Training Squirt [exp]

[Cree-licious!]

Lucien the Meowth had done well enough not to be drilled in effortless training. He was adopted out of the Adoption Center at a higher level than both Wattson, his starter Mareep and Squirt, the baby pokemon he won in a seemingly impossible gamble. so his focus today would either have to be solely upon the Meowth or the Azurill. Since Azurill was currently considered a special case in order to evolve into Marill, he decided it was best to train the little Squirt instead. He held her pokeball in his hand, tossing it once, twice, idly thinking of the possibilities he'd gain with a fully evolved Azumarill. The last toss was aimed directly in front of him, and the ball opened to reveal a flash of light, then the tiny blue pokemon. Azurill squeaked with joy at being let out and bounced around on her tail a bit before Braid's single glance settled her down.

"Alright, Squirt. Time to give you some one on one training. See if we can't make you stronger."

Braids smiled at her antics, but this was starting to get drawn out. If he wanted to train her, it would take time that he might or might not have.

"Okay. Now I want you to use your best Charm face. Really make me feel sorry for you."

That alone was feat enough, but the Azurill rose to the challenge. The corners of her mouth stretched out, yet her bottom lip protruded outwards in a pouty grimace of sorrow. Next were her eyes, lids fluttering helplessly over her widening eyes, sniffing nose and pitifull mews blanketing the air. For a moment, the red haired man was actually hesitant - she was delightfully adept at manipulative emotions due to her absolute cuteness. He nodded, and instructed her to repeat. Five times this occurred and each time, placed a hesitant stone in the path of his malicious nature. Maybe it was also due to the fact that this was his Azurill, and not some wild ruffian from the bush.

"Alright, Squirt. Use Ice Beam on that dummy over there!"

He pointed towards one of the dummies, a smaller one to start off with, and decidedly leaning to one side from constant use. The Azurill puffed up its cheeks with a determined AZU! and exhaled a beam of bluish light, cold vapours rising from the attack as she aimed for the dummy's head. The ray, however, veered slightly off to the left, missing the dummy completely. Braids shook his head, irritated, but didn't allow it to show.

"Try again. Aim before you shoot. I'll help you in the long run."

Heeding her master's instruction, the little mouse pokemon shot one hard look at the inanimate object, bouncing around on her tail for balance before the final leap brought another Ice Beam to her lips. It hit the dummy square in the chest, freezing outwards until it encompassed everything from the neck down. With a woop, the man grinned, his crooked smirk revealing the potential in such an attack.

"Good job, Squirt! Try the other dummies. Use Ice Beam!"

Vibrating with excitement at her new found ability of scope, the Azurill followed suit with a few more remaining dummies. They crackled and soon became enveloped in crystal ice. She barely even realized how much time passed from her training, the sun starting to peek corners around the horizon. The sky had begun to turn orange, and Braids took one lingering glance towards her, nodding with approval.

"Excellent."

Squirt the Azurill, chest heaving with slight exasperation, pipped in happiness at the praise. She waddled back over to her trainer's extended arms, knelt down to scoop up the azure creature in his embrace. She nestled into his collar, jacket rising to fit her form as her eyes fluttered against her face as she relished in her victory, not only in getting stronger, but bringing her closer to the trainer who she was starting to love.

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[| odysseus]

Squirt the Azurill earned +2 levels!
Congratulations!