crumble [c/wild]

[attr="class","smdbody"]out of the blue came a mantyke, hovering above the ground with a smile on its face. it looked really cute, and liam wanted it on his team. he had no idea how it even evolves but that problem would come later. now it was time to attempt a capture.

he pulled out a pokedex and scanned the kite pokemon. "be gentle," he whispered to mira, who flicked her tail as a response. he didn't want to attempt to befriend it because he had nothing on him; no snacks, no treats, nothing.

"try a twister," he said. this was the first time the milotic would use a move other than scald. the past two battles with the voltorb and sandile really helped her grow. 

the tender pokemon flicked her tail violently, sending a twister at the mantyke. it must have caught it off guard since it resulted in a flinch, so mira quickly followed with another twister attack. it did a fair amount of damage but it wasn't enough just yet. the mantyke retaliated with a bubble beam attack of its own, but fighting water with water was not very effective. 

it only took one more twister attack before the mantyke fell to the ground. but he didn't throw a pokeball at it.

// note b/c we forgot it's a rare i didn't catch it

[attr="class","smdbody"]little did he know twister attacks were rather violent. the multiple twister attacks shook the trees behind the mantyke, resulting with berries falling and amongst the berries was a fluffy looking pokemon; one he has not seen before.

"nice job," he complimented the milotic who purred in delight. but now they turned their attention to the fluff pokemon. he scanned it with a pokedex.

an eyebrow perked as he read the information. what an interesting pokemon, he thought. he won't use it on his team most likely but it would still be good to have. 

"are you good for another?" he asked. the tender pokemon nodded and slithered forward, ready to battle the next opponent. "scald," he said. back to the usual.

mira shot out a hot stream of water at the fluff pokemon, hoping to burn it. it didn't get burned but it did take a bit of damage from it. it returned with a fairy wind attack, sending out a gush of piercing wind at the milotic. liam lifted an arm to shield his eyes. mira still looked strong as she returned a barrage of water attacks.

"try disarming voice!" he called out. the milotic took another fairy wind attack first before sending out a fairy attack of its own. it was enough to weaken the swirlix so liam just toosed a pokeball at it.

once captured he would just keep walking the route looking for more to do.

[attr="class","smdbody"]after the swirlix fell and was captured liam did a quick check on his inventory. his eyes looked into his backpack. he still had healing items but he only had one empty pokeball left. he could either capture his next encounter or just defeat it. either way, he wasn't too far off the end of the route.

taking out a potion he walked back to mira and sprayed the tender pokemon, healing her up slightly. he smiled as he gestured for them to move on.

not too long after they started walking another pokemon swooped down from the trees at them. liam ducked in time but mira wasn't so lucky, resulting in her being hit with a quick attack. this pokemon liam recognized however.

"it's weak against water," he said. mira nodded and sent out a pulse of water that emerged from her mouth. liam was surprised to see that she had learned yet another move. his pokedex scanned the milotic.

the gligar got hit by the water pulse but was still gearing for an attack. it swooped forward for a knock off but mira was not holding anything. with the gligar still up close she released another pulse of water that sent the gligar reeling back. but it still did one final poison sting attack from distance. it did not poison the milotic. she finished the poor pokemon off with a scald attack.

once that was done liam would heal up mira with another potion then walk to the end of the route.