A Whole New Attitude

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Pokemon
Jack the Rockruff Caught at Level 5 Nickname: Jackie, Jack-Jack Gender: Male Type: Rock Ability: Vital Spirit Height: 1' 8" Weight: 20.2 lbs Health: Low EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (8/9) EXP Gained: 1 Level: 5 Division: D8 Total Stats: 55 Attack: 14 (26%) Defense: 9 Sp. Attack: 9 Sp. Defense: 10 Speed: 13 (24%) Vitamins Used: None	Moveset: 1. Tackle 1. Leer 4. Sand Attack Unique Moves: - - - - Item: Cool: # Tough: # Beauty: # Smart: # Cute: # SPOILER: Click to show None
Snowbell the Snubbull Received at Level 17 Nickname: Snowbell Gender: Female Type: Fairy Ability: Intimidate Height: 1' 7" Weight: 14.8 lbs Health: Intermediate EXP Rate: Fast EXP Gauge: (54/60) EXP Gained: 0 Level: 17 Division: D8 Total Stats: 189 [187+2] Attack: 67 [65+2] (35%[+3%]) Defense: 36 Sp. Attack: 2 Sp. Defense: 36 Speed: 48 Vitamins Used: None Pokerus - Atk +3%	Moveset: 1. Charm 1. Fire Fang 1. Scary Face 1. Tackle 1. Tail Whip 7. Bite 13. Lick Unique Moves: -Return - - - Item: Cool: # Tough: # Beauty: # Smart: # Cute: # SPOILER: Click to show None

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{Encounters}https://godairegion.proboards.com/thread/1090/alexas-challenge?page=1&scrollTo=4117

"We're finally here, Jackie!" Alexa announced to her rockruff, who squirmed in her arms to try and get a better look at the port the ship was approaching. Jack was as excited as his trainer to finally be back on land - he had gotten quite seasick on the journey to Calta, and Alexa had had to put him in his pokeball most of the way.

As the ship finally pulled into Port Baille, Alexa gathered up her things, which weren't much. A bag with a few changes of clothes, her pokeballs, pokedex, and holocaster were all she had on her, besides her other pokemon, Snowbelle. The snubbull, whom she had received as a Delimas gift from her mother, was in her pokeball at Alexa's waist - and now Jack was, too.

Alexa headed towards the exit of the boat, along with a bunch of other people. It was as they were about to leave the boat when the chanting started up. “Go home Godai! No outsiders allowed! Go home Godai!”

Alexa peered around the watchman keeping everybody back from the pier. About twenty people were gathered at the pier, holding up signs and chanting. Alexa’s eyes was torn to the strange pokemon the watchman had out. It was a small red pokemon, with a large bushy tail, with socks of dark grey. Alexa pulled out her pokedex and scanned it.

”Nickit, the Fox Pokemon,” the pokedex announced in a synthesized female voice. “Aided by the soft pads on its feet, it silently raids the food stores of other Pokémon. It survives off its ill-gotten gains.”

“Huh,” Alexa muttered, scrolling through the information in the pokedex. It was apparently a dark-type pokemon, even though it had the red that usually indicated fire.

While Alexa was distracted by the pokedex and new pokemon, a man had stepped forward through the crowd. “Hey, can I say something to the protesters?” He asked the watchman.

Alexa looked up and eyed the man. He had light pink hair, and had on a long black coat, along with dark grey jeans. His eyes had smile lines on them, and his cheerful demeanor relaxed her. The watchman eyed the man for a moment as well before shrugging. “Fine, but don’t make things worse, OK?”

“Of course not,” the man said smoothly.
He stepped forward and began speaking again. "My fine Caltans," he began. "I understand your concerns with Godians coming to your beautiful islands. While Godai is conquered, you have remained wild and free. I understand that you want to remain that way for as long as possible. I tell you that we only want to see your gorgeous sights and only catch pokemon that want to be captured. We of Godai understand this. Please, let us pass,"

The Caltans that had gathered started muttering amongst themselves, the chanting stopping and the signs faltering, allowing the watchmen to make a path through the crowd of people. They were finally being let off the boat! Alexa stepped forward, and followed the crowd onto and off the pier. Then she stood in the square of Port Baille, looking around curiously. She could still smell the sea in the air, and it only added to the wonder of being in a new place.

