A Childish Curse (Private with AB Avery)
 

Route 212, a route where most trainers seem to spend their time either battling or simply socializing. It was a rather calm place despite all this, to the point where you could simply take a seat and relax for a while. And of course, that included one very particular trainer. A Hex Maniac of some kind by the looks of it, seemingly hiding away under a tree, examining a few items she held onto while mumbling to herself. She seemed more contempt spending her time alone rather than getting involved with social affairs. But...she didn't get to have that sort of opportunity of peace and quiet for long.

Avery Wulfsmoon was a trainer that was at least semi recognizable now a days to most people. While she'd never won any championships or contests, she was often involved in them, and really, the person who places second in every competition is still probably better than the various one off people that win once over them. But not being champion of any leagues or contest queens meant she never got hte coverage she so desperately desired.

She was traveling down 212 while using her own minor psychic abilities to play with her pokeballs in her boredom, not enough to actually hurt any of the mons inside, just spin them around a bit, shuffle them randomly, all of that kinda jazz. Her light purple hair shined in the sun, her matching outfit sparkling just a little bit, ensuring attention would be drawn to her. Then, she grinned as she noticed the maniac.

"Oh trainer~ Lookie here, our eyes are meeting! Come on, a battle if you'd please!" Avery called out, not giving the maniac even a second to say no before sending out an Alakazam!

She seemed to be humming to herself somewhat, seemingly actually happy. It was a weird sight to say the least, especially considering that trainers like her didn't seem to be the type to smile. But she soon turned to look at the contest star as she got closer and seemingly called out for her, seeming quite surprised by her sending out a Pokemon.

"W-Wha...fight...? Y-You want to fight me...? But I...I'm not looking for one right now..." the Hex Maniac seemingly mumbled her statement, with it being rather hard to hear. She seemingly reached into her bag, trying to find something, probably a Poke Ball to try and shoo the one in front of her away.

"Well? Come on! ITs the rules that if two trainers eyes meet we gotta battle! I haven't got all day! What are you even doing out here if you don't have your pokemon ready? What are you just waiting for some Lopunny to nab you, thinking it'll make you its personal fuck buddy?" Avery asked with a crass grin, tapping her foot impatiently!

The Hex Maniac blushed heavily as she heard that, awkwardly pulling out a PokeBall as she looked the other trainer in the eyes. She wanted to question if she was saying that as a joke or was being genuine, but figured it'd be something to not worry about. Soon, she sent out a rather interesting Pokemon, a Hisuian Zoroark. You don't see those all that often. "F-Fine...let's...do this..."

Avery smirked a little bit "Huh, definitely not something you see everyday... but she shrugged as she immediately sent a Choice Specs 252 Modest nature stab Psychic its way! "Hah!"

The Hex Maniac just awkwardly stared at the attack being done, watching as it got closer and closer...before nothing happened at all. What the heck? Psychic is supposed to do normal damage at least, and this Hisuain Zoroark should be on the ground defeated! So what just happened...?

"Is...that really the best you can do...? Z-Zoroark, Shadow Claw...!" and as she called out the command, the somehow unharmed Pokemon struck directly at the chest of the Alakazam!

Avery blinked "...wh...what the? No way! That should have died!" She frowned, as she watched her extremely frail Alakazam faint immediately from a single shadow claw.

"N-no! No fair!" She frowned "Alright then lets uh... lets try this instead! Come on out... Wobbufet!" She called out, sending the goofy looking blue pokemon out "There! That should keep your mon trapped and it'll be HELPLESS!" She laughed confidently

She raised an eyebrow in confusion, not sure what this trainer's deal was. She really didn't know what exactly she was planning, so she decided to play a little trick of her own to see how she would react to it all.

"Okay...Zoroark, use Knock Off!" Soon, the white fox Pokemon lunged at her Wobbufett and gave it a good smack, waiting to see if an item came off of it.

"Wobbufet, use Destiny Bond!" Avery called out with a smile, for some reason not really seeming to get that losing 2 mons for the price of taking 1 out was not really a viable strategy anymore. Of course the knock off did take a leftovers off, but it still was standing just due to the insane amount of HP bulk the balloon mon had