VELOCITY ZERO [W]

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a sandile. it could probably be finished easily by gemini, but milo supposed that aries could match it just as easily. the sneasel however, was not waiting for milo's consent. it rushed forward, using an AGILITY to boost its speed. but the sandile wasn't exactly going to let it make the first move, using a RAGE as it attack and thrashed against the sneasel. when the sneasel's ICE SHARD hit the snadile, the ground type seemed only to power up further, its attack increasing as its body was coated in a dark energy.

the two pokemon danced around eachother for a bit, both wary, both sinister, and milo felt like he was watching a cash between two baby titans. somewhere along the line he decided that he wanted the little sandile for his team, and gestured to make sure aries did not kill the wild pokemon. he knew just how easily angered his partner could be-- but of course, the sandile seemed to be matching aries quite evenly in that department.

another RAGE and a FEINT ATTACK launched simultaneously, the boosted attack leaving the sneasel with bruises and cuts. still aries's attack went through, slamming the sandile onto the ground. it stood up again, powered by a dark and malevolent aura, that only seemed to instigate a similar response from the sneasel. when then ICESHARD that was thrown next was forced to go wildly off-target, the sneasel decided that it had had enough. with the prior speed boost, it lunged forward to use PUNISHMENT and teach the sandile its place.

the ground type was blown back and knocked down, and milo knew that he had to take his chance. so he pulled out a pokeball and went in for the capture.

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pushing his way through the grass, milo eventually stumbled upon (or rather, tripped over) a staryu. boot crashing against something a little too hard to be mud and a little too alive to be concrete, milo was knocked forwards and managed to save himself by kicking his other foot into the ground. seconds before he lost all balance, the blue haired boy's arms were able to steady him by flailing wildly at his sides. he looked up, and then jumped to address whatever was behind him.

the staryu had been napping and woke up, seemingly only to glare at milo. milo gave it a harsh look before shrugging and beckoning to his sneasel, deciding that another chance at training would at least make the blunder less. however, when he did call on the sneasel, the staryu began hopping away int he most absurd manner he'd ever seen, going from one pointed leg to another while dashing about the grassland.

milo followed after as soon as he calmed aries down, genuinely amused at the staryu. it had begun rolling along now, and milo was forced to chase after. it finally slowed near a body of water and dived in. by the time milo was able to look down, the staryu had vanished into the little puddle. he stared at his own reflection that had been distorted in the ripples for about two seconds and the staryuu jumped out, spraying his face with water.

aries responded before milo, lashing out in anger as it attempted to FEINT ATTACK the other pokemon. but milo just laughed. "do you sit around all day and bait trainers like that?" he asked the staryuu, chuckling quietly as he wiped the muddy water off his face. matters would have been different if he had lost face, but it was okay now because only aries was there to see. "come with me, little guy. i'll take you to the ocean someday."

and he removed a pokeball from his belt....