Group RP Pokemon: The Journey of Evolution

Sniper simply chuckled at the Vulpix's bravado, yet he decided to play along anyway. He pretended to look outside, then turned to the Vulpix while feigning a desperate face.

"Uh... I think we need to get outta here," the Inteleon said. "There's a hunter around here and I don't think the princess is anywhere here." That being said, Sniper grabbed the Alolan Vulpix and got out from the castle.

Sorry sis, I had to lie on the "hunter" part.

As he ran, Sniper launched his Snipe Shot upward. That's a sign for Marissa to shoot her arrow to the Ponyta statue.

 

Fortunately for Marissa, Sniper and the Alolan Vulpix had already gone away by the time she took her aim. She did so with taking the wind into account.

Meanwhile, Sniper managed to take the Vulpix to safety. And while he's at it, he put them down and crouched to their eye level. "Sorry about that, kiddo. It's actually my trainer who's shooting her arrow there," the Inteleon profusely apologized. "Plus, Kaimana's looking for you. You don't wanna make her worry, right?"

 

Sniper nodded with a smile. "Okay. Be careful out there~" he waved at the Vulpix, then turned back to find Marissa's arrow flying toward the castle. Would it hit? Or would it miss?

 

By the time Sniper came back, Marissa looked so dang happy that her arrow actually hit.

"How's it, mate? Found anything?" Marissa asked, to which Sniper replied with a nod. "It's one of those Vulpix. He should be on his way to Kaimana by now," he reported with sign language, followed by a sigh of relief from Marissa. "Thank goodness..."

And regarding the next target:

Hop's trusty partner, right? Okay, I got this! Marissa thought.

 

Okay, the lake itself sure is perfect for sight-seeing. However, Marissa had no time for that. She still had an orb to shatter around here.

Water is lake, and cliff is...

Looking at the cliffs, she found the Dubwool statue on one of them. The catch? There were also the real things (read: actual Dubwool) surrounding it. Marissa sweatdropped while muttering, "Not again..."

 

If Sniper were to do what he did last time, it'll tire him out before he can even reach that statue, Marissa thought. I mean, her Inteleon could swim through the lake and climb on the cliff, but it would take a long time anyway. With that in mind, Marissa sent her Flygon out.

"Vivi!"

The young archer told both Sniper and Vivian to watch her arrow from the sky. She even told Sniper to shoot her with his Snipe Shot should the arrow hit one of the real Dubwool. Sniper then hopped on Vivian and the two flew as Marissa raised the Silk Scarf from yesterday to check on the wind herself.

Some time after Vivian took off, she and Sniper saw a human boy (presumably a shepherd) near the herd of Dubwool. He proceeded to herd them away from the cliff, leaving the Dubwool statue alone. And no, neither Sniper nor Vivian intervened -- they simply watched everything that just happened.

Meanwhile, by the time Marissa took her aim, the herd of Dubwool were getting outta there courtesy of their shepherd. She aimed slightly off to the right (because the wind went to the left) with roughly the same power level as when she shot at the Ponyta statue.

 

The girl nodded in her shooting stance, then released the arrow. Would it hit? Or would it miss?

 

Confirming that the arrow managed to hit its intended target, Sniper and Vivian went back to Marissa and Master Karashi with such happy faces.

"Thanks, mate," Marissa returned Vivian to her Pokéball, then proceeded to the next test.

 

A Fire-type... that doesn't fear water? curiosity ensued on Marissa's part. She may hadn't seen what Infernape looks like, but she decided to think about the Pokémon's name anyway.

Infernape... fire... inferno.
Infernape... ape...
Monkey?

With that wild guess of hers, Marissa looked around as she tried to find the fire monkey (?).

Also... on the lake? Could it be Gyarados all over again?

 

After determining the wind's direction (with Sniper's help) and gauging how much power needed to shoot, Marissa fired an arrow to the Infernape statue. This time the wind actually went toward the statue, so hopefully it could boost the arrow's speed.