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Alexa couldn't believe it. She was finally in Calta! Port Baille was beautiful, it's architecture different from anywhere in Godai she'd ever been in. She wandered from tourist trap to tourist trap, thankfully her lack of funds keeping her from spending anything. She had released Jackie and Snowbelle, and they were following her at a sedate pace. Snowbelle was acting a bit odd, though, Alexa noticed. She was lethargic, and when Alexa picked her up, she noticed that Snowbelle was feverish.

She hurried to a Pokemon Center, where she had Snowbelle checked in, before sitting down, praying to Regigigas that her pokemon would be ok. Jack was sitting at her feet, whining at her and trying to lick her hands. Alexa eventually gave up praying and leaned down, petting Jack absently as she glanced towards the center counter, where she had dropped off Snowbelle.

After a while, in which Alexa continued to fret, the nurse called her to the counter. "Alright, Miss...."

"Just call me Alexa," Alexa replied, shrugging. "What's wrong with Snowbelle?"

"Alexa, Snowbelle has caught Pokerus," the nurse said grimly.

Alexa's eyes glinted with recognition. "Oh..." was all she could say.

"Thankfully we caught it early, and she's receiving treatment for it right now. She should be right as rain in a few hours. You're lucky you caught it early, Pokerus can be deadly if not treated right away," the nurse said.

Alexa nodded, and returned to the bench, awaiting Snowbelle's return. She sighed. Had she really been such a horrible trainer that she didn't even notice when her pokemon got sick? "Ah, gosh..." She muttered. "I'm a horrible trainer..."

"Now why would you say that?" Alexa looked up to see the watchman who'd been letting people off the boat looking at her curiously. Alexa blushed and shook her head.

"I didn't even know that my pokemon was sick!" She burst out.

"Did you ignore her, or cause the sickness?" He asked.

"Um, no..." Alexa said.

"Then you're not a horrible trainer, you just made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes," he said reasonably. He looked down at her rockruff and brightened up. "Hey, I know what will cheer you up," he announced.

"Yeah? What's that?" She asked despondently.

"I challenge you to a pokemon battle!" He said happily.

She looked up at him, nonplussed. "What?!" she burst out. "I'm not- I can't-"

"C'mon, don't you want to see your rockruff evolve someday? You've got to train him up! Besides, we're trainers! Once our eyes meet and the challenge is issued, you can't back down!" the man grinned.

Alexa sighed. "Alright, alright. But we have to go outside, I don't think the nurses would be too happy if we caused a huge ruckus in the middle of the Pokemon Center," she said.

"Alright!' the man cheered, and led the way outside. Alexa followed him reluctantly, Jack bouncing ahead happily at the prospect of a battle. When they reached the outside, however, Alexa realized that a fog had drifted in. Attacks would be less likely to hit in the heavy fog. She sighed and turned to the man. "Well, let's do this," she said.

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"So what's your name?" Alexa asked the watchman.

"The name's Herris. I heard you tell the nurse your name. Alexa, right?"

"Yeah, that's right," Alexa replied. "Well, shall we?" She looked at Jack and jerked her head towards Herris. "C'mon, Jack, we're gonna battle Herris."

The rockruff in question barked happily and stood in front of Alexa, chest puffed out, ready for battle.

"Go, Neir!" Herris called, sending out the Nickit from earlier. The feline pokemon landed on its feet gracefully and eyed Jack with disdain.

Jack growled, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up. Neir just ignored Jack, looking at his trainer, bored. "Alright, Neir, start off with a Knock Off!!"

Neir bounded forward, aiming his paw at Jack. "Dodge it!" Alexa called, but was too late. Neir clawed at Jack, causing him to jerk back in pain.

