"Urk!"

The weird yell was brought upon the sudden landing of the Joltik on Jared's shoulder, its fuzz rubbing off of his skin and giving off a weird feeling. The immediate reaction was to panic, followed by his hands flailing on the general area of the Joltik's landing point, and then accidentally swatting the small Bug-type away from him. It landed on the grass and made it difficult to spot, though its bright yellow coloration still managed to catch the Electirke and his trainer's attention.

His Electrike's initial reaction, however, was painfully contrasting compared to Jared's actions. Staring at it menacingly, he attempted to intimidate the smaller Bug-type to submission but to no avail. It remained on the ground, owing up the Electrike despite the size difference between the two of them. It was then that the Joltik drew first blood by using Absorb, sapping the energy away from Garm without any warning. Of course Garm would growl at it afterwards.

"Garm!"

The call wasn't so much for the worry for his own Pokemon, but rather for the wild Pokemon. It was small and defenseless and an Electric-type that Jared has yet to own, which made him sympathize on it more. The shock on his face when Garm decided to use Bite on it, and then spit it out from his mouth afterwards almost made him break. Fortunately, Jared at least had the fortitude not to faint on scenes such as that.

"Why d'ya think I came here? For Joltik, of course!" Garm simply ignored his trainer's ramblings, forcing a huff out of him and continuing to move forward into the Safari Zone. Jared was left alone on the spot for a while, before he hurried to chase after his Electrike. "You know what, I should make Joltik a priority," he announced to Garm as they started to walk away from the Joltik's fainted arachnid body.

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"Hey, I need that one too!"

Jared readied a Safari Ball on his hand as his eyes followed the descent of the Emolga from overhead. They had just exited the area by the entrance of the Safari Zone and had gotten to where trees start getting more common. They were sparse still that it didn't give much cover for the wild Pokemon thankfully, one of which was easily visible as it transferred from one tree branch to another through gliding with its arm flaps, or whatever you call them.

It soon spotted Jared, noticing the wide eyes that stared at him from afar, and made its way to the trainer. Shifting its wing-ish appendages, the Emolga quickly descended towards Jared, and with how its body was situated in the air, it was to land with its whole body covering the face of the red haired man.

Garm took notice of the situation before it could happen however. A warning growl from the canine came, and when the Emolga did not show signs of decelerating its descent, Garm took the initiative and threw himself at it instead. Utilizing Quick Attack, Garm pushed himself from the ground, launching his whole body at the Emolga, who cannot change directions easily due to being in midair, and threw both of them into the ground. The fall seemed to have caused more damage to the wild Pokemon that Garm however, due to the latter using the former as a cushion.

A bite from the Electrike caused the Emolga more pain afterwards, shrieking in pain and releasing electricity from its body. Not only did it not affect Garm, but it had also teased the Electric-type to using its own move, shocking the Emolga into struggling to get away form the Electrike. It succeeded and threw the canine off of it before running off.

"You're going to need to stop doing that to the Pokemon I want, Garm. Stop being jealous."

Defeated Emolga

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Out from the ground came a rather strange Pokemon, showing itself to both Kyle and his Pokemon. He wouldn't say that it looked ugly or hideous. In fact, Jared might've liked it more if it showed signs that it could evolve further. Unfortunately for the Durant, Jared still wasn't interested, and even if he was, he still had two or three Pokemon that he needs to catch. He was given limited Pokeballs for this Safari Trip after all, and he wouldn't waste it on that.

"You can do it at that one though," he told his Electrike, giving him the final verdict.

A finger pointed at the Durant. It wasn't like he was pointing at it in a way that he was attaching a negative connotation to it. It was disrespectful, but he figured a wild Pokemon wouldn't have a figment of concept in its head about what was socially accepted and what wasn't. Pointing fingers wasn't.

Garm looked hesitant at first, finding himself not in a mood for beating up other wild Pokemon after he already did it to two others, but when Jared emphasized the Durant more by having a second finger pointing at it, Garm was left with no choice but to give up to his trainer's whims.

A large amount of electricity was released from Garm, using Discharge at the Durant before it even had a clue of what was going on. It wasn't super effective, but it was effective enough for the steel ant to feel the pain from the attack. It did survive and was still on its legs, albeit obviously not at its best, but it still managed to make a move, closing in on Garm with Agility and getting a Fury Cutter on the canine.

The moment the attack hit, another Discharge came from him, finally bringing down the Durant.

Defeated Durant

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It seemed that the safari did not have any shortages of Electric-types around since right after they have dealt with the Durant, the pair managed to chance upon a Helioptile soon after. The Joltik and the Emolga were not bad per se, but after the incident with the two other Electric-types with Garm messing them up before he could even attempt capture, Jared was starting to get cautious with how his Electrike would assess the situation.

