[FIN] Holding Flame

[Tori Honoo]

The ponyta blinked at Rosie, then turned its attention back to the typhlosion that stood watching it carefully. Dove ran a hand over her burning face.

"Please?"  

[Blood_Goddess]

Seeing the red of Dove's face, prompted the girl in pink to walk over toward Dove, reaching a hand out to put it across her back, encourgeing her forward gently and giving her a lifting smile.
"Hey, its alright, we all have to start somewhere. Look I'll help you."
Rosie stepped to the side, looking over at the two pokemon.
"So, when you're out you will often see a Pokemon or a trainer that you want to Battle. To issue a challenge, with humans its easy, You ask if they want to battle and they say either yes or no." she shrugged, showing that it was that easy.

"But with pokemon, especially wild ones, you have to be a little more creative, and learn to expect different reactions.
Most of the time they'll just jump out at you, ready to battle, and you have to act pretty quick with your own pokemon.
But if you see if first, you approach it; if they run off, then they're not interested, you should probably just leave them alone. But if they stand their ground, sometimes making eye contact, or they might even get into a battle stance... oh some might even attack you right off the bat, you need to be careful with that." Rosie pointed out.
"For whatever reason they want to battle, this is usually a good cue for you to call our your pokemon... but just one, League ethics are pretty strict about that, with the exception of the double, or tri battle systems."

Rosie held a hand up quickly "Don't worry about those for now though, they're a bit more advanced."

Blue eyes flicker over to Sparky, moving from him, toward the Ponyta. "So, now you just approach the ponyta, and see if he accepts your challenge."  

[Tori Honoo]

With Rosie's encouragement, and in desperate attempt to hide her expression, Dove stepped forward slowly, her hands up to show he meant no harm, her eyes apologetic. The ponyta stayed still, though it looked hesitant. After watching her a moment, it turned its attention back to Sparky and offered a short, soft whinny, pawing its front hooves into the ground anxiously, before releasing a strong burst of flame in the typhlosion's direction.  

[Blood_Goddess]

"Alright... now in a battle, each round the pokemon can attack once. Whoever has the fastest pokemon, they can usually get their attack in first, then the other person attacks. You're not supposed to let a constant stream of attacks out.
Once you're attack is done, you wait for them to attack."  

[Tori Honoo]

Dove nodded and watched as Sparky's eyes widened at the burst of flame, then moved out of it's path, sinking low to the ground. A small portion of the field behind him blazed from the fire.

"Guess that means it's our turn again," she sighed, half as enthusiastic as she had previously been. "Sparky, go!"

Sparky, obeying his mistress' command, immediately moved again, this time unsuccessful as the ponyta dashed aside, then countered with it's hooves, slamming them into Sparky's side.

For a moment, Sparky took pause to gather himself after the attack, again his look surprised. This pokemon was much stronger than he had expected, given its demeanor. "It's alright, Sparky! Try again!" With a roar, the flames along the typhlosion's neck erupted, and he again charged it, slamming it into the ground with a tackle.

Dove winced.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Pastin held his head high, standing among the gathering of Rosie's pokemon as they watched the battle progress.

The refined voice of Grealhorn spoke from beside the Rapidash.
Pastin tilted his head, regarding the larger hooved pokemon, he wasn't entirely sure if the grass type was talking about the Ponyta or the typhosion, though both seemed to fit.


Pop added in, her nose was scrunched as she watched the battle, as if looking onto something distressful.

Vahy'n reminded the pokemon.

The rabbit punched the ari twice.

Kiss Kiss put on a sweet smile, that was almost mocking, one that Pop returned with narrowed eyes. while Perdy just chuckled behind them, amused with his team mates commentary.

The pokemon talked amongst themselves, Rosie stood close by Dove, watching as she went through the battle, noticing a few things that might be good tips for after the battle, but otherwise letting her do her thing.  

[Tori Honoo]

Dove looked to Rosie, her face concerned when she spoke. "How long does this go on? I don't want to permanently damage it," she told her worriedly, turning back to watch it struggle back to its feet and attack Sparky again.

With a motion from his trainer, Sparky dodged the attack, then returned it fiercely, very nearly knocking the ponyta from it's feet for the third time.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Rosue arched her eyebrows "A pokemon battle should never be so vicious that it will permanently damage your opponent. The rink is there, but you're pokemon needs to not be so concerned about harming it, then just weakening it." She looked over at Sparky "If you feel he's being too rough you need to tell him, and pull him back a little bit."

"Once the Ponyta is weakened, it will start moving slow, you'll have to judge this on your own, but you throw a pokeball at it before it looses the battle, if it looses or gives up on the battle, you can't catch it."  

[Tori Honoo]

Dove nodded and watched carefully as the ponyta again moved to attack Sparky, this time indeed much slower. Sparky easily dodged its hooves this time, then reared back, waiting for his trainer's command.

"Alright, last time, Sparky. Fire, this time," she called, watching as the typhlosion obliged and hit it with a blast. The ponyta dodged, though was clipped by the force of the attack, and took a moment to gather itself before attempting to surround Sparky with it's own fire.

Sparky simply moved out of its way, barely touched and watched as his trainer drew a ball from her bag at random and tossed it, the ponyta disappearing in a burst of red light.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Rosie smiled when Dove chose the time to threw the Pokeball, this was where it was going to get nerve wracking, the blond stood, watching the ball as it worked on keeping the pokemon inside.  

[Tori Honoo]

Dove watched the ball nervously for what seemed like forever, wondering if it would do it's job, then let out a sigh of relief when it stopped moving completely, the release on the front fading from red to gold.

Sparky looked to her then sat back on its haunches, waiting.

She looked to Rosie. "So... that's it?" she asked, hesitant to smile just yet.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Rosie smiled back at her and nodded "Yup! Thats the end. You caught your first pokemon~"  

[Tori Honoo]

She smiled brilliantly, though her cheeks stayed flushed. "Well, at least I did something right!" she laughed, moving to pick up the ball as Sparky made his way back over.

Ball in hand, she returned to Rosie and her pokemon.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Rosie just smiled at her as she returned from retrieving her new pokemon.
"Of course, its not too hard to understand. it just takes some learning~ Good job though, and congratulations on your new pokemon."  

[Tori Honoo]

She smiled, looking down at the ball in her hand. "Thanks!"

With another soft breath of relief, she released Lovey again and called Sparky back, knowing that though he had done well, he would likely enjoy a short rest.

"Well... that was fun," she told Rosie, sheepishly running a hand through her hair. "Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt our time with...that."