Better and Tougher, the Real Adventures
Chapter 35: Going on a strict Deity! Part 4 of the Ocean Adventures.
"Holy crap!" Shouted Carl, as he began to tire of the open seas. "How much further to this ancient Temple?" He whined.
Elise smiled; "Carl's so cute when he's upset." She giggled.
Carl smiled at that, "Oh man!" He complained, realizing that the appeal of his moodiness was gone. "Well, Tanya, how much further?"
"About 500 feet..." she glanced at our main crybaby.
Carl however was a bit disturbed, for what he saw, was nothing but a bunch of tall cavernous rock formations. "Ok, 500 feet ahead of us, but where?"
"That one," she pointed to one of the caves. "It's the temple, buried, and hidden by years of rocky buildup. C'mon!" She beckoned.
***
Upon a few caves worth of searching, the 5 heroes made it to their destination. Inside, the temple was HUGE! It contrasted to the oceanic world around them, but more surprising than that... "Whoa!" Shouted Yetis, "Dry land!" He blinked, as he noticing there was room to surface upon reaching the temple insides. Still, it was an ancient temple, and aging and ancient building materials/styles were evident.
It was then though, that a voice of newness would be found. "Greetings lost adventurers!" It boomed, omnipresent and powerful.
"Yea, hi!" Said Carl, "I'm Carl, and these are my friends K..." He never got to finish.
The omnipresent voice laughed, "I know who you are," it boomed, "and I know why you're here. You cannot take us Ancient gods too lightly."
"Y-yes of course. Can you grant our wishes as is said?" Asked Kim, a bit afraid.
"Of Course, Kimberly Argot. I'll grant you each a wish... IF you can finish a few challenges and tasks," roared the omnipresent.
"Ok, bring it on." Carl said, unafraid.
"Ha ha!" The deity roared with laughter, "You are brave, young one," it paused as the room began to glow. "Your first task," things began to alter as the shabby room of a temple, transformed into what looked like an open meadow. "You must capture;" the omnipresent voice faded for a second as what seemed to be a Pokemon appeared before them. "This pokemon!" The creature formed, it appeared to be a circular being, with 3 long strands of either hair, or maybe alien facial appendages. Whatever they were, they were still engulfed by whiteness. "Successful capture is not the goal. The gods are judging you, and how you go about capturing it is the main focus. We are very strict, and foolish, or just something we don't like, and you wont do well. You are being judged, and scored. Try to achieve a score of 28 or better by the end. You can keep the pokemon if you do capture it... goal succeeded or not."
"That's a Dodrio!" Yetis yelled. "Carl, use your Chinchou and make it quick."
It seems as though the grading begun. "Trying to overpower by type advantage... Minus 3 points."
"What!" Shouted a shocked Carl, who had already unleashed Chinchou. But a bigger shock came about when the white lights began to fade. The creature standing before the 5 was no bird. It was Blue, and had 3 fluffy head puffs. 'Jumpluff!' it shouted.
"Ah!" Shouted Yetis, but shock turned to relief, "Oh, don't worry Carl," he tried to reassure, "It's only a Jumpluff. It may be a grass type, but it's not very physically offensive."
"More Underestimation Mr. Masorga?" Boomed a disappointed deity voice. "3 more points are lost. You're doing just great. You have -6 points." Sarcastic drips from the voices of humans, but from booming voice of a god, it monsoons!
"Alright Chinchou, stay on your guard." Carl told the fish of lightning. But Jumpluff pressed the attack with what looked to be fired off pieces of its appendages. "Dodge it if you can!"
Chinchou saw the oncoming fluff balls, and did its best too move, but no avail. It was struck by one of them. It seemed unable to move. "That's Cotton Spore." Said Yetis; "it uses sticky spores of cotton to cause slowdowns."
"That's really helping me solve my problems." Barked a rather un- amused Carl, "Hang in there, use Supersonic."
"Confusion Technique, 5 points earned." Went the god.
Unfortunately, the move didn't reach the ears of Jumpluff quite in time. Not in time to stop a tackle attack from laying a smack down. "Thunder Wave it!" Carl commanded. To which the stuck pokemon did its best from its trapped location, summoning up a force of inner thunder to lay the shocking upon Jumper.
"Paralysis... 7 points. You now have +6 points. Can you earn any more?" Instigated the god.
