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anyway I love pokemon omg so many pokepuns help with vocab
Simian means monkey-like
Like simisear and simisage and simipour
For some reason I wrote like 1/5 of this chapter saying mankey instead of ambipom idk
931. revel: to delight, to enjoy
Red only thought for about half a second before releasing Espeon. Ambipom was at a clear disadvantage – although the simian pokemon had incredibly dexterity in upwards ascent (scaling the entire cliff in almost half a minute!), downwards climbing was at least a hundred times more painstaking. Even if Ambipom tried to clamber down, he'd be easy game for high speed psychic waves.
Ambipom had little time to revel in the beautiful scenery – he tried to throw rocks from his high perch, but his efforts were in the end entirely futile, as Espeon could easily see the projectiles coming and dodge them. Espeon blasted Ambipom's foothold, and the pokemon came falling down the cliff face.
932. exhaustive: thorough
Gold panicked, and frantically aimed his recall laser at Ambipom; it was a difficult task, for Gold was a fair distance from the cliff face. Ambipom was also desperately using limbs and tail to try to seize a protrusion in the rock face, but it seemed as though nothing could stop the precipitous fall.
Green knew what would happen, but he still cringed as he saw Ambipom crash into Espeon's flexible net of psychic fibers, which slowed his descent greatly before disappearing and letting the monkey crash into the ground. Ambipom may have been saved, but the fall probably had been traumatizing for both pokemon and trainer; Gold looked like he was hyperventilating on the other end of the clearing.
Red was exhaustive in ensuring physical safety for other's pokemon during battle; mental strength, not so much. Ambipom was weak-kneed, and passed out after a blast of psychic energy hit him squarely in the stomach.
933. predatory: characterized by robbing or exploiting others; living by capturing and feeding on other animals
Espeon tossed his head and padded silently back to Red, waving his lavender tail back and forth. Red gave a faint glimmer of a smile, and they stood prepared for the next pokemon.
Gold recalled Ambipom and sent out Alakazam, who regally glanced over his surroundings before huffing and frowning at Espeon. Espeon furrowed his eyebrows and glared right back.
Alakazam's stare turned predatory, and with a command from Gold, the psi pokemon teleported right next to Espeon and slammed a shadow ball into Espeon's back – or, he tried to, but most of the damage was absorbed by a light screen which shimmered briefly before disappearing as the shadows dissipated.
934. hogwash: worthless or false speech or writing
Espeon looked over his shoulder and smirked, and the red orb in his forehead shined brilliantly as he released a tremendous shadow ball right back at Alakazam. Alakazam parried the dark, bruised purple shadows with his spoon, which glowed bright pink before returning to its normal, humdrum appearance.
Alakazam teleported to the far end of the arena to gain time to recuperate, but Espeon would allow no such thing – the feline vanished and appeared right behind Alakazam and launched yet another angry shadow ball. Alakazam barely had the time to deflect the attack with another spoon before teleporting yet again.
Some textbooks characterized the Alakazam evolution family as slow, thoughtful creatures – complete hogwash of course; Alakazam had one of the fastest energy recovery rates, which allowed for rapid teleportation multiple times in a specific time frame. Alakazam were no ponderers; when they were on the run, they were some of the hardest pokemon to keep up with.
935. virulent: extremely infectious or harmful; bitterly hostile
Espeon kept up remarkably well with Alakazam, and although Green was completely lost as to what was going on, Red seemed to be in sync with Espeon, staring directly at the locations where Alakazam would then teleport. All Green could see were small, faint footprints wherever the two psychics jumped and teleported. Exeggutor seemed absolutely thrilled, and the massive barrier quivered.
Espeon grew increasingly frustrated with each near miss, and last resolved to meditating to calm his mind and raise his special attack and defense. Psychics grew unstoppably powerful when calm – most tended to be snarky or arrogant on a normal basis, contrary to the advertised images.
