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"Apologies." Sapper said as it floated away to the next pokémon, the shiny Lucario."Alert. *BZZZT* Colour scheme irregular. Rare specimen. Begin full scan."

Before Alesia would answer, she got annoyed by Sapper."Hey, Sapper. Do you mind? There's no need to scan everyone at the same time." The Magnezone looked up at Alesa.*BZZZT*"Acceptable. This unit will end the scanning process." With that Sapper floated back to Shannon."Sorry. Sapper didn't mean to be annoying. It's just very protective over us." Alesia sighed."I know I'm not alone. I just like to be. All my life I've been lonely, it's a habit." The way she spoke to Anubis was more relaxed now. He easilly gained her trust, it seems.

"Oh, wow, squishy man." Brass Beast said as he pulled him up to his feet."Yeah, but he's a sweetheart... I think. He likes to be the rough guy of the team, but honestly speaking, Machina takes that title." She said as she looked at her Metagross."Hey! Machina! You doing okay?!" Shannon called out. The Metagross turned around, its steel legs thumping on the ground as it did."You'll get to listen to some music in a bit, bud." The Metagross nodded its head as it slowly walked closer.

<It's alright, I don't mind. It's a bit unnerving though,> Anubis chuckled, <But hey, maye you won't have to be alone any more,> he offered, <If our masters stay together long enough.>

Archur smiled at Brass Beast, "Thanks big guy," he said as he was helped up and then walked over to Machina, staring the Metagross down but smiling as he did, "I wonder how he'd fair against my Metagross. It would be and interesting battle," he commented an placed a gentle hand on the center of the cross on Machina's face.

Metagross' cross started to glow bright white when Archur touched it. It wasn't preparing an attack, just showing off the power it had."Oh, I think he'd do just fine." Shannon laughed."I'm not that lonely. I hope they do stay togheter. Shannon doesn't talk to many people anymore these days, not since her band of friends all dispersed. She's the lonely one, really."

Soon the rain would finally stop. As soon as that happened, life was back to normal in Fortree city. People started walking around again and Shannon was forced to call all of her pokémon back."I would've never thought a town in the trees would be this busy."

<Archur talks a lot. He's fun to listen to though,> Anubis chuckled.

"Eh, if you've ever been to Castellia city, no other compares," Atchur shrugged, "Alright, I'm off to get another gym badge," he grinned and recalled all of his pokemon except Dom and Charlie, "Alright Charles, you're on point this time. Alexandria's got your back if you start to lose it, alright?" the zebstrika nodded in response and trotted to Archur's side.
"Alright Shannon, I'm off," Archur waved, "See ya afterwards?"

"Alright, if you need me, you can find me on route 120. I'll be training my pokémon there. If you still want to battle or show off your badge, I'll take you on on both. See you, Archur." Shannon waved at him as she left for the next route.

The gym was a very big building inside the center of the town, on the largest tree. Inside was an open place with a high roof that stood open now. Of course, nothing out of the ordinary for a Flying Gym, the only strange thing was Winona sitting at a desk in the back of the gym togheter with Flannery while the gym apprentices were training their pokémon in the open sky.

When Archur entered, a lady sat behind a counter, wearing thick glasses and wore her brown hair in a bun."Hello, welcome to the Fortree City gym. Are you a challenger or here for signing up to becoming a gym leader?" She asked right away.

Archur's eyes widened a bit, "You can do that?" he was surprised, "No... I'm just a challenger," Archur said after a few moments of contemplation, not liking the idea of staying in one place at all.

The woman nodded as she took her phone."Miss, I have a trainer here for you... no, he's actually a challenger... alright, I'll tell him that, yes, thank you." The woman put the down the phone."Winona will be more than happy to accept your challenge, walk on through. Oh, and try to hold on to something." She warned him.

Through some strangely shaped doors Archur would find trainers training, and eventually reach a stage where Winona was on her cellphone, but there was a girl at her side as well, probably someone Archur challenged before in the past; Flannery.

"No, Roxanne. I'm sorry." Winona said."Our manufacturer is still working on production... I know, I know, it's been long since you were out. Look, just give the trainers a certificate and tell them to come pick up their gym badge later, just hang in there, okay? Bye." Winona sighed as she put her cellphone away."Sorry, this place is a bit of a mess. Welcome trainer, I'm Winona, Fortree's city gym leader, and as you may or may not know, supervisor of the Hoenn gym leaders. Welcome to the Fortree gym."