"Duh!" Carl smiled. "I'll show you more..." he thought for a second, 'That cotton is too strong, Chinchou won't be able to escape it in time, and Jumpluff has grass moves. I wonder what that stuff's made of... maybe, *DING* went a light bulb in our main man's not-so-empty head. "Water gun on the cotton, now!"
Slowly, yet surely, the cottony substance began to fade away, and after about 30 seconds, the watery angler was free at last.
"Well done with that escape!" Chuckled the voice of omnipresence. "10 points for you."
Jumpluff wasn't feeling all too well, it was paralyzed, but rather uninjured. It began emitting a powdery substance.
"Let's see here..." thought our main man, "Chinchou, do you know Screech?" He wondered. The lightning angler gave our main man a quick nod with its blue head. "Then use it when the powder hits you to stay awake. Try and get close to Jumpluff to hit it too." The blue pokemon complied, and went off into the wild spore yonder! "Use the move, NOW!" Carl barked, as Chinchou began making a loud shrieking noise, loud enough to keep even itself awake.
"My ears!" Screamed Kim.
"It'll be worth the pain." Carl tried reassuring, glancing at the done damage.
Even the god looked a bit shocked. "Incredible tactic, You have earned 5 more points. You only need 4 more to win."
"Chinchou, we're bringing home the pluff! Whittle it down with your Spark." Encouraged combat General main man. To his request, the lightning angler showed its stuff, and unleashed a mighty surge of electrical prowess. It did indeed hit Jumpluff, but not very powerful at all. "Eh, what gives?"
"Jumpluff is grass type." Sighed Kim, "and that means it resists both of the types of moves Chinchou mainly uses Water and Thunder."
"No problem!" Carl smiled, at this point; the Pluff was showing its stuff with the powers of Grass.
"Uh, get Chinchou to move NOW!" Yetis grabbed Carl by the collar. "That's a Giga drain, and bad news for your watery pokemon." Unfortunately, Yetis only stalled for time by grabbing Carl is if he were ready to either strangle him or give him the smack-down, wrestler style. The powers of grass were abound, as a strange sap shot from the giant cotton menace, and struck the thunder fish. From there, his energy was 'sapped' and the gooey absorption returned to the Pluff, making it even healthier. Chinchou was feeling rather opposite.
"Confuse Ray!" commanded our main man. To this, Chinchou managed to easily slap some common sense from the flying cottonweed. It began floating about in a daze, but it was hardly down for count. As a matter of fact, it drew close to Chinchou and unleashed a mighty takedown.
"This doesn't look good," Yetis sighed, "Chinchou looks nearly beaten and the opposition looks much alive. He's hurt bad..." the man with the plan pondered, and soon an idea struck him. "Carl, idea, listen now!"
After a few seconds of whispering, Carl had the idea within his head. "Chinchou, just wait it out." Carl commanded, "Screech at it if you wish!" Chinchou decided to have some noisy fun as it blasted Jumpluff with Screech attacks. By now, the confusing daze had left Jumpluff completely, and it was pissed. It decided to do another takedown attack. "Wait for it..." Carl awaited, and with a reassuring tap from Yetis, which worked like a toy that responds to touch, Carl spoke to the tap instantly, "USE FLAIL!" he demanded, and surely enough, the Chinchou whipped its shiny angles about, slapping Jumper with every last ounce of strength in its body. Enough force was there to severely beat back Jumpluff tipping the scales of war.
"Looks weakened." stated captain Elise Obvious.
"Interesting Strategy. 5 more points. You have passed the task," went the omnipresent before pausing "You have earned the right to capture this pokemon if you desire. You are better off doing so, for you wont get to capture this Jumpluff ever again."
Carl nodded to Deity's suggestion, "Let's go pokeball." he commanded as the ball engulfed the valiant Jumpluff. It wriggled and wiggled for a few seconds, but escape was inevitable. "Hmmm, my 3rd grass pokemon." he stated, the truth, quite bluntly.
"Carl," Yetis smiled, "You earned that Jumpluff, so dont even think of giving it away! That's a very powerful pokemon. Its been blessed by the ancient gods to beat challengers after all."
"How true." Smiled our main man, with an overconfident ego. "Alright gods, bring it on!" he smiled awaiting his next task.
A/N: Whew! That was long. I even fitted a 'Who's That pokemon? *** Sorry wrong answer' ordeal in here. Anyways, review, and remember, the offer for original trainers is still open. Check the previous chapter for details. Remember, you can submit a review without a trainer, but you cant submit a trainer without giving me review style feedback. You technically could, but don't have high hopes if you do that. Until next time, keep reviewing!
