[ti]solo[/ti][Tower] Can of Worms

So as it turned out, the next prompt was also new, and he realized none of his Pokemon virtually had a psychic type move. He panicked, flicking through his limited amount of Pokemon, before realizing that there was a singular move that counted, even if it was not an attacking one. Right, well, he wasn't going to go out and try to catch another Pokemon if he didn't have to - he didn't want to mess with RNG. Thus, he pulled out Anta's Poke Ball once more and commanded the Mantyke to use Agility.

At a Pokemon? He could feel Anta's question when she looked at him with a confused expression.

He shrugged in response. ❝I guess just try to dodge them instead.❞

Anta let out a few bubble noises before swimming up in the air to one of the Pidgeys and then sticking her tongue out. Somehow that was enough to goad the bird to attack, to which the Mantyke glowed slightly. When the bird tried to strike the Mantyke, it only hit the afterimage, and Anta effortlessly appeared a little further away, giggling.

PROMPT #47: [Tower]XL|5n99P1-50

<How much more until fifty then?>

❝Actually, just two more!❞ he shouted back, still on the ground-level of the canopy. It definitely seemed like the Pidgeys were lessening, and the game was insisting that they only need to hit two more before, he supposed, the rest would retreat. Then where were the other fifty Pidgeys they had to beat down? Were they somewhere past the tree? Did they have to climb into the clouds or something?? That would be pretty insane, but also pretty cool.

He gave the order for Gou to use another set of Fury Swipes, to which the Monferno grumbled before quickly locking on a flying Pidgey, which was hovering somewhere near a branch. So he just needed to swing towards it, let go of the vine at the right time, and let his claws glow before he swiped at the bird. This felt like deja vu.

PROMPT #49: [Tower]uMyY4Nxu1-50

When the Pidgey disappeared after the squirrel was doing some chomping (it wasn't deep, but it was probably still painful, and it was enough to clear the prompt to respawn the Pokemon), he caught Bari by returning him back to his Poke Ball and then letting out the only Pokemon he had that had an electric type move: Buru. The Snubbull hadn't seen the floor climb for some time, so she was surprised to find that they were in a completely different floor, with the sky peaking out from the canopy, and a lot, lot of vines and leaves.

<You want me to climb that?!>

❝Well no, you just need to bite a bird.❞ (biting seemed to be a recurring motif, and so was punching, and so was slashing things with claws).

But of course there was the matter of how to get up there when the Snubbull was definitely not equipped to scale trees compared to Arthur's other Pokemon. Thankfully, there was a Pidgey on the ground level - maybe the game was telling them to hurry up and finish this already instead of staying too long. Thankful for the opportunity, Arthur commanded the Snubbull to run forth and take them home, and Buru didn't really have much reason to argue. She barked and ran, letting electric sparks fly from her mouth as she pounced on the final bird and chomp with a powerful shock.

PROMPT #51: [Tower]eTKGU|He1-50

Actually Arthur lost track of which Pokemon he had out. He decided to withdraw all of his Pokemon since none of them could hit the current target anyway just for a refresher, and then pulled out his Cottonee to hit the prompt that only she could do. It was lucky that even if it was a grass type move, the Pidgeottos did look like they followed the rule of the Tower, and so fainted as soon as a wisp of HP was snuffed out of them. Unfortunately, that didn't make them great targets for Mega Drain. The Cottonee looked like she was expending more energy using the attack compared to gaining anything from it.

<So for how long are we doing this again?>

❝We're more than halfway. I can say that at least.❞ Arthur responded as he moved down the steps. He couldn't go too quickly since nests and birds were often taking up residence on some of the steps, but in moments when there was a clear path, he would step down a little recklessly, and almost slipped on one of the branches before putting one of his hands on the wall to stabilize himself. He chided himself, thinking that there was no use to this if he slipped and died in-game. Slow and steady won the race, after all, if this was between a turtle and a hare.

PROMPT #53: [Tower]QeyQkbxz1-50

❝Hie, come back for now.❞ he returned the pup back into his Poke Ball once he got within range - he was wandering a little too far down the steps, but anyway, he needed to switch out someone again for the next prompt. Curious about how this was going to go, he let out Kanya, who at first took the shape of his original form before suddenly growing into that wispy final evolution; a visual sign that it was temporary, but it excited the cat all the same, happy to feel himself in what he could be.

<OHOHOHO!> he laughed a villainess' laugh (perhaps somewhere another player would be proud or mocking), <It doesn't matter if the birds get bigger so long as I have my beautiful tricks!>

The cat snapped his fingers and let the flower ball disappear and reappear much deeper into the downward spiral of the stairs, shocking some birds as it exploded and and made the steps under Arthur vibrate ever so slightly. Gou wondered if he was going to be that drunk on his final evolution or if it was just a Kanya thing. Arthur just hoped that the attack actually hit a bird somewhere, but the counter did go up, so it was successful?

PROMPT #55: [Tower]WeRZEqxu1-50

And now he needed a ground type attack. Once again, Stura was a more obvious choice, but he was trying to avoid bringing the house down--wait, he had the little donkey now, didn't he? He almost forgot that it was a ground type! He had to switch Gou out this time to let out Banko (who was not properly introduced the first time he was brought out). He did a full body shake, down to his tail, when he was let out of the Poke Ball, letting out a short neigh before waiting to be told what to do. The trainer pointed at one of the approaching Pidgeotto and told him to use Mud-Slap, and the donkey did not question type differences (not knowing about that), so he kicked up some mud that came out of nowhere and managed to land it squarely on the eyes.

<Bullseye! Take that, birdbrains!>

PROMPT #57: [Tower]jBnYcwhV1-50

A new prompt, but much easier to complete compared to the previous one. Flinching was something that many more moves did and were also more widespread; one of which was standing right in front of him, stifling a yawn. When Arthur asked him if he was willing to Bite one of the birds, Kanya said no, that was more of the pups' thing, wasn't it? (referring to Hie and Buru). But the cat was already out of his Poke Ball so it would make things a lot faster, please? The Meowscarada rolled his eyes before he relented. Fine, just one bite.

The cat tried to pick the least stinkiest bird out of the lot, if that was possible, and decided to go for one of the lower Pidgeottos that was perched on one of the steps, preening itself. Without warning, the bird was grabbed by paws, and it squawked in surprise and protest before getting a bite on the neck, like a true reenactment of prey and predator. It was kind of like watching a nature documentary until the Meowscarada immediately stopped biting and proceeded to spit to get the taste out. <Blegh...>

PROMPT #59: [Tower]s_cIq48a1-50