Charlie trotted through at his side, eager to battle and let out a proud shinny as Archur began introducing himself.
"Hello Winona, I'm Archur," he smiled, "This fella is Charlie and he needs a bit of help getting back ibto the battling scene. You wanna help him out?"

Winona smiled as she nodded."I think we can help your pal out. And you might just earn a gift in the process. She turned around to Flannery."Flannery, dear. Could you pull the switch?" The red haired girl nodded."Hold on tight." She giggled as she flicked the switch.

When she did that the floor Archur and Winona stood up raised rapidly into the sky. The lad would find himself high above the treetops. The air was chilly, especially so soon after the rain had stopped."Well, Archur, I hope you don't have a fear of hights." She grinned as she took out an ultra ball, letting out a rather big Pelliper."Say hello to Nostradamus."

((if you prefer to add in rolls, do let me know. I have a system))

(What's your system?)

Archur let out a surprised yell as the platform lifted but quickly regained his composure and Charlie was completely unfazed.
"Alright Winona," he gulped a bit, "I'm ready when you are."

((basically roll whenever you attack to determine whether it hits or not. 1 - 4 is a miss, 5 - 9 is a glancing hit, 10 - 16 is a normal hit, 17 - 19 is a very good hit, and 20 is a crit. moves that are used on yourself don't need a roll)

The Pelliper squawked as it rose up to the air, flapping its large wings majestically."Very well, Nostradamus, start things off with a water gun!" Winona raised her arm. The Pelipper's bottom jaw expanded as it released a great stream of water, heading straight for Charlie.

(And what about moved that can't miss?)

Charlie went skidding back, his hooves making sparks, but although a powerful attack, being a water move, it was mostly momentum.
"Charlie, you got this! Use thunderbolt!" he ordered and the zebstrika fired the powerful electric attack towards the water bird.

((in that case, 1 - 9 is a glancing hit))

A magnificent hit. The light seemed to have disappeared for a second as the bolt made impact. The Pelipper, being double sensitive to electric attacks collapsed almost instantly. Winona blinked."Whoa, I didn't expect him to be this ferocious. Very well." She called her Pelipper back."Looks like I'll need to bring in the big guns already for this one." She grinned as she let out a healthy looking Gliscor."I did some traveling in my spare time. Say hello to Nosferatu." The flying ground type clicked its claws together as it menacingly hissed at Charlie.

"Hmm... Ground type... That could be an issue," Archur mused, "Charlie, use thrash!" he ordered and the zebstrika charged, hooves flying.

The wild attack was barely dodged by Nosferatu, though it did make contact. The Gliscor was still airborne and put more distance in between the two fighters."Good going, Nosferatu. Now use Swift!" The Gliscor flapped his wings wildly as a whole batch of speeding stars headed for Charlie.

Charlie gave a pained whinnie but stood his ground, taking te hit, but only barely with the combined power of that and the water gun. If he took another hit like that, there was no way he'd be able to stay up, "You got this Charlie!" Archur encouraged as he charged at the Gliscor, using thrash again.

The second hit was much more powerful, and the Gliscor felt it! It staggered onto the floor, but quickly attempted to be airborn again. Nosferatu succeeded. She was flying once more, though badly bruised. Another good hit like that might just be too much."Hang in there, girl, use poison jab!" The angered Gliscor flew in closer, her claw dripping with purple poison.

That was all Charlie could take and the zebstrika fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Ah!!! Charlie!!" Archur cried and quickly recalled the electric type, "You did a good job," he said and put the pokeball away, then grabbed another, "Say hello to Alexandria. She's been through five different regions and beaten three gyms in four of them," he grinned and the flygon appeared in a flash of red light.
"Alright, Alexandria, dragon breath!"

Nosferatu gracefully dodged the heated beam of breath, doing a cartwheel around it, just to mock Alexandria."Huh, she must be powerful then. We'll see just how powerful." Winona grinned."Nosferatu, another poison jab! make it count!" The flying scorpion flew towards the dragon, her claw dripping once more with poison.

It may not have been a very powerful hit, or a very effective one, but it was enough. Alexandria's wings faltered as she felt the flow dig under her skin and the poison release into her system. She let out a low wail before regaining her composure.
"Damn... Alright Alexandria, you can hold it!" he encouraged, "Use draco-meteor!" he ordered this time. The flygon's eyes turned a menacing red and the sky rumbled, the clouds around them turning a similar shade as large, iridescent meteors came hurtling towards Nosferatu.