Chapter 35: Going on a strict Deity! Part 4 of the Ocean Adventures.
"Holy crap!" Shouted Carl, as he began to tire of the open seas. "How much further to this ancient Temple?" He whined.
Elise smiled; "Carl's so cute when he's upset." She giggled.
Carl smiled at that, "Oh man!" He complained, realizing that the appeal of his moodiness was gone. "Well, Tanya, how much further?"
"About 500 feet..." she glanced at our main crybaby.
Carl however was a bit disturbed, for what he saw, was nothing but a bunch of tall cavernous rock formations. "Ok, 500 feet ahead of us, but where?"
"That one," she pointed to one of the caves. "It's the temple, buried, and hidden by years of rocky buildup. C'mon!" She beckoned.
***
Upon a few caves worth of searching, the 5 heroes made it to their destination. Inside, the temple was HUGE! It contrasted to the oceanic world around them, but more surprising than that... "Whoa!" Shouted Yetis, "Dry land!" He blinked, as he noticing there was room to surface upon reaching the temple insides. Still, it was an ancient temple, and aging and ancient building materials/styles were evident.
It was then though, that a voice of newness would be found. "Greetings lost adventurers!" It boomed, omnipresent and powerful.
"Yea, hi!" Said Carl, "I'm Carl, and these are my friends K..." He never got to finish.
The omnipresent voice laughed, "I know who you are," it boomed, "and I know why you're here. You cannot take us Ancient gods too lightly."
"Y-yes of course. Can you grant our wishes as is said?" Asked Kim, a bit afraid.
"Of Course, Kimberly Argot. I'll grant you each a wish... IF you can finish a few challenges and tasks," roared the omnipresent.
"Ok, bring it on." Carl said, unafraid.
"Ha ha!" The deity roared with laughter, "You are brave, young one," it paused as the room began to glow. "Your first task," things began to alter as the shabby room of a temple, transformed into what looked like an open meadow. "You must capture;" the omnipresent voice faded for a second as what seemed to be a Pokemon appeared before them. "This pokemon!" The creature formed, it appeared to be a circular being, with 3 long strands of either hair, or maybe alien facial appendages. Whatever they were, they were still engulfed by whiteness. "Successful capture is not the goal. The gods are judging you, and how you go about capturing it is the main focus. We are very strict, and foolish, or just something we don't like, and you wont do well. You are being judged, and scored. Try to achieve a score of 28 or better by the end. You can keep the pokemon if you do capture it... goal succeeded or not."
"That's a Dodrio!" Yetis yelled. "Carl, use your Chinchou and make it quick."
It seems as though the grading begun. "Trying to overpower by type advantage... Minus 3 points."
"What!" Shouted a shocked Carl, who had already unleashed Chinchou. But a bigger shock came about when the white lights began to fade. The creature standing before the 5 was no bird. It was Blue, and had 3 fluffy head puffs. 'Jumpluff!' it shouted.
"Ah!" Shouted Yetis, but shock turned to relief, "Oh, don't worry Carl," he tried to reassure, "It's only a Jumpluff. It may be a grass type, but it's not very physically offensive."
"More Underestimation Mr. Masorga?" Boomed a disappointed deity voice. "3 more points are lost. You're doing just great. You have -6 points." Sarcastic drips from the voices of humans, but from booming voice of a god, it monsoons!
"Alright Chinchou, stay on your guard." Carl told the fish of lightning. But Jumpluff pressed the attack with what looked to be fired off pieces of its appendages. "Dodge it if you can!"
Chinchou saw the oncoming fluff balls, and did its best too move, but no avail. It was struck by one of them. It seemed unable to move. "That's Cotton Spore." Said Yetis; "it uses sticky spores of cotton to cause slowdowns."
"That's really helping me solve my problems." Barked a rather un- amused Carl, "Hang in there, use Supersonic."
"Confusion Technique, 5 points earned." Went the god.
Unfortunately, the move didn't reach the ears of Jumpluff quite in time. Not in time to stop a tackle attack from laying a smack down. "Thunder Wave it!" Carl commanded. To which the stuck pokemon did its best from its trapped location, summoning up a force of inner thunder to lay the shocking upon Jumper.
"Paralysis... 7 points. You now have +6 points. Can you earn any more?" Instigated the god.
"Duh!" Carl smiled. "I'll show you more..." he thought for a second, 'That cotton is too strong, Chinchou won't be able to escape it in time, and Jumpluff has grass moves. I wonder what that stuff's made of... maybe, *DING* went a light bulb in our main man's not-so-empty head. "Water gun on the cotton, now!"
