[ti]fishing[/ti]FISHING SPAWN <KING>

As King prepared to drop a line, he considered what titles he might give to other rarities, considering that commons were commoners. Legendaries were the easiest, they would be princes or princesses. Royalty, but below a king in power. Not that he had any intention of getting a legendary, at the moment. First he would need to collect cosmetics for Gyarados before thinking beyond that.

Uncommon were soldiers, he decided. Important members of his ranks yet ranked relatively low. Rare were the commanders. Except for Sobek, Sobek was counted among the generals of his army, even if he was not very rare.

Though, King was fairly certain that Magikarp did not come in very rare, but maybe another pokemon would catch his eye. Doubtful, but anything was possible, he supposed. In any case, Sobek was a general and his one catch so far was a soldier.

He wondered what his next recruit would be. In all likelihood, he would find himself facing a commoner again, but eventually he would find another soldier or his first commander.

It was all quite the amusing notion to contemplate. Worldbuilding his collection of pokemon.

Finally, he dropped the line.

King had gone to the Noonlight Shrine, and now he had returned fully healed, his Totodile by his side. Like always, Sobek was eager for a fight. But, the Totodile looked even more eager than usual to get stronger and defeat enemies after witnessing Moltres. It was amusing, the way the little starter thought he could fight a legendary pokemon all on his own.

No matter type advantages, King was certain the Moltres would demolish the Totodile. Still, a part of him did want to fight the resting Moltres. Which was why his response to Sobek was more of a 'not yet' than a 'never'.

At this moment, though, he was meant to be fishing not thinking about hypotheticals. He dropped a line.

One Magikarp thrown back, now time for the next Magikarp. Hopefully, this one would not be the same common Magikarp pattern that he had encountered three times in a row now. Were those pink and white Magikarp just that common compared to even other common patterns?

Alternatively, his luck could just be that terrible. If he was to guess which option was the truth, he would probably be going with that option. But three was enough, surely?

Sobek looked extremely ready to fight. It was time to see whether or not his Totodile along with himself would be disappointed. He dropped the line.

It looked like the Basculin and Sobek were about equal in strength at the moment. That would be all well and good if the opponent had less HP than them, but it had more. Still almost double their own Tall Grass HP.

"You're more than this Basculin's equal, Sobek," His words were encouragement mixed with command. It was entirely possible they might lose the initial battle against the Basculin and have to scurry back here after visiting a shrine.

But even if that occurred, they would lose the battle but not the war. Ultimately, King and Sobek would be victorious. It was only a matter of time. Hopefully it would be sooner rather than later, but he was in this fight until the Basculin was done with regardless.

The Red-Striped Basculin remains, as ready to fight as before, it appears. It had gotten a truly strong hit on them when they had retreated to the shrine, exactly knocking out Sobek.

But here and now, the Totodile is up on his feet and ready to continue this war. The two of them may not win this round either, but they will keep fighting until victory at last occurs.

Just because a win is unlikely doesn't meant they won't be fighting as if victory is in reach, though. Sobek looks determined to fight his hardest.

"Go," King commands the Totodile, the trainer's eye ready to assess the upcoming battle.

They have returned, and this go around King doesn't even need to signal for Sobek to know what to do.

His starter pokemon immediately darts to attack, going for a bite. While he could get some distance and it might even be wise, both King and Sobek are more interested in the fun of this fight than anything else.

Basculin is far stronger than a Magikarp, and they adore it for that. This is the best fight they've had in a while. Winning is nice, but even better is a fight they actually have to try in. This Basculin has a good fighting spirit, and it truly hits strong.

It's a good thing they stayed, even though Sobek is once again unconscious. The damage that the Totodile dealt certainly wasn't nothing.

Some progress is still progress, as they say. Little by little they have whittled this Basculin's health down.

It's not time to catch yet, but soon. For now, it is time to retreat to a shrine once more.