Born on the Bayou (Mod)

[KARP KARP!]

Only a day before his big plan, Kel was roaming through the swamp. The man didn't really know why, it just seemed like something to do while planning the final stages. Lil' Bit sat on his shoulder as usual.

Kel's gray eyes scanned the area as he avoided what he could of the mud, knowing how easy it'd be to get stuck.

[Lady Leaf]

[Exeggcute - M] ~ [Paras - F] ~ [Surskit - M] ~

Skitting along on the few parts of the swamp that actually had smooth enough water was a small Surskit. It looked as if it were searching for food of some sort. Sitting on the trunk of a tree not too far away from Kel was a mushroomless Paras. There didn’t seem to be any mushrooms sitting around either. Well, at least not his normal wear. There was a very large mushroom that almost looked like a poke ball sitting down at the trunk of the tree. The Paras seemed to be eyeing it. At least not where she was. A little deeper into the swamp an Exeggcute was sitting by a rather thick, mucky spot in the water. It’s heads were taking turns jumping into the thick slim making small, ‘Flop’ sounds as they hopped in and out. It looked like they were playing a game almost.

[KARP KARP!]

Kel saw nothing of interest, but the Surskit caught his eye. Sen liked bugs, right? It'd be of no use to Kel, but hey; he owed Sen one. Well, he thought so, for some odd reason. Maybe he was drunk at the time, who knew?

"Lil' Bit, you want this one?" The Taillow eyed the bug, then chirped happily before flying at the Surskit for an Arial Ace.

[Ball Rat]

The Surskit, of course, hadn't been paying attention in his annoying search for sustenance. It was so inconvenient not having the proper servants... The little creature gave an annoyed sigh before getting knocked to the side by the super-effective move. DX <What's WRONG with you, insolent feathered fiend?!>

In defense, he gave off a Sweet Scent and swayed around a little, glaring up at the bird carefully. After a moment, waiting to see if his incredibly wonderful scent had gotten to her, he began to spit a stream of Bubblebeam. This audacious little creature, no matter how interesting in appearance (maybe she could make a nice servant), was not about to let her get away with attacking him like that.

((ooc ;; In case you didn't catch what's happening, Fish, Kero asked me to take over just for the Surskit since you expressed interest in catching the Surskit for her character specifically. She'll take back over afterward.))

[KARP KARP!]

The Melanistic Taillow was hit by the Bubblebeam; she usually wasn't a fighter, but not many of Kel's Pokemon could navigate the swamp, except maybe Leah. Heh...just the idea of a Lairon or a Tauros trying to fight in the mucky water...Lil' Bit chuckled to herself just imagining the shiny Lairon stuck in the mud.

<Just following orders, Stupid bug,> Taillow snapped, diving down for a Wing Attack.

[Ball Rat]

Following orders? Who's orders? What idiot wanted to attack him, royalty!? Such was life, he supposed... But the stupid bug comment made him seethe. <Why, I never!> As the Wing Attack came in, he skittered to the side, just barely able to dodge it. In response, he aimed a beam of rainbow circles at her; a Psybeam. He was not happy with this bird who attacked without knowing who she was attacking first -- as it was clear she didn't realize just who he was. He hoped the attack would confuse her and then maybe he could make her his own slave... but the chances of this were fairly slim.

[KARP KARP!]

<And you probably never will,> Lil' Bit snapped before taking the Psybeam, falling briefly to the ground. It was obvious the melanistic Taillow had spent a bit too much time on Kel's shoulder.

Shaking off the hit, the small bird dove in with another Arial Ace. Though she didn't battle much--in fact this was her first battle since Kel caught her--she was starting to get into the rhythm of it.

Meanwhile, Kel watched the little bird work; this fight was somewhat adorable...

[Ball Rat]

The Surskit used Endure just in time to survive the attack and swayed uncertainly atop the water. He didn't have much energy left, but he attempted to use it for an Aqua Jet. However, due to his weakened state, the most it would likely do was splash the Taillow before the bug would start to sink below the water. After all, he couldn't skate if he was fainted or near so.

[KARP KARP!]

Kel eyed the battle with interest; for two little cutesy type Pokemon, this was quite the heated fight. The old man was utterly impressed. It was then that he realized the Surskit was sinking.

"Lil' Bit. Hold on." The Taillow obeyed as Kel tossed a Pokeball at the Surskit.

Never once did it cross his mind that he was actually doing something nice for someone by catching the bug.