"OK, Jack, Tackle it!" Jack ran at Neir, but Neir was able to dodge it in the fog. "Tackle, again!"

"Use Beat Up, Neir!" Herris called.

As Jack neared Neir again, Neir made a racket, calling out as if for help. Then it hit Jack as the rockruff tried to tackle it, and Jack swerved off course. "Use leer, Jack, then try tackling it again!"

Jack sneered at Neir, who yawned. Then Jack ran at Neir again, finally tackling the Nickit. Neir stumbled back, taken by surprise.

"Tackle it again, Jack!" Alexa called. Jack ran at Neir, but Neir was ready for him this time.

"Use Tail Whip, then Quick Attack!" Herris called out. As Jack approached, it sat down cutely and wagged its tail. Jack slowed down for a moment, allowing Neir to quickly strike Jack in the side.

"C'mon, Jack, you can do this! Tackle it!" Alexa said. Jack ran at Neir again, tackling him in the side. Neir let out a cry, then attacked again, flashing quickly to Jack's side and stunning him.

"OK, Neir, use Knock Off again!" Neir approached Jack, but suddenly the fog grew thicker and Jack was able to hide amid the clouds.

"Tackle, Jack!" Alexa called. Jack burst out of the fog and hit Neir again, this time throwing him across the battlefield. He didn't get up. Herris recalled Neir to its pokeball and then turned to Alexa.

"Wow, congrats! You're a strong trainer, even with a limited moveset like you have!" Herris congratulated Alexa.

Alexa smiled. "Thanks. You did well too. A couple more hits and Jack would have been down."

"So, did you want to go check on your pokemon?" Herris asked.

"Yeah, I better do that. Hopefuly she's fine now." Alexa replied. Herris smiled at her.

"I'm sure she'll be OK, the nurses know what they're doing." Herris said encouragingly.

A man, older than Herris and Alexa, stepped up to Herris. "Hey, kiddo, who is this trainer who just soundly beat you?" he asked. Alexa looked the man over. He looked to be in his fifties, with prominent smile lines and wrinkles on his forehead. He had sharp green eyes, and brown hair.

"This is Alexa, she's a visitor from Godai. I saw her this morning from the ship, and then when I was stopping by the Pokemon Center to check up on Nurse Riley, I saw her having a pity party so I challenged her to a battle!" Herris said proudly.

"Uh, Herris, who is this?" Alexa asked.

"The name is Al, Miss Alexa," the man smiled at her. "Well anyone who can beat Herris and Neir deserves a reward in my opinion. Have you ever tasted Calta cuisine before?" he asked. Alexa shook her head. "Well then, you're in for a treat! Why don't you come over to mine and Herris' home for a meal tonight before you continue on into the wilds?"

Alexa was taken aback. "I'm sorry? Just for beating Herris here?" She asked.

"Of course! Herris is a watchman in training, after all! He's tough; you deserve our respect!" the man, Al, laughed.

Alexa hesitated before nodding her head. "Alright, I'll come over. How about we meet up at the Pokemon Center at 5pm," she turned to Herris, who nodded in confirmation. Alexa nodded at Herris, and walked back to the Pokemon Center. The fog was still thick and Alexa had to recall Jack so he wouldn't get lost. Alexa walked up to the counter and asked after Snowbelle.

"She's doing great. Here, I'll go fetch her for you," the nurse said, retreating. Alexa heard Herris at another counter, requesting for his pokemon to be healed. She looked over and he noticed, waving at her. She waved back, and then the nurse was back with Snowbelle's pokeball.

"Here you go! She's back to one hundred percent, Alexa!"

Battle Summary
-Neir uses Knock Off!
-Jack misses a Tackle!
-Jack misses a Tackle!
-Neir uses Beat Up!
-Jack uses Leer!
-Jack uses Tackle!
-Jack misses a Tackle!
-Neir uses Tail Whip, then Quick Attack!
-Jack uses Tackle!
-Neir misses a Knock Off!
-Jack uses Tackle!
-Neir is knocked out!

