he tried to hold back the truth, but the eye is the gateway to the soul, or some such. "After you catch a pokemon." he tried to not admit it, "YOU WAVE YOUR TOP IN THE AIR LIKE THE FANATICS AT FOOTBALL!" he blurted out all too fast.
Elise chimed in, "Don't be silly. You don't do that, I never seen you guys doing that." She blew the cover of their plan, gazing back at Tanya. "Don't toss it yet! It's still fighting strong, and could break the pokeball if you try."
Tanya nodded, and ordered up another attack. "Well, ok then, Seaking, lets get it with Horn Drill." She commanded.
"No you fool!" yelled Carl. But it was too late, for the drill headed fish took the lunge, and hit its mark. The Krabby couldn't continue to fight, and fainted in the battle. "Now you cant catch it!" Carl sighed. "For some reason, pokeballs wont capture fainted pokemon, no matter how strong the brand of pokeball is."
"Carl, that's only a basic summary. There's a logical reason pokeballs are made to not allow the capture of a fainted pokemon." He explained. "It's for relation issues. If it faints in battle, chances are, its not going to be too happy with its new trainer, and bad relationships form, and the start is the most important part." He explained.
Carl nodded, "Well, I never knew that much, but it makes sense to me," He turned to face Tanya, "Cheer up. This battle has given Seaking a good experience."
"Huh?" Tanya showed confusion.
"Experience." Yetis words of wisdom yet again, "By battling, pokemon can build their strength. Experience means they can grow stronger, and sometimes learn some powerful moves. Unfortunately, inferior moves are sometimes forgotten." And to explain his point, "For instance, when Seaking learns Horn Attack, it most of the time never will use peck again. This means that you've lost your best retaliation to grass pokemon, though it honestly is meaningless compared to some stronger moves." They continued, while a beaten down Krabby scampered to escape to somewhere safe, away from Horn Drills, and their OHKO power. Mostly, it swam upwards upwards.
***
Meanwhile, the surface of the ocean has some cruise boating the sea; we join a group of evil boat rocketry. Well, maybe just one this time. Poor Wilbur. Seems like he's not having too much luck with fishing. "Bah!" he complains, "Why don't I ever catch anything good?" he complains. After all, he's the reject of our rocket-trio. Since Jay is the brains of the group, and Bonnie provides gender blender (by which is meant, that all guy groups are bogus.) What role is left for Willy? 'Moron with the spore escape route?' Like I said, feeling of being the group reject, pure and simple!
Fate for Willy's gonna change! "Goodie!" he smiles, "A Krabby!" he smiles, eyeing the crustaceous swimmer moving about quite panicky. "It looks kind of injured," he noticed. Well, Looks like Willy might have himself another pokemon!
A/N: A nice, sweet way to end our chapter. This is a notice to YOU! The reader. That's right, folks! I'm stooping low! Behold! Trainer Submissions! Note, you might not see too many of your trainers till Carl and friends escape the sea.
A few notes: -Remember, you can have up to 8 pokemon: If you have been reading, its been changed during our story. Don't fill your team up to 8 already. You never know if your trainer will get to make a capture during the story.
-Be creative: Having redundant choices, like Eevee and family, the accursed yellow rat, or other overused can be annoying. Submitting a trainer with a Tangela, and an Ariados, will get more focus than one with an Espeon and Vaporeon. But remember, be creative, and names, while fun, can be pointless. Sometimes its ok, but honestly, a team halfway named is better than a team filled with named ones. Remember, fully evolved forms aren't always best either.
-Be Specific: Once given, your character's fates are in MY HANDS! So be specific towards skills. Does your pokemon have Hidden Power? Tell me, and what type it is (unless you don't mind me choosing.) Have a Machoke with Rock Slide? A Psyduck or Golduck with Cross Chop? Flaaffy with Fire Punch? Let me know! Specific Pokemon Personalities would also be good info as well. Just don't be ridiculous, (remember, a Krabby with cross chop is ILLEGAL!), and they must have reasonable moves for that pokemon. No legendaries. And level, well, that means utter crap to me, so don't put it, for I'll likely ignore the level. (Remember, this isn't a game! This is a hardcore adventure in the making!)
-The Person: Describe the trainer! Give them some made up history, appearance, and so on! Don't make me dig this up. Save my time, make MY life easier! Does your trainer have a Pokedex? Are they an adult? Is it a shy person? A pretty girl for Carl to try hitting on? Let me know!
-The Review: This is to be a review, so review. Comment, tell me what you think, and suggest an idea, a new capture for our main mates? New travel places? You can be positive, negative, or both. Be honest though. Tell me what you hate or like. Amuse me, enlighten me, but don't bore me! I like depth.
