Crimson Town

[Raven]

Zweilous let out a growl of pain, but even before the attack was fully finished, both heads turned to bite the Toxicroak from either side. Bite. Status: Poisoned.

[Doom]

Venojab was shocked at how quickly the Zweilous retaliated, but caught both jaws on his arms, not especially damaged.
"This one is fast. Very good. But, you seem to be forgetting a few basics. Dark doesn't clash well with Fighting, dearest." Calvin mocked.
Venojab jumped back, ready to strike. "Swagger." Venojab made a disapproving noise, but executed the move anyway, puffing out his throat and laughing, intending to taunt the Zweilous into a self-destructive rage.

[FoxTrott]

Rhyme easily caught the Pokeball, pressing the button to expand the container before turning it over in his hand. "A Metagross?" he echoed, "What a shitty ball for something like that..." He gave a casual shrug and popped the Pokeball open, releasing the Metagross. It landed outside of the shack, the cloth catching on one of its claws and getting torn off the frame.

"Well, damn." Ignoring the customers, Rhyme stepped outside and opened one of the balls on his belt. Fraxure landed a foot away from the Metagross, already glaring up at it. "Dragon Claw," commanded the merchant. With great speed, Fraxure slashed its glowing claws at the metal Pokemon. There wasn't a scratch on it. Before Fraxure could throw a fit about it, he was returned to Rhyme's Pokeball, along with the Metagross. He smiled back at Kat. "I'll give you two hundred for it."

[Raven]

"Done deal," Kat said, smiling. She sat on the table and crossed her legs at the ankles. She twisted a finger in her hair, then pulled the stones she had mentioned from her jacket's other pocket. Sun, electric and leaf stones.

Scarlet laughed. "In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not telling her what to do," she replied, watching her pokemon.
Unfortunately in this case, it was not difficult to turn the two aggressive heads against one another. Its wings beat frantically, but all it managed to do was buffet its own ears. Both heads roared even louder than the first time. Zweilous charged forward, one head extended to headbutt the toxicroak before the second head jutted forward and bit the first's neck.

[Doom]

Calvin smirked at Scarlet, no longer paying attention to the battle. "No leash? No hold? What an intriguing concept...." He put his hands behind his head, looking to the sky. "I suppose such freedom does allow for constructive development. Yet, how can such a dimwitted creature function without a firm hand? Unless you trust the little mongrel to not foul up a battle." He dropped his hands, looking rather smug. "Well, I trust Venojab with this battle, so I suppose there's no harm in letting the two fight without guidance." Venojab acquired a fiendish smile, then shot forward again and jumped over the dazed Zweilous, slashing with Cross Poison as he flew over.

[Raven]

"I order them only in their basic training. If they loose then they have to deal with the pain until I find a way to heal them. They learn fast enough," Scarlet said. Zweilous whimpered and began to turn, clearly it would take a while for a whole 180 fighting as the two heads were.

[FoxTrott]

Rhyme only quickly looked the evolutionary stones over before counting out the correct amount of Pokedollars. He placed the bills on the store counter and brushed the stones into his pocket, where they jingled on contact with something metallic.

"Now~" The black market dealer glanced over at Vivian and grinned. "What can I do for you?"

[Raven]

Kat tucked the bills away in a hidden pocket which was on the inside of her little skirt. She remained seated on Rhyme's table, quietly waiting for Vivian to leave.

[Doom]

Venojab landed, then spun to face the Zweilous. He sunk to the ground and tensed, waiting for his opponent to orient herself before striking again.
"Ah, look at that. There will be no cheap shots from this one, it would seem." Calvin observed rather smugly.

[Raven]

At some point halfway through the turn, Zweilous became very impatient. All at once, the rage from earlier seemed like nothing. both heads thrashed about snapping and blowing 'dragon essence' all over. Claws and wings joined the attack. Dragon Rage.
"Absolutely not," Scarlet replied, still watching the pokemon.

[Doom]

Venojab took the Dragon Rage without budging, then croaked a laughing noise. He began to gag and hack, then loosed a spray of vile Gunk Shot from his maw.
"Ah, excellent shot, Venojab. You've really improved your accuracy, I must say." Calvin said, snide as can be.

[Raven]

Zweilous began to lose energy quickly. Both heads began to repeatedly headbutt their opponent and do nothing else. Scarlet rolled her eyes and clicked open the pokeball, placing it back in her belt. In the same move, she released her next pokemon: Chandelure.

[Gifted]

Vivian smiled and opened the plastic bag so he could see the pokeballs inside it. "I just whipped through another gang and got five people. Just finished with them a few hours ago." She smiled. "You know that old gang that's held 12th street and Cactus for the past ten years? I got five of their members pokemon, including.. their third best battlers..." she dug through the bag to find the marked ball. She found it. "Level 80 Geodude."

[FoxTrott]

Rhyme couldn't help but wonder why Kat wasn't on her way out. In the back of his mind, he hoped he knew why.

He eyed the plastic bag, looking over the Pokeballs inside with a thief's eye. You could tell a lot about someone just by the way their Pokeballs were. These ones were definitely the balls of ruffians. "How'd you manage to get through all them that fast?" he asked, impressed, "And still stay alive, I mean."

[Gifted]

"Trade secret," Vivian smirked. "If I told you that, you'd start doing it, and then the price of pokemon would go down. Why would I want that to happen?" She laughed.