<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Brock<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Douglasberg Casino<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Elly, Draven, Marco<br/><br/><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Onix<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Elly may have had other things in mind, but for the rest, Draven's plan worked like a charm. The middle-aged trainer had a very powerful pokémon nose to rely on to lead him through the contest, but he when it came to pokémon attacks, he could tell Shadow Ball from Leech Seed, so he had no chance when it came to such an improvised maneuver by the Fire-type trainer. He yelped and covered his eyes as the flair of orange light stung them, along with the eyes of the audience, but couldn't slow his momentum in time not to make contact with his Dodorog. The dog pokémon, who had hunkered down to cover his face, was the perfect stumbling block for his trainer, he caught his foot under it and found himself going from vertical to horizontal very quickly. Stretching his arms out awkwardly, he made a last-ditch attempt to catch himself, only to plant his face completely in the sand.<br/><br/>Brock, while not quite so unlucky as the man, didn't feel the competition was going so well for him at this point, either. Coming at the pyramid about 90 degrees from Draven, he took the Flame Blast flash full to the face as well, tripping at the base of the pyramid's stairs and catching himself with a hollow sound inside the structure, just in time to watch Lucille take the idol and bring it back to her master as he stood in a rain of sparkling glass. As if that wasn't insult enough, he jumped to his feet and turned away from the pyramid to watch Elly steal the treasure he had sealed away and boast about it. The turn of fortune was clearly affecting the Rock-Solid trainer; he had only been annoyed before, but now one could see a bit of competitive ferocity growing in his face. He was about to get serious.<br/><br/>Calling down Onix, the master Rock trainer jumped onto his favored pokémon's head and held onto its fin for support as he was hoisted up into the air, offering a view of the contest ground twenty feet off the ground. "Onix, Stealth Rock and Rock Tomb! Make it count!" he ordered, the mighty snake leaping up into the air with shocking heigh for such a pokémon. Shaking its hide in midair, an incredible small, very pointed boulders came from Onix's own shell and flung outward. The boulders then flew out all across the beach, slamming into the ground with their pointed tips poking up into the surface and turning the sand into a field of spikes. With a spin, Onix finally came back down, slamming its tail down so hard that even the people at the casino would feel it and causing literally dozens of massive rocks to shoot up from below the earth's surface and create a Rock Tomb maze all across the beach, cutting everyone's mobility to near nothing when combined with the Stealth Rock minefield. The Dodorog trainer jumped up from the ground and nearly wet himself as a sharp boulder popped up right next to him, but the show wasn't over yet.<br/><br/>A quick look at the clock told everyone that less than thirty seconds remained in this first round, and Brock had some catching up to do. Pointing to the pyramid, the terrifying new competitive and determined Brock issued his next command. "Cut that wall with Stone Edge!" Using one of its strongest attacks, three rings of pale blue energy surrounded Onix's extended body and spun slightly within each other, forming then into rings of individual energy spheres, when then became large, incredibly sharp rocks, like blades of stone. Not understanding its trainer's reasons, but also not hesitating, Onix shot these stones toward the pyramid, cutting straight through the prop wall. What came out was an absolute torrent of treasure, gold and treasure pouring out like Brock had just found the Cave of Wonders within the MacDougal family's Pokégames. In reality, the interior of the pyramid was just a convenient storage place for all the prop treasure that wasn't in use, as Brock had discovered when he fell against it, and he had the pokémon with the strength to break into that stockpile.<br/><br/>Finally, with the treasure out in the open and the other Gym Leaders, at the very least, heavily impeded from getting to it, Brock had to bring it in. "Sand Tomb!" he shouted quickly, taking a page from Elly's book. Jumping off, Brock allowed Onix to dig into the ground and create a massive sand pit, drawing all of the treasure from the pyramid toward the center and building it up into a huge pile. The displaced sand was enough to create another sandstorm possibly by accident, shrouding the veteran Gym Leader and his partner up until the clock chimed in to let them know it was over. As the sand settled, Onix wrapped defensively around the base of a pile of treasure almost half its own height, with its master standing on top, his arms folded as he looked down on Elly, Draven, the Dodorog trainer, and an awestruck crowd.<br/><br/>===<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Dr. Cedony Pierce<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana<br/><br/><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>None<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The historian-scientist nodded in agreement and tucked the spherical stone back into her bag, being careful not to bring it too close to either Riolu or Hitmonlee, as even she knew that such minerals could have a rather pronounced effect on a pokémon's genetic makeup. She didn't want to be responsible for causing any potentially harmful changes to another's pokémon, especially those belonging to a Gym Leader (which she assumed Hibana was, since she had been sent down here). She was about to continue walking up the stairwell, picking her steps carefully, when Hibana stopped her with a sudden question.<br/><br/>"Oh, I don't train pokémon," Cedony explained, smiling at what she was sure was a surprised reaction from the younger woman. With today's technology making it much easier to catch them, there were very few people who didn't own pokémon anymore. "I'm too busy with my work. I might have the time to raise one in the future, but for now, I prefer to stick to what I know and have time for. Of course, Mr. Mathis offered to let his pokémon go with me if I decided to travel anywhere 'wild,' but I didn't think I'd need it at the time..."