And since I love (not, just kidding!) you all, here's a sneak peak at possible encounters for future adventures.
-Carl's having trouble working well with Drowzee, will Psychic training be the answer?
-Magnet-train, and Magneton, whoopee! Is this the last of Carl's most powerful, yet most ravenous pokemon?
-Charrific Valley IS a possible path, but will Charmeleon be a Charizard by then? One thing's for sure, the love between her and Ekans will be tested at great measures!
-Eggs. well, can't go through an adventure without the chance of eggs.
-The Odyssey of a rival. Step into the shoes of Mark Vasigil, for a day or so. (In the maybe room.)
And that's the end of our spoilers. REVIEW, you trainer submitting reviewers. If I don't get reviews now, then there must be a problem. with both you, and me.
Chapter 34: Krabtastic Teachers We! Part 3 of the Ocean Adventures
Heeding the call of the sea once more we say, "Welcome back to, 'Better and Tougher'!" Enough chat; let's get to all you really want to see!
It's been a long day, and to think that so much can be done under water. "Man, that festival was so 'COOL'!" cheered a rather festively pleased Carl.
"I'll say!" Kim agreed, for once, "I had no idea that there was a way to get such unsalted water at such depths. It's really quite refreshing when there's sodium chloride in the very air, all around." She smiled, having a refreshing time at a festival, where people usually call themselves drowned, can soothe the soul, that is of course if you believe in such spirituality, (Which this author doth not!)
Tanya smiled, "We know how to distill water, so that the salt is purged from the precious liquid, draining 99% of the minerals from the water. About 1 percent is left because water often contains important nutrients, and you got to get your nutrients!" she giggled, "How else could I look so slim?"
Carl took this as an opportunity to flirt, "You look like another 'S' word too, sec." he was stopped, though the word he was going to say had no c, it does sound like the C as in cat when you only get through half the sounding of an X.
As for the force that stopped Carl, it wasn't Kim, or Yetis, or any of our main heroes. It was actually a sound in the distance. It sounded like strange cackling, coming from the mouth of a small, red, & crustaceous pokemon. Carl's Pokedex had the answer yet again, 'Krabby is the crab pokemon. Despite its size, their claws have great might and some have been said to even rip through steel bars.' "Cool! I think I'm gonna go for this!" he smirks, "Lets go, Chikorita! Grass is said to have the advantage." He, unsure of the advantage himself, was going by rumor, and hoping for the best.
"Don't!" shouted Tanya. "Well, maybe, that is," she decided to fess up "I'd like to try and catch it, well," she paused, "If you'd teach me that is! I want to learn more about being a human."
"Well," Carl smiled, "Fine by me." He shrugged, eyeing Tanya confused look towards what to do now. "Um, try using Seaking to battle it," He suggested.
"Oh yea!" she smiled, while grabbing for the pokeball that Seaking had finally been able to be convinced to use. "Go!"
The opposing pokemon had long since realized that its crustaceous hide was endangered. It wasn't going to be bested in combat today, showed its defensive look. 'Kra-ki-ki!' it said in pokemon dialect.
"Seaking, get it!" ordered the mermaid. Much to her dismay, it seemed to have little effect at getting the pokemon to make a move. "What gives?" she wondered.
"Try using the 'names' of attacks you want used," whispered Kim, "You do know what they are, do you not?"
Tanya's eyes widened in understanding, "Seaking, use Take Down!" she ordered, causing the fish to swim quickly towards the defensive crab. It hit, but didn't seem to leave too much a dent. "Ok, now that it's been struck, lets give it a shot." She thinks, "I appreciate the pokeball donation, boys." She smiled at Yetis and Carl, who in return smiled back nervously.
Km had a fishy feeling about all this. "Something here doesn't seem right. Fess up, both of you." She glared angrily.
Yet, it seemed to have a hypnotic affect of mind control, as Carl looked at the eyes, "We told her that." he tried to hold back the truth, but the eye is the gateway to the soul, or some such. "After you catch a pokemon." he tried to not admit it, "YOU WAVE YOUR TOP IN THE AIR LIKE THE FANATICS AT FOOTBALL!" he blurted out all too fast.
Elise chimed in, "Don't be silly. You don't do that, I never seen you guys doing that." She blew the cover of their plan, gazing back at Tanya. "Don't toss it yet! It's still fighting strong, and could break the pokeball if you try."
Tanya nodded, and ordered up another attack. "Well, ok then, Seaking, lets get it with Horn Drill." She commanded.
"No you fool!" yelled Carl. But it was too late, for the drill headed fish took the lunge, and hit its mark. The Krabby couldn't continue to fight, and fainted in the battle. "Now you cant catch it!" Carl sighed. "For some reason, pokeballs wont capture fainted pokemon, no matter how strong the brand of pokeball is."
