islandshore | 27 - video/action for Goldenrod;

[The video begins with a shot of a drooling Aerodactyl with bloodshot eyes and a bit of raw meat hanging out of her mouth. She's right in the corner of the room, hissing and growling. Fortunately, she isn't rushing forward to attack just yet. Instead, he's tearing through her meat like a wild animal, baring her fangs every once in a while... at least until a little puffball of a Swablu gets too close.

At that moment, there's a terrifying GYAAAAAAAAAR! She leaps forward and thrashes about, knocking over some furniture in pursuit of the frantic little bird. Luckily, a ThunderPunch from Flare sends her back into the corner, moaning in agony.

Sighing, Riku picks up his PokéGear. Those watching may notice that there's a Swablu preening his hair, much to his dismay.]

It's a wonder I still put up with her.

[He shakes his head.]

Anyway, looks like I ended up with a Swablu. Not sure what to do with her, but I'll... figure something out.

[When he's not trying to feed his horrifying monsterbeast, anyway.]

Halloween's coming up, so I'll probably be hanging around Goldenrod for the next few weeks. Still gotta pick out a costume-- and that's if I even dress up this year. I still get the feeling there's some kind of catch. Remember the MISSINGNO.'s from last year?

But who knows? Maybe we'll get off easy this time.

[He shrugs. And after giving Terror one more glance, he adds--]

Hey, anyone else have an Aerodactyl?

[With that, he'll be heading out to explore the town. Buy some TMs, get some more meat for his army of monsterbeasts, and maybe do some training. He can be found just about anywhere in Goldenrod with his team close by. Yes, that means a very large Charizard, Blastoise, Haunter, Umbreon and Tyranitar are all out of their balls. Beware?]

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Alright, here goes-

[As soon as Marui releases her, Anko spreads her wings wide and announces her presence with a loud screech. She settles beside Marui, making Puchi scramble to front and center. She stands tall and proud, even though she hasn't grown to an Aerodactyl's full height, and she's eyeing the unfamiliar trainer and his pokemon. She then lowers her head, snarling, and curls a winged arm around Marui protectively.]

Anko, it's alright, they're friends. We're not here to battle. [Marui reaches up to scratch under her chin, which makes her drop her defensive posture and makes a sound like a purr.] Good girl, good girl. Now go say hello to Riku and his friends.

[Anko then shows off her 'training' by facing Riku and his pokemon, then bowing low.]

Man, that's impressive.

[A well behaved Aerodactyl? And here Riku thought they were all vicious, bloodthirsty beasts.

Well, after a moment's hesitation he'll let Terror out of her ball.

Right as she's released, Terror lets out a horrifying, sharp roar! She spreads her wings open wide, bares her teeth, and glares at Riku and Marui with bloodshot eyes. She then glances at Anko with narrowed eyes, hissing. She's not quite as aggressive towards her fellow Aerodactyl, but she's not exactly jumping for joy either.]

It's the first thing I taught her to do, after she hatched...

[And then Anko growls low at the appearance of the older, larger Aerodactyl. She can sense to hostility toward her trainer, and she moves in front of Marui, her eyes narrowed and locked on Terror's. Marui's other Pokemon are on alert too, with Junior getting up, ready to defend if needed be.

Marui has to tiptoe and shift around to get a good look at Terror. He's both impressed and a little scared of her, now that he's seeing her in person. He stays quiet, even though he wants to say something. The noise might just provoke Terror though...]

Probably should've done the same thing.

[Welp, too late for that. Terror's huge, vicious, and definitely scary. Her breathing is low, and as she looks around, her talons are digging into the ground. Scariest part? Most of her growls are incomprehensible garble, even to other Pokémon.

If Flare and Surge weren't around, she'd probably already attack. As-is, she's watching and listening carefully.]

She-- she's not attacking! [He says it in a whisper-- or at least something between a whisper and his normal voice, so Riku could hear. This is progress, after all!] This is good!

[But Anko is growling now, as a warning. She's ready to attack if Terror dares to move closer toward her or Marui. She probably knows Terror is stronger, but that doesn't dissuade her from trying to protect her trainer.]

Or maybe not so good... [So, Marui's not sure what to do next, but he's watching both Aerodactyls and hoping for the best.]

Not yet, anyway.

[But that's only because she's biding her time, waiting for the opportune moment. Hard to attack when there's an oversized Charizard watching constantly.

She hisses again, mostly garble, but some of it might sound almost like:

Her nostrils flare, and she stretches to her full size. At this point, Flare clenches his hands into fists and spreads his wings. This doesn't look good!]

[Anko growls loudly, snapping her jaws in the direction of the larger Aerodactyl. She isn't sure what Terror was trying to say, but she doesn't like it one bit, not with the way it was 'said'. She, too, stands to her full height, wings spread out as well, not wanting to look weak against Terror. Action speaks louder than words, in this case.]

[Oh, they definitely do, but Terror just takes it as a challenge. She starts to flap her wings, hovering a few feet off the ground.

Flare lets out a low growl, but Terror's hardly deterred. Slowly, Riku tries to get close to her tail. This isn't looking so good.]

[Anko, not one to give up so easily, does the same. She flaps her wings and lifts herself off the ground, keeping herself level with Terror.]

O-oi, this doesn't look good... [As much as he'd like to grab a hold of his 'Dactyl, he's a little too short for his age and Anko is hovering a little too high above. He wants to stop this before it turns nasty. For both pokemon.]

[If they don't stop this soon, they all could get hurt. Right as Riku grabs onto her tail spade, Terror shrieks and starts thrashing about. Rather than going back to the ground, Terror just starts moving higher, prompting Riku to let go before she gets too high.

He lands with a THUD! Luckily, he probably won't get anything worse than a few bruises. Once he's back on his feet, he turns to his other Pokémon.]

Don't just sit there! C'mon.

[Grunting, Flare flies up in front of Anko, while Surge whizzes behind her. They're not attacking just yet, but it's pretty clear that Terror's outnumbered.]

[Marui rushes to Riku's side, his attention divided between helping him up and to the pokemon up in the air.]

You okay? Maybe we should recall them to their PokeBalls...?

[Up in the air, Anko is flapping her wings and matching Terror's height, even more confident now that she has back-up.]

Right.

[Riku reaches for his Pokéball, right as Terror's mouth lights up! Seems like she's about to unleash a Hyper Beam, at least until Flare socks her in the mouth with a ThunderPunch.

It distracts her long enough for Riku to recall her. Luckily, Terror has no idea how to break loose like the rest of his team.]

[As soon as Terror disappears into her pokéball, Anko makes a rather smug grunt and lands nearby. Marui's other pokémon walk up to her, Puchi to congratulate her on being brave and Tensai just wanting to see how she is.]

That was close. Guess she doesn't do well with other Aerodactyls. [As for Marui... he's a little disappointed.]

[Flare sighs, landing close to Riku and giving him a stern look, to which Riku shrugs, looking a little distraught.]

Terror doesn't do well with anybody. Still thought another Aerodactyl might've helped, but I guess I was wrong.

Sorry. I thought it would be different. [he somehow feels it's his fault.]

[He shakes his head.]

No need to apologize. Terror's always like this, and it's not your fault.

At least we tried.

You gonna be okay? You're not hurt from that fall, were you?

[He brushes some dirt off of his clothes.]

Trust me, I've been through worse.

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