"What's with all the Team Magma grunts?"

[Rosalina]

Hino walked through the town, looking to each side as she went.

"There certainly are a lot of Team Magma members here..." She said.

~Well, it is "Magma" City. Team Magma probably owns this town, literally.~ Answered her Pyrokit, Kaen. The Rattata they'd befriended on Route One was curled up in the trainer's pocket, sound asleep from all the excitement he'd had. Meeting a trainer, getting to play with them without being attacked, and even getting to join their team!

"I guess you're right. It's still a little unnerving, though. I'm pretty sure Team Magma was the one who turned me into a Charizard morph. I never really got to see the uniforms of the ones who caught me, though. And the scientists didn't wear any emblems. I remember someone coming in during one of the experiments, and she had a uniform on. But I was partly unconscious, they'd just put me under anesthetic. I kinda remember seeing a little red, and I think black on her shirt, though." Hino said.

~Then who knows? Maybe it was the Team Magma leader. We'll find out at the Gym, if Team Magma really does own this city. The Gym Leader's probably the Team Magma leader.~ Kaen replied.

"Hmm. Maybe we should stop at the Pokemon Center to rest before any grunts attack us."

~Good idea.~ Hino headed towards the red-roofed building.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

Magma members barely gave Hino a passing glance. They were busy, or at least acting like they were busy, and certainly didn't have time for someone chatting up thier Pokemon.
But at least the Pokemon Center was reliable, because inside was the same old Nurse Joy. "Hi there! How may I help you?" the pink haired woman asked, smiling.

[Rosalina]

"I just need to rest for a while. By the way, is it possible for a Pokemon to be healed without going into a Pokeball? This little guy doesn't have one yet." Hino said, showing Nurse Joy the sleeping Rattata in her pocket. Kaen hopped off her shoulders and made his way over to a cushion sitting on the floor.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

"Of coarse." the Nurse replied, holding out a hand for the small Pokemon and sliding a tray with deep dips in it with a wide center, for Kaen and any other Pokemon in capsules she might also have on hand for healing.

[Rosalina]

Hino gently took the Rattata from its sleeping place in her pocket and put him in Nurse Joy's hand. She then put Kaen in his pokeball, which he didn't mind, and handed that to Nurse Joy also.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

The Nurse placed both on the tray, Kaen in a Poke'ball slot and the Rattata on the wide middle, and bustled off to Heal them in the back. A few moments later, she returned - holding on the tray to her. The Rattata was smiling and looked very happy, red eyes shining with excitment.

[Rosalina]

Hino held out her hands and the Rattata eagerly jumped into them. She placed the small Pokemon on her shoulder and let Kaen out of his pokeball again.

"Thank you, Nurse Joy." Hino said, then walked out of the Center and made for the Gym.

My first Gym experience... How exciting!

[Summoned (Rioru)]

(( Mmm, I'll have to PM Drake for the new Leader Pokemon...So I shall distract you with a 'Pre-Trainer' niow! ))

The Gym stood, bearing more towards the heat of the volcano. It was in rather poor looking shape; and looked a bit abandoned. Certainly not friendly...Maybe it wasn't too late to turn back?

[Rosalina]

Hino stopped to look at the building.
Kinda shabby... But I can't turn back now. She thought to herself. She very well could have turned back, but, as said in her profile, Hino has absolutely no sense of reason.

She walked inside and looked around, hearing the usual Gym music playing from speakers in the corners of the ceiling.

(OoC: That's how I think it works, anyway...)

"Coooool." She said to herself. Kaen, who had been walking alongside Hino, purred in agreement. The Rattata on her shoulder squeaked, seeing the immense size of the room.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

A few pre-trainers were milling about, the nearest perked a little. Finally, the monotony was broken. "Hey, you!" he shouted, getting to his feet and sauntering over with a confident smile. "You challengin' this Gym?"

[Rosalina]

Hino glanced over at the trainer who'd approached her.

"Well, duh. What else would I be doing?" She said.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

The Grunt looked sour for a moment, and then grinned. "Well, It's mah job to make sure brats like you don't get past. So, I choose you - Numel!" in a flash of red a Numel was released into the world, blinking slowly at Hino.

[Rosalina]

Aw, crap. Starting to regret choosing a Fire type as my starter... Hino thought.

"Go, Kaen!" She said, and the Pyrokit ran forward. She quickly got out the PokeDex and looked up Pyrokit's moveset.

"Alright, let's try Tackle!" She yelled, and Kaen obeyed, leaping at the Numel.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

The Numel blinked, took a moment to realize he was in pain, and then let out a "Meeeel." that probably meant 'Oooow'.
"Shut up, use Magnitude."
"Num.." slowly the Numel rose a paw and then dropped it, creating small waves of power to shake the Gym floor a bit...