Slowly, yet surely, the cottony substance began to fade away, and after about 30 seconds, the watery angler was free at last.
"Well done with that escape!" Chuckled the voice of omnipresence. "10 points for you."
Jumpluff wasn't feeling all too well, it was paralyzed, but rather uninjured. It began emitting a powdery substance.
"Let's see here..." thought our main man, "Chinchou, do you know Screech?" He wondered. The lightning angler gave our main man a quick nod with its blue head. "Then use it when the powder hits you to stay awake. Try and get close to Jumpluff to hit it too." The blue pokemon complied, and went off into the wild spore yonder! "Use the move, NOW!" Carl barked, as Chinchou began making a loud shrieking noise, loud enough to keep even itself awake.
"My ears!" Screamed Kim.
"It'll be worth the pain." Carl tried reassuring, glancing at the done damage.
Even the god looked a bit shocked. "Incredible tactic, You have earned 5 more points. You only need 4 more to win."
"Chinchou, we're bringing home the pluff! Whittle it down with your Spark." Encouraged combat General main man. To his request, the lightning angler showed its stuff, and unleashed a mighty surge of electrical prowess. It did indeed hit Jumpluff, but not very powerful at all. "Eh, what gives?"
"Jumpluff is grass type." Sighed Kim, "and that means it resists both of the types of moves Chinchou mainly uses Water and Thunder."
"No problem!" Carl smiled, at this point; the Pluff was showing its stuff with the powers of Grass.
"Uh, get Chinchou to move NOW!" Yetis grabbed Carl by the collar. "That's a Giga drain, and bad news for your watery pokemon." Unfortunately, Yetis only stalled for time by grabbing Carl is if he were ready to either strangle him or give him the smack-down, wrestler style. The powers of grass were abound, as a strange sap shot from the giant cotton menace, and struck the thunder fish. From there, his energy was 'sapped' and the gooey absorption returned to the Pluff, making it even healthier. Chinchou was feeling rather opposite.
"Confuse Ray!" commanded our main man. To this, Chinchou managed to easily slap some common sense from the flying cottonweed. It began floating about in a daze, but it was hardly down for count. As a matter of fact, it drew close to Chinchou and unleashed a mighty takedown.
"This doesn't look good," Yetis sighed, "Chinchou looks nearly beaten and the opposition looks much alive. He's hurt bad..." the man with the plan pondered, and soon an idea struck him. "Carl, idea, listen now!"
After a few seconds of whispering, Carl had the idea within his head. "Chinchou, just wait it out." Carl commanded, "Screech at it if you wish!" Chinchou decided to have some noisy fun as it blasted Jumpluff with Screech attacks. By now, the confusing daze had left Jumpluff completely, and it was pissed. It decided to do another takedown attack. "Wait for it..." Carl awaited, and with a reassuring tap from Yetis, which worked like a toy that responds to touch, Carl spoke to the tap instantly, "USE FLAIL!" he demanded, and surely enough, the Chinchou whipped its shiny angles about, slapping Jumper with every last ounce of strength in its body. Enough force was there to severely beat back Jumpluff tipping the scales of war.
"Looks weakened." stated captain Elise Obvious.
"Interesting Strategy. 5 more points. You have passed the task," went the omnipresent before pausing "You have earned the right to capture this pokemon if you desire. You are better off doing so, for you wont get to capture this Jumpluff ever again."
Carl nodded to Deity's suggestion, "Let's go pokeball." he commanded as the ball engulfed the valiant Jumpluff. It wriggled and wiggled for a few seconds, but escape was inevitable. "Hmmm, my 3rd grass pokemon." he stated, the truth, quite bluntly.
"Carl," Yetis smiled, "You earned that Jumpluff, so dont even think of giving it away! That's a very powerful pokemon. Its been blessed by the ancient gods to beat challengers after all."
"How true." Smiled our main man, with an overconfident ego. "Alright gods, bring it on!" he smiled awaiting his next task.
A/N: Whew! That was long. I even fitted a 'Who's That pokemon? *** Sorry wrong answer' ordeal in here. Anyways, review, and remember, the offer for original trainers is still open. Check the previous chapter for details. Remember, you can submit a review without a trainer, but you cant submit a trainer without giving me review style feedback. You technically could, but don't have high hopes if you do that. Until next time, keep reviewing!