[BATTLE] ANTHEA VS. BYRON

[lou]

ROUND 1
ANTHEA VS. BYRON
BATTLE COMMENCE

[byron]

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[anthea]

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[STYLE=width:457; padding:15; font-family:arial; font-size:12; line-height: 12px; text-align:justify; background-color:f5f5f5;]She could feel the tension even as her feet touched the ground just outside of Veilstone City, and Anthea wasn’t sure why she had decided to come to this region. Well, that wasn’t true. She did know. It was sheer curiosity, since she had never been outside of Unova before she had separated herself from Ghestis. She had always wanted to explore Sinnoh. At the thought of the old man, her nose wrinkled in distaste. Anthea never wanted to be reminded of that crazy bastard for the remainder of her life. But she did want to know where Concordia was; she missed her sister, but she didn’t want to track down Ghestis in order to find out her location. Perhaps N would know. She would have to ask him if she ever found him.

Sighing gently, the pink-haired woman stepped delicately over the worn path, her dark eyes flicking from one person to the next. She frowned slightly when she saw that most had their heads ducked low and avoided her gaze, scuttling into the closest doorways, as though they were hiding from something, and she wondered why. Was there supposed to be an attack of some sort, and sometime soon? Anthea had heard that Lux had set their eyes on this place, but as she did not consider herself a true member of that faction she didn’t truthfully care what their political reasoning was, and what the story was behind it. However, it was a cause for alarm. Self-consciously she dropped her hand towards the small bag strapped at her waist, her palm pressing against the shape of the Pokéballs that hid her team. This tension was starting to feel unnerving to her, and she could feel her heart slamming against her ribcage.

Anthea found herself hoping that she would not be dragged into a battle, if there was one that was supposed to happen that day. Her Pokémon weren’t exactly the strongest compared to most others, though she had faith that they could hold themselves in a fight despite the odds. They would protect her, she knew, but she was scared of the possibility that they would get hurt. She wouldn’t be able to bear it, even if she did have Chansey there to help her heal them. The little Torchic she had recently obtained and started training would be all too eager to battle, she was sure. She sighed again, eyes closing briefly before she looked around once more. What to do, what to do. Would it be wise to stay, where Lux was inevitably closing in?

She stepped to the side, her eyes flicking from one structure to another until she found a man pacing almost restlessly near her. Watching him, Anthea wondered briefly what he was doing – until she could hear his words echoing around her, and she frowned. So there was a battle brewing. “What would Lux want with Veilstone?” she murmured, and stepped out into the street with the intention of leaving as soon as she could. [/style][STYLE=height:5; width:487; background-color:000000;][/style][STYLE=height:10; width:487; background-color:f5f5f5;][/style][STYLE=width:440; font-family:courier new; font-size:10; text-align:center;]ganesha of btn[/style]

[byron]

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[atrb=valign,top] He knew that Lux would be coming from pretty much every angle possible. So he needed to be on his top guard and keep a focused eye on every entry point he could think that they would use. So that meant he kept checking the land, sky, and perhaps maybe underground, those Lux people were pretty crafty, it wouldn't really be their style, but if they had to they would probably burrow underground. As the steel man's eyes wandered the area, his ears picked up some small whispers, turning about he came face to face with a woman. Now that was a shocker, why was she out? She didn't look like one of the other soldiers positioned around the city, no she looked more civilian to be honest. "Hey miss!" his voice called to her and his body approached her, his face was calm yet behind it laid a mind full of worry for her, "Sorry to bug you miss, but uh what are you doing out here? You here to help or are you just lost?" he questioned her nicely. He didn't want to scare the woman off, since that seemed to be happening when he got here. Guess the ladies didn't really want to be in the middle of a man and his need to draw blood for his masculinity. At least that's what was going through Byron's mind, he could be wrong, lots of people often told him that he was about his thoughts. "Either way, you should probably get to a safer place. I wouldn't be around here if I were you, I hear that Lux are gonna try and storm this place a second time. Too bad we don't know when though..." he said rubbing the back of his head, continuing to make sure that the woman understood the situation at hand. [STYLE=background-color: 2c2927; color: f1f1f1; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; overflow: auto; height: 20px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;]tagged erie as anthea ● notes being macho [/style]

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[anthea]

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There were drums in the air as she started to dance,
Every soul in the room keeping time with their hands

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sol as byron

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Anthea nearly flinched at the sudden sound of the man’s voice calling out to her, instantly wishing that she had been faster with escaping from the city. Now she could be caught, and dragged into battle as soon as her allegiance was revealed. She knew this, and yet here she was, frozen to the spot with her grip tightening on her Pokéballs.

