Team Side Mission - A Royal Luau

[RCCaughtem]

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Indeed the voice would ring familar in Ryan's ears. Ryan would walk over towards the ref with Skyla still on his arms. He would take a deep breath to calm himself before speaking. "I am surprised you aren't actually up there taking on all challengers, Kahuna Hala. Has time taken a bit of your fire?" Ryan says with a smirk. It was time to make peace with his past. One step at a time that is.

Hala would glance over at Ryan at first, cocking an eyebrow before turning around to completely face him. "Well I do love a good match but I also enjoy seeing the younger generation in action." He said with a hearty laugh. "You seem familiar, son. Have we met before? You old pupil of mine? Time has taken more than the fire in me." He laughed.

Ryan looks to Skyla, who nods and squeezes his arm in reassurance. Ryan takes a deep breath. "My name is Ryan Caughtem. About 16 years ago I had my Journey Trial over on Melemele. It was the day after my parents had passed. You had counciled me to hold off, but I ignored you. I got rejected by a Popplio that day. " Ryan introduces himself and then explains, hoping the old man would remember.  

[Reno Vantas]

Reno would glance around as the other Snagems entered the ring, mentally tallying exactly how big a swing he needed to go with for this group. Since it was Tristan, Keiko, and Ammy, maybe not go for the peak crew. Best just to go a little easier on them for this thing. "Alright, Gruff. Looks like it's time to go." Reno told the Marowak he released, nodding to the Pokemon before glancing to the slowly gathering crowd. Smirking as a thought crossed his mind, Reno would flex his left arm until the long sleeve covering it shredded against the mechanical portions of the arm and unveiled it to the crowd. "I am the Fullmetal Fighter, Reno Vantas!" He roared, hoping that the crowd would get into the moment as much as he had. This was going to be fun.  

[RCCaughtem]

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Indeed the voice would ring familar in Ryan's ears. Ryan would walk over towards the ref with Skyla still on his arms. He would take a deep breath to calm himself before speaking. "I am surprised you aren't actually up there taking on all challengers, Kahuna Hala. Has time taken a bit of your fire?" Ryan says with a smirk. It was time to make peace with his past. One step at a time that is.

Hala would glance over at Ryan at first, cocking an eyebrow before turning around to completely face him. "Well I do love a good match but I also enjoy seeing the younger generation in action." He said with a hearty laugh. "You seem familiar, son. Have we met before? You old pupil of mine? Time has taken more than the fire in me." He laughed.

Ryan looks to Skyla, who nods and squeezes his arm in reassurance. Ryan takes a deep breath. "My name is Ryan Caughtem. About 16 years ago I had my Journey Trial over on Melemele. It was the day after my parents had passed. You had counciled me to hold off, but I ignored you. I got rejected by a Popplio that day. " Ryan introduces himself and then explains, hoping the old man would remember.

"Ryan...hm..." The man muttered, tapping his chin in thought. "Oh! Ryan! How have you been my boy?! Look at you all grown up!" He asked with a roaring laugh as he hugged Ryan tight.

Skyla just manges to step aside as Ryan gets hugged. The one thing tome hadn't taken was the old man's strength! "I've been great! Really found my way after I left. Became a trainer, made a rather interesting bunch of friends, my girlfriend is right there." Ryan gets out, nodding towards Skyla. "But recently Alola has been calling me home something fierce. Been running into other Alolans, Alolan Pokemon, heck, I even got a Popplio of my own now!" The channler adds on.

Skyla just waves and smiles. This was not what she had expected.  

[Darksol88]

"Hawlucha-"

"Los. Bombardeo. Aereo!" Her Hawlucha replied at once, turning his head just enough to see his trainer. "This Hawlucha you speak of does not exist!"

"Yes, he does! It's you!" Amaranth shouted, wondering what she did to deserve this.

"Porque?"

"I... look, you can't... whatever, just do what you will," she said after a moment, a defeated sigh escaping her. They were in this now, whether she wanted to be or not. With her remark, Hawlucha sprang into action and climbed onto the ropes of the ring before raising his arms proudly and leaping to attack Marowak with Acrobatics. Nevermind the pair of somersaults he did in the process or trying to divebomb into sitting on Marowak.  

[Reno Vantas]

Reno would quietly step back from his Marowak for the moment, content to let Gruff run wild on his own for the time being. One insane Hawlucha was not something that would need him to be there to contend with for the most part. Giving a small smile as an interesting thought came into his mind, Reno returned his focus to Gruff taking the Acrobatics blow with his head tucked against his chest to brace. Well, that would work just perfect.

"Gruff! Slam the turkey towards that Hurricane!" Reno called out, watching as The Marowak burst from his crouched position towards Bombardeo with the final part of Skull Bash. 'Thanks Blizz. Woulda forgot about the other two without that stray thought.' He thought, making sure to send the first part along into the Articuno hybrid's mind.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd had wandered off to explore the fesitval, finding himself within smelling range of the malasada eating contest. "That smells really good...." He admitted to himself, a sudden growling in his stomach making him wonder how much he could keep down with nothing in there before he started. "What the heck." He finally decided, signing himself up and hanging around to see when it would start.

Lykas, meanwhile, went and found the Boxing Challenge. "This looks like fun. Gimme three pairs of gloves." He said to the attendant and he signed himself up. When he got a confused look in response, he split his ponytail apart into the four tentacles he usually kept disguised. "Three pairs. Let's go, I wanna warm up!"  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd just shrugged at the game master for the contest when his hometown was brought up. You couldn't really put down "Abbey on Mt. Silver" as a hometown, after all. Besides, St Mieu's Cathedral wasn't one many people knew of to begin with.

Lykas headed over to the practice arena and, as soon as he got the chance, he'd release Yarrow and begin sparring with the Crabrawler. By the time he was called, he'd have upgraded to sparring with Mykel since he was much closer to human sized, the Gardevoir keeping pace with his hybrid trainer surprisingly well for a non-physical fighter.  

[Darksol88]

Hawlucha would move to jump away, narrowly evading the Skull Bash. The same luck couldn't be said about the Hurricane howling and blowing through the entire ring, however, and he'd be tossed around and around with impunity. Thinking fast, he'd soon try to use the winds to his advantage and tried to dive down on Tristen's Castform with Flying Press.

"Aha! These mighty winds appear to be at my back today!" He shouted over the Hurricane's howls, leaving Amaranth to wonder just where Hawlucha had picked up all of this from. He didn't take her SNAG at some point, did he?  

[RCCaughtem]

Skyla shakes the Kahuna's hand. "I'm Skyla, a pleasure to meet you. And is that so? Seems the years away have calmed him...some." The Gym Leader would respond.

Ryan nods, but sighs. "I am glad to be back in Alola, but heading back to Seafolk, especially after they rejected me they way they did and how? I may need a bit more before I return home. But I must ask: where are your apprentices from back then? While one wanted me to go down the path of destruction, the other was responsible for nudging down the path of redemption i did follow. I would like to thank that second one. I believe his name was Kukui?" Ryan would express to the old Kahuna.