"Garm," he called out to his Electrike calmly. "That one. We're getting that one."

A Heloptile wasn't a Pokemon he had chanced upon on frequently, and so the Safari Zone had given him the opportunity to add one to his arsenal. He won't get the chance slip away, he figured. He wasn't sure how long it would take for him to get another opportunity such as this after all.

He held onto Garm with a hand placed on his head, trying to coax him down from attacking right away even though the canine wasn't even attempting to do such. The Helioptile had not noticed them yet, but after Jared reached down to pick down a pebble and throw it squarely at the back of its head with a nice pitch, there was no doubt it finally would. The wild Pokemon would give out a battle cry before it came charging straight at them.

"Go, go, go!"

A smile appeared on his face as he said it, giving a slight nudge to his Electrike as he cheered him to enter the fray. A scornful look was evident on Garm's face when he looked back at his trainer, but has nonetheless done the deed anyways. When the Generator Pokemon saw the Electrike coming in, it's first reaction was to fire off a Thunderbolt at it. When it saw the attack get nullified by the Electrike's ability, only did a Bulldoze happened.

The Bulldoze had made a direct with the Electrike, stopping him on his tracks as Garm tried to endure the effective hit. Although shaken by the hit, a howl came from him before he used Charge and collected all the excess charges he could before releasing his electricity in one big go with Discharge. Powered up by the Helioptile's first attack even, it did enough to bring him down to critical levels.

This was when Jared pitched the Safari ball straight at the Helioptile's head once again.

Capture attempt on Helioptile

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As soon as he got the Pokeball containing the newly caught Helioptile, Jared did not waste any time to look for the next Electric-type that they would be targeting for the Safari Zone trip. There were two left, both of which he had encountered earlier but had the process of catching them botched up by Garm. He loved the Electrike to bits, but sometimes, he just did not know how to get the canine to act on his trainer's accord.

"That one too!"

A finger was pointed to a nearby tree, spotting the familiar yellow fuzz on its trunk. He figured Garm would have missed it completely while Jared was completely focused on searching for these shades of yellows throughout the whole time they were within the confines of the Safari Zone. He knew he had to get this one now after the last Joltik they encountered got completely wrecked by Garm.

"A warning shot, and then we're gonna beat it up."

The warning shot turned out to be a whole Discharge. The forceful display of electricity got even the redheaded trainer to back off subconsciously while the Joltik itself, while ineffective, got hit by it directly and forced it to fall onto the ground. When it finally got back up and regained its senses, the first thing it saw was the Electrike charging at her. The only thing she could do to slow Garm down was to spray him with String Shot.

The move worked for the most part, though that did not stop Garm from rushing still. When the Joltik tried to run away, the Electrike simply fried the String Shot from him and chased after the spider with Quick Attack, bowling over it as he caught up and capturing it with a nip this time, careful not to utterly destroy it for a capture for his trainer.

"Attaboy! See, you can do that without a problem." The remark came as Jared threw a Pokeball at the Joltik, still held within the jaws of the Electrike.

Capture attempt on Joltik

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Jared wasn't the type that would prioritize efficiency to savoring the moment, although the Safari Zone was completely a different case for him at that moment. They were still on the search for an Emolga after the last one got chased away by Garm when a curious looking Pokemon happened upon their path. Unfortunately, that wasn't what he was looking for.

His hand dug deep into his pocket as soon as he saw the wild Pokemon, releasing the fluffy Mareep in front of him. He leaned back, both of his hands forming an L-shape with his thumb and his index fingers as to form a miniature frame that would encapsulate both the Swirlix and his sheep in his field of vision. It took a while as he compared the two visually, with his Mareep turning to his trainer with a concerned expression, before he dropped the act and blurted out.

"That's, like, you're cousin, right?"

It wasn't, of course, though the moment that Jared uttered a word, the wild Pokemon took it as a sign of aggression and charged at the Mareep. Garm released a hurried bark as if to command the sheep in place of his trainer, and, as the obedient Pokemon that he was, started to execute the first move that seemed natural for him to perform, which was to throw itself at the Swirlix.

The two collided, with both bodies not doing much to either with the protective covering they had. The only difference was that Mareep's wool was much better at taking hits that the Swirlix's... stuff. The clashing continued, until the Swirlix gave up, leaving the Mareep triumphant against the wild Pokemon.

"Yeah, good call. We don't need him anyways." He gave his Mareep a pat on his head as he continued to move deeper into the Safari Zone. He supposed that a second Emolga is just around the corner for him to catch.

Defeated Swirlix

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