Turning towards Byron, she allowed a thin, relaxed smile to grace her lips as she tilted her head innocently. And she hesitated, perhaps a moment too long, her chest clenching as she tried to figure out a decent reply to his question that wouldn’t compromise her position. She had no idea what to say; she didn’t want to battle, or for her Pokemon to possibly get hurt defending her. Panic quickly settled in her stomach, and Anthea swallowed.

“Well, I…I was about to head out of the city,” she said, though she inwardly winced at the fact that she sounded too uncertain. The woman was so sure that he was going to pick up on her nervousness that she took several steps back, and laughed lightly to cover it. “I will do so. Thank you for your concern.” Anthea hesitated a second longer, feeling absolutely torn and not exactly sure why.

“You should find safety yourself,” she told him, her voice soft. “Lux is strong, and will stop at nothing to take back this city. Even kill everyone in sight. They won’t think twice about it.”

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[byron]

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[atrb=valign,top] The woman seemed nervous upon hearing someone call out to her. No surprise there really, Lux had been heard to attack this city, and they would not be merciful. If she knew that though, why would she still be here? Was she trying to get a look out for the enemy from somewhere in the city? She could be doing that if she wanted to warn more people about an attack. Seemed like a really risky thing to do though. Then she began to speak about her worry for not only Lux, but, from the sound of it, Byron's own safety. In all honesty it was nice to have a person worry for him but, he wasn't really needing it. "Don't worry about me miss. I'll be perfectly fine, besides, I have my pokemon with me, see?" With that, he let a ball fly into the air and open up to release the creature inside. The creature that came out was his Skarmory Max, it flapped it's wings with a screech as it landed next to Byron and rested its head on his hair. "Hey stop that! We're trying to be prepared for a battle here!" Guess now he didn't seem prepared to the woman did he? "Never mind him, he's always like that. Anyway like I said, no need to worry. Me and my pokemon are pretty tough, nothing can knock us down!" He was going to prove that too. With ever fiber in his body. [STYLE=background-color: 2c2927; color: f1f1f1; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; overflow: auto; height: 20px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;]tagged erie as anthea ● notes being macho [/style]

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[anthea]

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There were drums in the air as she started to dance,
Every soul in the room keeping time with their hands

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sol as byron

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Anthea was beginning to wonder if it was possible that she could get away from this man without a battle between them. Which faction she aligned herself with – even if it was more out of necessity than loyalty – didn’t seem like it would be revealed in their conversation. She allowed herself to relax just a bit, shifting her weight nervously as she looked at him. The pink-haired woman couldn’t help but smile at his words, a small amused laugh escaping her.

“I can see that,” she agreed.

Her hand unconsciously brushed against the bag holding her Pokéballs as she watched the movement of the Skarmory, and suddenly she felt one shuddering in response to her touch. Anthea’s heart seemed to stop, silently pleading with her Pokémon to not reveal themselves. She didn’t want something to happen to them. However, it seemed like one of her more stubborn Pokémon forced its way out its home to stand in front of her. It was her Mienshao, her battle ready fighting type.

Anthea suppressed a small groan as the Mienshao hissed at the Skarmory, crouching down on the ground in order to protect her trainer. She had no choice now; if Pokémon were revealed, that meant a fight. The woman hesitated for one second, staring back at Byron, before she bit down on her lip.

“Mienshao, prepare yourself,” she murmured, and the fighting type chirped in response. Anthea raised the volume of her voice then so that she could be heard by the gym leader, her eyes trained on his face. There was remorse in her expression as she spoke. “I am Lux. Will you fight for your city?”

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[byron]

byron

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[atrb=valign,top] Byron stepped back a step as the sound of a Pokemon coming out of its Pokeball emanated from the woman All of a sudden a Meinshao appeared, with an look of battle around it. Byron knew that look, his pokemon had that same look many times before in the times that they were thrown into battle. Then the woman said something that utterly shocked the metal master. She was a member of Lux, a lux member had managed to get into the city, right behind Byron's back. To make matters worse, she seemed like a nice lady, why was she in this fight? Guess you really can't judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes. "W-wha...so your a lux eh?" the man said as he tried to process everything, "Well then don't think that because your a lady I'll go easy on you!" He said to her with a small glare, he said he was going to fight against lux, and that meant that he had to fight all kinds of people, this lady included. "Max! Air Slash!" The Skarmory screeched when the command was gave and rose into the air flapping its wings. With a great flap, it send a sharp current of air right at the Fighting Type and the woman. Bryon was going to hate himself for this, hurting a woman who seemed nice from the start. But she tricked him, and she wanted to fight. So he knew that he would have to fight her, even if it stung. [STYLE=background-color: 2c2927; color: f1f1f1; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; overflow: auto; height: 20px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;]tagged erie as anthea ● notes skarmory used air slash on meinshao [/style]

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[lou]

VICTOR: BYRON

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