Word Count: 785

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Alexa took Snowbelle's pokeball and immediately released her. "Aaarrrr!" She cried upon release. She looked around and then up at Alexa, smiling at the sight of her trainer. "Hey, Snowbelle, how are you feeling?" Alexa asked. The Snubbull smiled goofily and gave another, happy, cry. "That's great, Snowbelle," Alexa said, cheered up by the fact that her pokemon was alright. She looked down at Jack, who was limping a little. "Oh, you need healing, Jackie," she realized.

She returned Jack to his pokeball and handed it to the nurse. After a few minutes, he was returned to her, and she released him once more. The two pokemon followed her as she began to walk out of the Pokemon Center and into the square. The fog wasn't as thick as before, and Alexa suspected it was clearing up from the heat.

Alexa was eager to get on the road, but she *had* promised Herris she would come over for dinner. Well, she could check the outskirts of town just to scout out the surrounding areas. She managed to make it to the edge of the city. It was then that a weak cry distracted her. It sounded like a pokemon in pain. Alexa hurried toward the sound, only to see a man kicking a small bird pokemon. A glameow stood over the pokemon, holding it down with a paw. Alexa called out immediately. "Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?"

The man turned, distracted from the pokemon, and so did his glameow. The bird pokemon took this opportunity to peck at the glameow's paw. The glameow let out a cry, lifting it away from the bird pokemon. The freed pokemon immediately leapt into the air and took off. The man looked annoyed, and sent a glare in Alexa's direction. "Great, now I'll have to track down another pokemon," he grumbled. "You," he eyed Alexa, "just cost me maybe a thousand dian. You wanna tell me what the hell you were thinking?"

"What do you mean a thousan- You're a poacher!" Alexa gasped.

The man smiled maliciously. "So? A guy's gotta make a living somehow." He shrugged. He suddenly frowned. "But I can't have you going around and telling on me now can I? Lady, use Hypnosis on the girl, why don't you?" he suggested to the glameow.

Alexa took a step back as the glameow's eyes gleamed with psychic power. But then, out of nowhere, Snowbelle slammed into the glameow's side, causing it to lose concentration.

"If it's a pokemon battle you want, you'll lose," The man said lazily. "Lady, destroy the Snubbull, then use Hypnosis on the girl."

The glameow bounded forward, then disappeared in a flash. "Snowbelle, use Scary Face, then bite it when it comes at you!" Alexa called out.

Lady appeared behind Snowbelle, attacking her. Snowbelle turned and made a hideous face at Lady, before launching herself at the glameow and biting as hard as she could.

The glameow growled, then her eyes flashed with psychic powers again. Snowbelle's eyes started to fall, and Alexa knew she had to break the spell. "Snowbelle, tear your gaze from her! Come on, I know you can do this! Fire Fang!"

Snowbelle took a moment, in which the glameow raced forward and scratched at her face. The scratch seemed to wake her up, though. Snowbelle pounced on Lady and bit down on her ear with a jawful of flames.

The glameow let out a cry. The fog suddenly decided to get thicker, clouding up the battlefield. "Snowbelle, use Charm, lower her attack!" Alexa called.

The glameow had torn herself away from Snowbelle and then disappeared again in a Fake-Out, appearing behind Snowbelle and attacking. Snowbelle turned to the glameow and wiggled cutely, causing the glameow to hesitate as she looked back at her human partner.

"Did I tell you to stop?" The man seemed annoyed that Lady would dare ask him to stop. "Go on, hypnosis again!" The glameow's eyes glowed with the psychic power, but Snowbelle rammed into her in a tackle, and then bit down again in a fire fang, once again breaking the normal-type's concentration.

"Come on, Snowbelle, you can do this!" Alexa called out. "Use charm again, then Fire Fang one more time!" Snowbelle smiled cutely at the glameow, catching it off-guard, before launching herself at Lady and biting down with a mouth full of flames.