"Carl, that's only a basic summary. There's a logical reason pokeballs are made to not allow the capture of a fainted pokemon." He explained. "It's for relation issues. If it faints in battle, chances are, its not going to be too happy with its new trainer, and bad relationships form, and the start is the most important part." He explained.
Carl nodded, "Well, I never knew that much, but it makes sense to me," He turned to face Tanya, "Cheer up. This battle has given Seaking a good experience."
"Huh?" Tanya showed confusion.
"Experience." Yetis words of wisdom yet again, "By battling, pokemon can build their strength. Experience means they can grow stronger, and sometimes learn some powerful moves. Unfortunately, inferior moves are sometimes forgotten." And to explain his point, "For instance, when Seaking learns Horn Attack, it most of the time never will use peck again. This means that you've lost your best retaliation to grass pokemon, though it honestly is meaningless compared to some stronger moves." They continued, while a beaten down Krabby scampered to escape to somewhere safe, away from Horn Drills, and their OHKO power. Mostly, it swam upwards upwards.
***
Meanwhile, the surface of the ocean has some cruise boating the sea; we join a group of evil boat rocketry. Well, maybe just one this time. Poor Wilbur. Seems like he's not having too much luck with fishing. "Bah!" he complains, "Why don't I ever catch anything good?" he complains. After all, he's the reject of our rocket-trio. Since Jay is the brains of the group, and Bonnie provides gender blender (by which is meant, that all guy groups are bogus.) What role is left for Willy? 'Moron with the spore escape route?' Like I said, feeling of being the group reject, pure and simple!
Fate for Willy's gonna change! "Goodie!" he smiles, "A Krabby!" he smiles, eyeing the crustaceous swimmer moving about quite panicky. "It looks kind of injured," he noticed. Well, Looks like Willy might have himself another pokemon!
A/N: A nice, sweet way to end our chapter. This is a notice to YOU! The reader. That's right, folks! I'm stooping low! Behold! Trainer Submissions! Note, you might not see too many of your trainers till Carl and friends escape the sea.
A few notes: -Remember, you can have up to 8 pokemon: If you have been reading, its been changed during our story. Don't fill your team up to 8 already. You never know if your trainer will get to make a capture during the story.
-Be creative: Having redundant choices, like Eevee and family, the accursed yellow rat, or other overused can be annoying. Submitting a trainer with a Tangela, and an Ariados, will get more focus than one with an Espeon and Vaporeon. But remember, be creative, and names, while fun, can be pointless. Sometimes its ok, but honestly, a team halfway named is better than a team filled with named ones. Remember, fully evolved forms aren't always best either.
-Be Specific: Once given, your character's fates are in MY HANDS! So be specific towards skills. Does your pokemon have Hidden Power? Tell me, and what type it is (unless you don't mind me choosing.) Have a Machoke with Rock Slide? A Psyduck or Golduck with Cross Chop? Flaaffy with Fire Punch? Let me know! Specific Pokemon Personalities would also be good info as well. Just don't be ridiculous, (remember, a Krabby with cross chop is ILLEGAL!), and they must have reasonable moves for that pokemon. No legendaries. And level, well, that means utter crap to me, so don't put it, for I'll likely ignore the level. (Remember, this isn't a game! This is a hardcore adventure in the making!)
-The Person: Describe the trainer! Give them some made up history, appearance, and so on! Don't make me dig this up. Save my time, make MY life easier! Does your trainer have a Pokedex? Are they an adult? Is it a shy person? A pretty girl for Carl to try hitting on? Let me know!
-The Review: This is to be a review, so review. Comment, tell me what you think, and suggest an idea, a new capture for our main mates? New travel places? You can be positive, negative, or both. Be honest though. Tell me what you hate or like. Amuse me, enlighten me, but don't bore me! I like depth.
And since I love (not, just kidding!) you all, here's a sneak peak at possible encounters for future adventures.
-Carl's having trouble working well with Drowzee, will Psychic training be the answer?
-Magnet-train, and Magneton, whoopee! Is this the last of Carl's most powerful, yet most ravenous pokemon?
-Charrific Valley IS a possible path, but will Charmeleon be a Charizard by then? One thing's for sure, the love between her and Ekans will be tested at great measures!
-Eggs. well, can't go through an adventure without the chance of eggs.
-The Odyssey of a rival. Step into the shoes of Mark Vasigil, for a day or so. (In the maybe room.)
And that's the end of our spoilers. REVIEW, you trainer submitting reviewers. If I don't get reviews now, then there must be a problem. with both you, and me.