"Piplup, tackle"
"Pooch, meet her with poison fang then sand attack" Nox and Lux are training under a thicket of trees while they wait for the rain to subside.
The collision between penguin and pooch launches both a foot back. Poochyena takes advantage, kicking out dirt from the ground as a makeshift sand attack.
"Pip!" Piplup stumbles back.
"Now, nip Piplup with poison fang" Poochyena's jaws close around Piplup's leg, drawing blood, the venom of poison fang mixing into the bloodstream.
"No! Piplup power through with pound!" Lux yells.
Piplup readies a wing, then hits Poochyena, making her fall to the ground while trying to turn, additionally twisting her ankle.
"Don't let up! Another pound Piplup!"
"Pooch, retaliate with tackle" Nox' command comes out just a bit too late; with a whack, Poochyena is down for the count.
Piplup celebrates by shooting a small blast of water into the air. "Well that's new" Lux comments. Piplup then gets hit with his own Water Gun, making a small cry.
"Now that we're done fighting, I'd say we move on ahead. Phone says we're only 10 minutes away" Nox looks down at her phone, then at Lux and Piplup (who has gotten onto Lux's shoulder).
"I'll just get my raincoat" Lux takes her bag off in a specific way as to not disturb Piplup. The blonde draped her long yellow raincoat over her white t-shirt and a third of her jeans, with matching yellow boots.
With rain pattering the twins' raincoats they walk, Piplup on Lux's shoulder, Poochyena in her ball.
About 12 minutes, and the people & Pokémon are at Jubilife City, blinding street lights slightly alien to these rural dwellers.
First thing the three did was go into one of the many Pokémon centres. "It will take about 15 minutes for your Pokémon to be healed misses" says a pink haired woman named Nurse Joy.
"Thank you!" Lux says for the both of the young trainers.
After the wait, as Nox & Lux are getting their Pokémon a boy in a red shirt, blue shorts, and a blue hat asks Nox for a battle, "Hey pretty lady, do ya wanna battle"
"'Pretty lady' eh, yeah I guess I could squish you" Nox enlarges her Pokéball. The three trainers walk outside.
The woman and child both withdraw their Pokémon, the boy lets out a Starly who makes a trill as she enters the battlefield.
"One on one good for you" The youngster asks.
"As I only have one: yeh" Nox answers.
Lux stands a bit away, acting as the referee, "This will be a one on one match, obviously neither can substitute. And a…the battle starts now!" Piplup makes a cry to get the 18 year old's point across.
Both trainers yell out their commands:
"Starly Quick Attack!"
"Sand Attack!"
Starly is inches away from hitting Poochyena with her whole body, but Pooch kicks up dirt just at the right time.
Starly reels back for a moment, and a moment is all Poochyena needs, "Pooch, Poison Fang let's go!"
The bite Pokémon chews on the Starly's torso for a second, then bouncing back. Starly all of a sudden looks to be paler than usual; poisoned.
"Starly! Umm—" Nox talks over the boy's thinking.
"Finish this with tackle!" Poochyena easily knocks out Starly by rocketing into her side, full force.
The 10 year old boy shakes his head, "Return"
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As the last flecks of sunlight die in the golden hour, Lux sighs "We should probably get a hotel room?"
"Let me see what I…hmmm" Nox checks her wallet, only 500 Pokédollars.
"Let's just go for the cheapest one we can find cause I'm poor" The black-haired girl frowns.
"Well, at least our first pay checks our coming in a couple days"
"Yeh, I guess"
———
The motel is actually surp—no the room is disgusting. The beds stink with the stench of a Skuntank's farts.
But nonetheless the humans and Pokémon sit on the beds, getting ready for sleep.
Both twins change into their night clothes, a pair of black pyjama pants and a matching black bra for Nox, a white shirt and yellow boy shorts for Lux.
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While everyone else is asleep, Poochyena perches on the windowsill, watching the black sky. She wonders what's in store for her and her new trainer, if it's worth sticking around.
"How trivial it would be to break the pokéball on the black belt on the nightstand, then crash through the window. Part of me wants to fend for myself again, another part wants that never again" Poochyena quietly barks out.
"Oh…" Piplup leans against the nightstand, making sure to stay out of sight.
"Piplup…I know you're behind the nightstand, it's…okay I guess" Pooch flicks an ear.
"Sorry" Piplup scratches his head.
"Come sit with me…the moon's beautiful"
"Wow! You're right it's so yellow" Piplup looks at the moon which almost looks like the sun with how yellow it is.
"It's called a harvest moon, grass types get more powerful when it's out" Poochyena explains, her paw lifting in a conversational, human-like gesture.
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Loading dex entry for Poochyena:
Most Poochyena will track down their prey for potentially thousands of miles, if the prey fights back however, the Poochyena will likely turn tail and run.
They are opportunistic scavengers with particularly large jaws.
Poochyena also make the fur on their tail bristle out as an intimidation tactic.