[ti]private[/ti]Chance Encounters

If Kallisto was going to invest more time into this game, that meant that he actually needed to know what the hell these Pokemon were and their movesets. He couldn't exactly be in the dark forever, could he? And while he wasn't a huge Pokemon fan, he has had his fair share of party building games, and so had come to the realization that he didn't even know if his team was balanced or not.

After some embarrassing requests in the online board, it seemed that one direction he could take was diversifying the types in his team. He could only carry six at a time, so that meant that he needed to be particularly picky about who was coming along with him. Well, easier said than done - he did at least have a full six party now, even if he was hesitant to include Pierce. It wasn't like he had anything better at the moment, but after scouring through the trade shops, another Pokemon did catch his eye...

But he would need to fish for that, and that would have to be something for later. Now, he could at least take more time to learning more about his Pokemon and training them, especially since he hadn't exactly been commanding them directly.

Thankfully, the parasite's effects were not all that noticeable today, especially since he was focusing on something else. Maybe the further away he was from Mistra, the less likely it was going to act up as well. He breathed a sigh of relief as he continued to scroll through the UI and take mental notes. ❝So Aegis and Arrow are water types. Ballista is fire, Yucca is grass, Pierce dark, and Blade fighting.❞

Two things bothered him: He remembered there was a bug type in this game, and he couldn't understand why Yucca wasn't a bug type. Also, wasn't Blade a bird? He literally got him thinking he could benefit from the Aviator class once he upgraded it, but the game said fighting. Man, Pokemon was weird.

He would have to try memorizing the type matchup chart later. For now, maybe he could try to pit two of his Pokemon to see them demonstrate their moves and also see how they fought. By now he was most familiar with Aegis, but the rest, not quite. (The smug ass cat didn't even look like he would lift a finger if he told him to. Why the cat liked sleeping on his shoulders anyway was behind him). ❝Okay, maybe...Yucca and Blade.❞ A close combat Pokemon with a ranged attacker. Maybe Blade could figure out a way to close the distance to fight Yucca? He then turned his attention to the little pink bug, who seemed very much nervous. Oh, right, she felt rather young. ❝This is just practice, Yucca. Blade won't go too hard on you, I think.❞

He hadn't really talked to the bird before today, but judging from how it was fabricating glorious tales to Aegis, who was eagerly listening to him, maybe he wasn't the most dependable Pokemon to spar with...but they gave it a shot anyway. The two would stand far away from each other, but the battle would not proceed so quickly. Instead, Kallisto would read out moves, demonstrate it to him, and also learn the difference between status moves and attacking moves. Once he had a handle of that, it was time to see how the moves would look like when they clash.

❝Right, Yucca, use Razor Leaf! Blade, use Fury Cutter!❞

Yucca would start to spin to build up momentum, but the bird would move faster, holding his leek(?) and delivering a clean blow to the pink bug. Kallisto cursed, not expecting that Blade would move that quickly (or that Yucca would take a long time to attack). It did send the grass type flying further away, and while still in view, she definitely looked roughed up and then started to wail. ❝Ah, shit. Blade, did you even hold back?❞

<Err, fret not, there is always the shrine, yes?>