how 2 roflstomp ur rival

[armoredsoul]

Who: Alphonse Elric and Envy
Where: Viridian City
When: July 15
Summary: Envy has a No Good, Very Bad Day
Rating: PG13 for bad words
Log:

The trip hadn't been bad so far. The sudden swarm of Spinda when he'd arrived in Pallet had been...interesting, but not anything that had impeded Alphonse's travels. Overall, it's been pretty nice to be out on the road again. A little lonely, maybe, but he has his Pokemon with him, and it's not like he can't send messages off to his friends when he needs to.

Or snap back at the taunts Envy's been sending, but who's counting?

He finally makes it to Viridian City early in the day, and makes a bee-line straight for the Center. It might not have been too bad of a hike, but he needs a shower and to put his feet up for at least a few hours.

Comments

[exeggutorhead]

Envy, on the other hand, has been having a considerably less great morning. Both he and Heather had gone into that gym battle expecting a challenge, but also to win.

That hadn't happened. To put it mildly.

Envy hasn't fought a gym in years, and none of those were the advanced teams. Most of his training and battling since then has been...well, mostly against the random trainers he finds on the outskirts of the city. And Heather, lately, but that's still only fighting against one person's strategies. So, putting it not so mildly? He'd gotten flattened. At least he hadn't been alone in losing, but that didn't make it much better.

So by the time they've gotten back to the Center and turned their Pokemon in to get healed up, Envy's in a less than stellar mood. Heather's stepped out to go grab some snacks for them to console themselves with, leaving him unsupervised in the Center when he spots Alphonse over by the PC counter.

This is clearly his chance to make up for earlier with a battle that he'll win. His main team might be getting healed, but he's got plenty of other good Pokemon! So he sidles right on over to where Al is standing, a confident smirk on his face that shows no hint of the loss he'd suffered just earlier.

"Finally managed to get to town, did you? I was wondering if you'd gone and gotten lost."