[Ball Rat]

He could just barely make out the capture sphere coming at him and knew this could not be a good thing. The poor prince would now be forced to take orders from some ridiculous human who couldn't even talk to him rather than sick this ridiculous black bird after him. The Pokeball absorbed the little pond skater and hopped back to land, where it shook twice before dinging in capture.

Name: {Your Choice}
Species: Surskit
Ability: Swift Swim
Personality: A pond skater that believes himself to be a prince. No one's sure what he believes himself royalty [i]over[/i], but he makes it very apparent that anyone else is either a commoner or a peasant. Anyone who attacks him is either ignorant or a fiend. Of course they are... why else would anyone attack this prince? He has already learned to dislike humans, assuming all of them are just brutes who only know how to hurt Pokemon. As a result, he nearly always refuses to listens to any orders to battle. Maybe he can be proved wrong.

[KARP KARP!]

Kel picked up and stowed the Pokeball in his bag; that took care of Sen's present. Lil' Bit landed on the man's shoulder giving a series of happy chirps as her master praised her. Then, the bandit headed deeper into the swamp.

[Lady Leaf]

[Lily Pads] ~ [Small mushrooms - M] ~ [Poliwag - F&M] ~ [Toxicroak - M]

Deeper into the swamp a few randomly placed lily pads could be found floating in the water. Some of them had little pink flowers on top while others were plain. A couple of Poliwags were happily jumping off one of the many lily pads and into the water. Neither one of them seemed to have noticed the human. They were just too busy playing.

Along the bases of the trees where the water was slightly thinner, many small mushrooms could be seen. None were quiet as big as the one the Paras had been looking at before and they had white instead of the pale purple. In one of the extremely murky and think parts of the swamp a blueish, purple horn with a pare of yellow eyes were sticking out of the water, watching the human. He was ready to jab and poison anyone who came his way.

[KARP KARP!]

Kel thought he saw something in the water, but didn't know it was a Toxicroak. Reaching into his bag, he pulled out Leah's Pokeball, calling out the Floatzel.

"Leah, go see what that is, girl."

"Float!" she replied happily, diving into the water and swimming towards the Pokemon.

[Lady Leaf]

[Lily Pads] ~ [Small mushrooms - M] ~ [Toxicroak - M]

The Toxicroak kept an eye on the Floatzel as it neared him. It wasn’t until Leah drew too close that the Toxicroak suddenly leaped up, letting out a loud crock as he flung himself towards her. One of his hands were stretched out, the poison seeping through his knuckle as he attempted to poison the other pokemon. The sound of the Toxicroak was enough to cause the two Poliwags to swim away and oddly so did a couple of the lily pads.

[KARP KARP!]

Leah was hit by the attack, the poison seeping in and harming her. Angry from the attack, she retaliated with an Aqua Jet; why did he attack her? She was just exploring! D:

Kel watched, arms folded across his chest; the man had faith in his Water-type, more than any of his other Pokemon, so it seemed.

[Lady Leaf]

[Lily Pads] ~ [Small mushrooms - M] ~ [Toxicroak - M]

The Toxicroak hadn’t been expecting the other pokemon to attack back and thus was hit by the Aqua Jet, sending him back into the water. With an angry croak like growl the Toxicroak spit out a stream of Venoshock towards the other water type.

[KARP KARP!]

Leah was hit by the Venoshock, the poison taking its toll on her. <What is your problem?!?> she shrieked before going in with an Aqua tail.

[Lady Leaf]

[Lily Pads] ~ [Small mushrooms - M] ~ [Toxicroak - M]

Problem? He had no problem. He was Toxicroak. He was powerful. He was ruthless. He was cruel and most of all, he loved seeing others suffer. There was no real reason why he was like that. He just was and he liked it. So, with a huge, cruel grin, the toad sunk himself into the water, dodging the Aqua tail attack. Under the water he was thinking up a Nasty Plot as to what he could do next.

[KARP KARP!]

Leah Dove down underwater, past even the Toxicroak. The Floatzel stayed submerged awhile, watching the Poison-Fighting type above her. Finally, she began to rise, very quickly, aiming her Dive attack at the Toxicroak.

Kel sighed as the fight went underwater. Now how the hell was he supposed to know who was winning?

[Lady Leaf]

[Lotad - Many] ~ [Lombre - F] ~ [Small mushrooms - M] ~ [Toxicroak - M]

The Toxicroak watched as the Floatzel swam under him but didn’t go down further to follow her. Instead he waited, watching as Leah came zipping back up and taking the full blow of the attack. Then, with one quick movement, the attacked Leah back, using double the force of her own attack in a Revenge.

From under the water one could tell that most of the lily pads were not lily pads at all. Many of them were Lotad's while one was a Lombre.