Alakazam realized the dangers of Espeon powering up, and immediately fired a tiny black ball of shadows at the feline. Espeon smoothly swerved around the ball, and growling, fired his own virulent attack. The ruby red orb on his forehead flashed, but this time, only a miniscule black bead of shadows flew forward.
936. extraneous: not an essential part of; unimportant
Alakazam raised a spoon to defend, but this time, the tiny ball of shadows tore straight through the spoon as if it were mere paper. The incredibly dense sphere sent Alakazam flying into the barrier at the other end of the arena. Alakazam hit the barrier with an audible thud, and fell limply to the snow.
Espeon sniffed and then tossed his head. He had only been hit by minor attacks so far, and was still in good health. Alakazam lay prone in the snow, unmoving.
Espeon sat down and waited for Gold to recall Alakazam, but as seconds ticked by and no action was made, Espeon began to grow suspicious. Seconds grew into a minute, and the feline cautiously padded over to check if Alakazam was really unconscious. Physically checking for consciousness was normally an extraneous move, as Espeon naturally picked up hums and vibrations from living things, but with another psychic one never knew what was real and what was fake.
937. advent: a coming or arrival, especially of something very important
Espeon looked awfully small and unguarded as he silently loped across the center of the arena, and Gold's expressionless face was equally as forbidding. When Espeon slowly approached Alakazam and prodded the other on the cheek, Green half expected to see an explosion, but there was just silence.
Espeon looked inquisitively at Gold, who stared blank-faced at Alakazam. Espeon could sense no advent of attack, and glanced at Red, who was coughing into his elbow.
The feline shrugged and began to head back to Red, when he crashed into nothingness – or a barrier. Instantly alarmed, Espeon whipped his head around, and saw Alakazam fully awake, encasing the two of them in a tiny spherical barrier. Glowing pink lines in geometric patterns appeared from the snow, and a massive amount of energy manifested almost instantaneously in the very center of the spherical barrier, before exploding into blinding light.
938. concoct: to invent; to create by combining ingredients, as in cooking
The power was on par with that of a hyper beam, if not greater, for the energy was all collected and encased in such a tiny volume; after a second, the blinding flash disappeared, and the barrier dissolved. Alakazam was badly burned, and Espeon was unconscious, having used all of his energy to create a barrier at the very last second. Even so, the feline was slightly singed.
Red recalled Espeon, and Gold quietly did the same for Alakazam. Although Alakazam certainly deserved praise for concocting such a powerful trap, his trainer was not happy with the result – second, or even third degree burns covered Alakazam's limbs.
939. accost: to approach and speak to, usually aggressively
Silver swiftly approached Gold and roughly knocked on the barrier to catch his attention. Gold tilted his head, and Silver accosted him roughly, demanding for Alakazam's pokeball. Gold glanced over at Red and Green for approval, and when Red slowly nodded, Exeggutor made a small square in the dome for Gold to hand over the pokeball. Silver grabbed it, and then Gold must have made a snarky remark because shortly after, Silver tried to punch Gold and his face was visibly red.
940. luminescent: emitting light not derived from heat, especially through chemical reaction
Leaf joined Silver in patching up and applying salves and compresses to Alakazam's injuries. Red handed Espeon over to Green, and Green let Umbreon do the fussing for him. The luminescent barrier flashed a couple times to show Exeggutor was ready to continue.
Red had more pokemon left for battling, so he took the initiative for releasing the next pokemon. He raised the pokeball over his head and clicked the switch, and a battle scarred fire dragon materialized as the red light faded. Charizard roared and flexed his wings, flapping until he left the snow and was hovering just a few feet from the center line.
Typhlosion, Ampharos, and Lapras were the remaining still fit for battle. Gold nervously ran his fingers along their pokeballs, and slowly chose the next pokeball from his belt – he could feel his sweaty palms sticking to the polished surface. How to fight a fire-breathing dragon?