<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=32504">Quote from: Acid on 25-04-2012, 02:01:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div align="center"><strong>[Goldenrod City Gym]<br/>[Picknicker Juliette]</strong><br/>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/71/DP_Picnicker.png)</div><br/>As Julian steps into the Goldenrod City Gym, he notices the interior looking much more forlorn than in the photos he saw of the gym's past. The Gym, dilapidated and falling apart, had a hole in the roof that lit a single narrow walkway. The light-pink tile of the floor looked like it hadn't been given a good scrub in a long while. At the end of the walkway, Whitney was watching TV.<br/><br/><br/><em>"Oh my! Another trainer! If you wanna get to Whitney, you'll have to get through me. Name's Juliette. Don't hold back."</em> the young woman dressed in outdoor gear summoned her Pokemon:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/cd/Spr_4p_036_s.png)<br/><br/><em>"Clef."</em> the Pokemon said, fixing its hair. <br/><br/><em>"Clef, let's have fun! Metronome, now! (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Metronome_(move))"</em><br/><br/>Before Mac had a chance to defend, the Clefable put her hands together and called upon her Metronome. <br/><br/><em>"Ah, let's see what Clef conjured up."</em> A gale of snow and wind violently blew in Julian and his Dratini's direction. Just what Juliette needed - an Icy Wind (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Icy_Wind_(move)) Juliette knew that few attacks would be super effective against the Dragon Pokemon, but Clef managed to pick one of the few attacks out of her Metronome repertoire which would be particularly effective against Mac. <br/><br/>Not quite frozen in place, but in shock and pain from the subzero shift in temperature, Mac's agility and speed suffered greatly. <br/><br/><em>"Not off to a good start, eh?"</em> </div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Julian was left in a state of disbelief as the Clefable came out of left field and started things off with an ice attack that actually slowed down Dratini quite a bit. To be honest, that was already getting extremely frustrating to Julian, since Dratini was already an extremely unimpressive Pokemon by it's own right, but it's opponents seemed absolutely obsessed with debuffing it as much as possible, not that the picnicker knew that Icy wind would be the first move used, but that didn't make it any less frustrating to the fledgling trainer. "Grr... She's not the only one that can slow down her opponents and break the momentum! Come on Mac, show her your Thunder wave (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Thunder_Wave) and even up the odds!"<br/><br/>Mac would comply, sending the familiar jets of electricity towards Clefable with the intent on paralyzing it. If that succeeded, Julian would quickly echo commands while the Clefable was hopefully paralyzed. That thing was already going to have enough of an edge on Dratini simply from being an evolved Pokemon, he couldn't spare it any quarter. "Alright Dratini, wrap (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wrap) that Clefable and go on the offensive!" Dratini, again, would comply by moving forward and attempting to coil it's body around Clefable, applying as much pressure as it could by squeezing inward on the fairy Pokemon.<br/><br/>Of course, if the Thunder wave missed or failed, then Julian would have much bigger issues on his hands then just what attack would go next, as that would mean that Clefable would likely end up winning the fight.