The glameow collapsed, causing the man to snort derisively. "Alright, you're pretty strong," he admitted. "But what are you going to do about me, huh? I bet I could take you on without my pokemon." He stepped closer to Alexa menacingly, only for Snowbelle and Jack to take defensive stances in front of their trainer. The man eyed the two pokemon before looking at Alexa disdainfully, "You win this time, but keep out of my way, you got it?" The man recalled his glameow, then walked away.

Alexa sighed. She would go after him, but she had no way of subduing him without seriously injuring the man, and that wasn't something she wanted to do. The fog was finally clearing, and Alexa noticed the bird pokemon from before alighting on a branch near her. It seemed to be nodding at her in thanks. Alexa nodded back, and the pokemon flew away.

She looked down at her pokemon. Snowbelle was panting, and it suddenly occurred to her that maybe she shouldn't have let Snowbelle fight so soon after recovering from Pokerus, but it was too late now. "Come on Snowbelle, let's get you to the Pokemon Center," she murmured, recalling the snubbull. Jack trotted after her happily as they retreated to the town.

Battle Summary!
-Lady attempts Hypnosis on Alexa!
-Snowbelle tackles Lady!
-Lady uses Fake Out!
-Snowbelle uses Scary Face, then Bite!
-Lady attempts Hypnosis on Snowbelle
-Snowbelle is caught in a trance!
-Lady uses scratch on Snowbelle, waking her.
-Snowbelle uses Fire Fang!
-Lady uses Fake Out!
-Snowbelle uses Charm, lowering Lady's attack!
-Lady tries to use Hypnosis again!
-Snowbelle uses Charm, then Fire Fang!
-Lady is knocked out!

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Alexa left the Pokemon Center about thirty minutes later, a newly refreshed Snowbelle and Jack at her side. She had nothing to do until five o'clock, when she would meet up with Herris and his strange friend, Al. Until then, she had free time around the city. Alexa hummed thoughtfully for a moment before deciding to go shopping.

The first shop she stopped at was a pokemon collar shop. They had a variety of pokemon collars, ranging from simple colored collars to rhinestone-studded collars, to fancy ribbon collars. One particular collar caught Alexa's eye: a light-green leather collar with a metal heart studded with rhinestones in the middle of the collar. She liked it for Snowbelle. She decided to shell out the hundred dian that it cost, and soon the collar was adorning Snowbelle's throat proudly. It was then that Jack gave a whine, signifying that he would like a collar as well. She found one that she liked:a brown leather collar with metal squares and rhinestones on it. It was also a hundred dian, and soon Alexa was leaving the store with her two pokemon baring their new collars proudly.

Alexa hummed to herself as she walked down the road, noting a jewelry shop and a t-shirt stand as she walked by. She then saw a Pokemart, and veered off to check out their products, but quickly left when she saw how much everything was. It was too bad but she could buy necessities in Godai if need be.

Finally, it was time to head to the Pokemon Center to meet up with the two Watchmen. As she neared the Pokemon Center, she noticed Herris and Al standing outside. “Hey guys!” she called. The pair turned to her and greeted her cheerfully.

“Hey Alexa! How was the rest of your day?” Herris asked.

“It was good, I got some collars for Snowbelle and Jack,” she answered.

“Nice! Come on, our home is this way," Herris led the way to an old-fashioned home made of bricks and logs. If it looked homey on the outside, though, the inside was so much more. A merrily crackling fireplace greeted Alexa when she entered the building, and a meal that looked fit for a king was waiting for them in the dining room.

The dinner was seared finneon, with grilled potatoes and carrots, as well as a steaming mug of hot apple cider. It was delicious in every way, Alexa thought as she munched down on a potato.

The conversation around the dinner table turned to their pokemon. It was clear that Herris was very proud of his pokemon, Veir. He bragged about him every chance he could. Meanwhile, Al's drizzile, Drip, was cooed over as cute. Alexa felt at home. It had been a long time since she had seen her own home and her mother, and this dinner was making her miss them even more than she usually did.

After a while, she decided to head back to the Pokemon Center to get some rest. That night, she dreamed about being home again and having talks with her mother about her journey and how it was going.