[Rosalina]

Kaen was a bit shaken by the small quakes, but was otherwise okay.

"I highly doubt Fire attacks will be effective, so let's try Tackle again!" Hino said, and the Pyrokit again rushed at the Numel.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

"Numm" again, the Numel blinked in confusion, and then winced in pain. "Meeel..."
"C'mon you dumb Pokemon, use Magnitude again!" the little camel Pokemon raised a foot and slammed it down, the reverberations were harder this time. Stronger. But the Pokemon using it couldn't take much more of this abuse...Magma sure has some weak Pokemon.

[Rosalina]

Kaen almost fell from the severity of the tremors, but was thankfully still up.

"Tackle again, Kaen!" Hino shouted. He lunged yet again at the other Fire type.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

The Numel was barely hanging on now, and was trembling visibly from the effort of staying healthy. "N-nummm..."
"Give it something to remember, Lave Plume!" this seemed like a rather dumb idea. Seemed, of coarse. It was a powerful move, despite the Type line-up, and it had a chance to Burn. The Numel took a deep breath and then shot out a jet of lava from the small hole on the hump of it's back.

[Rosalina]

Kaen tried to dodge the lava, but was hit. He fell a little, feeling a burning pain in his left hind leg.

"Kaen was burned!" Narrated the 'Dex.

"Crap! Well, it shouldn't do much damage, he's a Fire type, after all." Hino said, mostly to herself.

"Alright, Kaen, Tackle that lame grunt's Numel again!" She thought that if she got the grunt mad by taunting him, he would start to lose focus and possibly be easier to defeat. Kaen simply obeyed the attack command and rushed at the Numel again.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

The Numel fainted before Kaen could even slam into him, and with a huff the Grunt returned it. "Fine, but our Leader is just going to crush you anyway." he waved his arm, and then the lights came on. It was hard to notice they were off, with a few small glowing lamps giving off dim light; but with the real lights on a stadium was revealed. And the Gym Leader, wearing a cocky smile.

[Rosalina]

"That was your only Pokemon? Man, you really are lame." Hino said mockingly, then called Kaen back to her side. The Rattata, in all the excitement, had slipped into Hino's pocket and fallen asleep. Again. The trainer looked towards where she was to go and saw the Gym Leader, Ember. She walked towards the woman slowly, glaring at her all the way. She wanted to get closer mainly to see if she really was the woman she'd seen when being experimented on. When she got close enough to see her as clearly as possible, the flame on her Charizard tail flared up as Hinote filled with rage. Ember was indeed the one who had come to see her be tortured, for the experiments had been extremely painful. She tried to calm down, because she realized she couldn't let her mind be clouded by anger. Hino looked up at the Leader and waited for her to say something and let out her Pokemon. The morph was impatient to get this over with.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

Ember smiled, she was the Leader of Magma and noted that the Charizard seemed uncomfortable around her. Good. "I don't care for speeches." she said, shortly, but in a voice that carried. "So let's go, Charmander!" she tossed a ball, releasing a ready-to-rock Charmander.
"CHAAAR!" the Pokemon let out a burst of flame, just to show off.

[Rosalina]

(OoC: Wait... "She?" I was under the impression that Ember was a guy...)

[Drake]

(( I would never call a guy Ember
It's usually a feminine name, I thought most people would assume...))

[Rosalina]

(OoC: I have never heard of a female character named Ember. None the less, I shall edit my previous posts so that it is a girl standing before Hinote on both accounts. And then reply.)

[Drake]

(( Rayne and Ember are based on the characters of two of my friends who 1x1 RPed all the time... Ember was a girl. And I know a couple girls who call themselves Ember. Never really heard of it as a name for a guy... but, I don't really get around much outside the pokemon community ))

[Rosalina]

(OoC: Hm. Anyway... WHAT'S PYROKIT'S MOVESET? It doesn't list it in the 'Dex, and I want to use something other than Tackle or Growl in the next battle.)

[Drake]

(( It's implied, as any low-ish leveled fire attacks, along with meowth's moveset ))

[Rosalina]

(OoC: Okay. Anyhoo... REPLY TIME.)

"C'mon, Kaen! Let's do this!" Hino shouted, and the Pyrokit leaped forward.

"Use Bite!" Kaen rushed forward, teeth bared, ready to chomp down on his foe.

[Summoned (Rioru)]

The Charmander winced, but stood strong against the attack. Not as weak as the Grunts, it seems. "Smokescreen." the words were a flat order, and smoke billowed out of the lizards' mouth, filling the area with a dense black fog.
Now he had the element of surprise.