Laser Move Learning

Jackson was standing in a grassy field as a gentle breeze blew across the open landscape. The trainer was currently near Rivertide, the oceanside city still visible in distance. His partner pokemon, Atlas, also stood at his side as per usual.

The trainer took a pokeball out of his bag and then tossed it into the air in front of him. As the red and white ball disappeared a large blastoise took its place, although it was no ordinary blastoise. Jackson’s blastoise, named Lazer, had been influenced by technology during his evolution. Instead of being a light blue color he was gray with a black shell. Streaks of glowing red and green were scattered across his shell and the cannons along his back were also colored.

“Alright Laser, let’s do some training!” Jackson said to the pokemon. Knowing that he was currently needed Atlas took off into some of the nearby grass, flopping onto his back and rolling around. “We can start with hydrocannon.” 

The water/electric pokemon began practicing this move, each time water surged from the canons on his back. As Laser practiced the velocity and amount of water continued to increase until it was a powerful blast of water.

“Perfect, you learned that quick.” Jackson praised his pokemon with a nod. “Next, let's go with waterfall.” 

Laser immediately got to work on learning the move. Instead of creating water in his cannons the pokemon now had to form it in front of him. It took a few attempts before the blastoise could even create any water. At first he was only able to make a small collection of water. As he continued to practice the amount of water became larger and larger.

Soon enough the pokemon was able to make a large amount of water in the air. It would crash down from the air onto the ground below, soaking the grass and dirt. With a little bit more practice he was even able to apply more force to the water’s downward fall. Now it was sure to do some damage if it crashed down on an opponent.

“Now we’ll move on to some electric type moves…” Jackson said as he paused to think for a moment. “We can start with thunder.”

Blastoise’s small ears flicked as he got ready to learn the new move. While a normal blastoise wouldn’t be able to learn an electric type move, the technology he had been influenced with also granted him the electric typing. This enabled him to use both water and electric moves, which Jackson had immediately thought could be useful in battle.

The pokemon practiced creating sparks of energy. The electricity crackled as it appeared in front of him and Jackson could see the yellow flashes from it. Laser seemed to have more difficulty with learning this move as he continued to practice. As he watched Jackson sat down on a nearby log, his leg aching where it met his prosthetic.

Despite his difficulty with generating electricity Laser continued to practice the move, refusing to give up. The first improvement Jackson saw was with the length of time Laser’s electricity remained in the air and the blastoise being able to generate it consistently. Next came adding more power to the electricity. 

At least an hour had passed by the time Laser learned thunder. The pokemon could now create a powerful bolt of lighting that would strike the ground in front of him. His aim still needed some work, but Jackson figured that could come later. For now he was able to execute the powerful move. Plus, he didn’t want to push too much training into one day. 

“Let’s try one more but it’s okay if you can’t learn it today. You’ve done really well.” Jackson said to his pokemon, impressed by the blastoise’s unwillingness to give up. “Try out discharge.”

As Laser started to practice the move creating electricity seemed to come much easier to him now. Jackson figured it was since he had already worked on generating electricity as he had learned thunder. The real trouble the pokemon ran into was being able to control the burst of electricity.

Rather than creating a striking bolt of electricity Laser had to create a wave that radiated outwards. The pokemon found that if he made it too powerful the electricity became difficult to control and distribute outwards in an even wave. Considering this he had to practice applying the right amount of power. Soon enough he was able to do this, although he was still somewhat inconsistent.

“That’s great, you could definitely use that in battle. We’ll just need some more practice with electric type moves. But for now you’ve earned a rest.”  Jackson said to his pokemon as he got up. “There’s a lake nearby, let’s head there and you can take a swim.” The blastoise happily lumbered over to his trainer, ears and tail flicking. There was no way he could refuse a good swim.