The next day, Alexa decided to call Professor Willow. Professor Willow was the teacher who had assigned Alexa field study for a year to see how she liked taking care of pokemon in the wild.

"Hey Professor!" She greeted Willow as he appeared on the screen, a bit disheveled. "Everything going alright?" She asked.

"What? Oh, yes, I just stayed up a little late studying the effects of this modified potion on the biology of the bulbasaur line," Willow replied. "Anyway, I have a task for you while you are in Calta."

"Anything!" Alexa said, excited to get her first assignment.

"I want to know anything you can find out about the native pokemon of Calta," He told her seriously. ."Anything at all. Consider it a research paper, if you would. Do some research on some native pokemon and how they interact with the world."

"Alright! I'll get right on that! I'm headed to Car-a-chur as soon as breakfast is done!" Alexa told her professor, and they cut off the connection. It looked like Alexa had a job to do.

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RP said:

• Ah yes, sweet land!
• I already hate Grian and we’re not even there yet.
• Hmmm… I feel like there was a missed opportunity to describe the scenery :c
• You’re sad… OH! The solution? Battle me!
• I know I made him mean, but I REALLY hate him LOL!
• It feels like there should be more :c

Topic said:

• Alexa arrives in Port Baille!
• Protestors try to stop Godains from exiting the boat.
• A kind stranger makes a speech to help watchmen unload the boat.
• Alexa realizes Snowbelle is sick! (Pokerus)
• Alexa battles with Herris and Neir while waiting for news on Snowbelle. Jackie defeats Neir! (+2 EXP)
• Herris and Al invite Alexa to dinner!
• Aelxa retrieves Snowbelle!
• While exploring, Alexa’s spots a familiar poacher! Snowbelle defeats Lady! (+1EXP)
• Alexa heals up at the pokemon center! (Party Pokemon are rested and raring to go!)
• Alexa has dinner with Herris and Al before heading back to rest.
• Alexa calls professor Willow and gets an assignment!
• To be continued…

Topic Evaluation
SilverPhantom TAT: Making Friends: 6AP Seeing The Sights: 5AP Nursing: 3AP Dedication: 5AP	Topic: 3 Evaluation: 3 Total: 6EXP	Dians: *dian*372	Bonuses: - Penalties: -

SPOILER: Click to show {Spoiler}{Calta Challenge Reward} - x1 Star Piece SPOILER: Click to show {Spoiler}{Evaluation Wrap-Up}Yo, so glad to see your writing silver! You know how this works so let's get started, yeah? Okay! Your writing is really nice- it’s pleasant to read, but sometimes hard because of how straightforward it is. In the future I’d advise shaking up sentence structure- punctuation and varying sentence lengths, or even being more descriptive will greatly help! There were places such as the dock scene where I felt the imagery was lacking. Try to use the senses to describe what alexa’s fees, sees, hearts, and tastes. Was the breeze sweet? Were the buildings made of steel or wood? Maybe brick? Were they crafted with care or haphazardly strewn together? Moving right along, I loved the use of battle as a way to cheer up Alexa, it's such a pokemon like logic it makes me smile xD The battles themselves were short and sweet, maybe a bit too short. I gave you two limiters, the fog and the strange aura, which could have been described even if not used (looking more at the aura for this). Was there a strange weight or odd feeling Alexa could sense? Maybe something had her pokemon and others on edge? Calta challenges are all about including or incorporating challenges. Literally, figuratively, you name it. Just be creative with it! The next thing I want to touch on is the flow of the topic- I mentioned sentence structure above. Well, the topic as a whole felt really rushed to me? It was more the point of getting it done as fast as possible than used it for storylines. For example, the missed opportunities for imagery or the battle with Grian. I feel like Grian would be the type to come back and cause more trouble. That said, I was confused on why Alexa didn’t mention Grian to caltan authority- the watchmen. It would’ve made more sense in my opinion. All in all, it was a nice read. Just missing a bit of meat on the bones, but with time and awareness I’m positive a three or more star review is in your future! <3

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