The Early Stages

[togamau]

Brist had returned to the forest he had hastily passed through on his way to the laboratory. Now that he had nowhere else to be, he could allow himself to relax if only for a little while. There weren't any outstandingly noticeable trainers around, so for now it could just be some quality time with the only friend that Brist could count on.
"Aquilo, you can come out now. We're not in a crowded space anymore, so you can stretch all you need to before we move on." The taillow flew from his pokeball and frolicked in the air briefly before coming to rest on Brist's shoulder. "Well, let's go ahead and get some exercise, I'm still feeling the stiffness of captivity. I bet you feel the same way. There's a bidoof over there, always hated the things... you can do what you want with it." While Aquilo was a relatively docile pokemon most of the time, it had an old habit of getting carried away during battles and thus needed to have a close watch on its attacks when the hype of a battle kicks up.

Taillow jumped from Brist's shoulder and spread his wings to catch the breeze and fly high into the air with intent to dispatch of the mouse before it as quickly and decisively as possible but without over-exerting himself for now. From the high angle above the target, and nearly vanishing from sight, Aquilo used quick attack to deeply cut the bidoof on its back with his talons! The bidoof immediately keels over and is fainted.
(level 4 bidoof hit by quick attack 40x2.5=90 damage...overkill? level4x5=20 exp)

[togamau]

"heh, seems you haven't lost your touch, Aquilo. Let's keep going, if you see something, you don't need to tell me, just go for it! But before you go, try not to kill -everything- you fight while we're here, it'll attract scavengers..." Aquilo darted off while Brist followed at a steady pace, not even trying to necessarily "keep up" with his pokemon so much as keep it in sight.

Before too long, Brist could see a cloud of dust in the distance... "heh, he must have scared a pidgey... Maybe I could use one of those... meh, I'll save it for later, I don't need any new pokemon for now."

In the dust cloud, a much less one-sided battle was taking place. Aquilo darted forward to catch the pidgy in a quick attack but missed due to poor visibility only to be countered with a tackle attack! (35 x .75 due to 3 level disadvantage on pidgey with STAB bonus=24 damage) Gasping for breath after the surprisingly powerful attack, Aquilo recovered his balance and used quick attack once more, successfully hitting the target this time and ending the close battle as the defeated pidgy crashed to the ground.
(+25exp for defeating pidgey)
"Are you alright, Aquilo? Seems that one was a bit rough on you, I suppose that's what these two potions are for... here's one for you." almost all of Aquilo's wounds are healed by the potion. "there, that ought to keep you in good enough shape to move forward. Let's keep going, ok?"

The two moves forward, sticking a bit closer than before upon realizing that Brist should be close by in case Aquilo is not the first to strike. After another few minutes of walking, a Rattata is seen in the distance eating nuts and berries like most rodents would. "alright, that one looks like it'll be easy... hit it with quick attack." Upon being ordered, Aquilo quietly flew from his trainer and looked for a clean shot before speeding at the rodent in a wide arc and puncturing its side with his beak at high speeds! (Despite being level 8, rattata's 31 health stands no chance against 60 damage and thus grants 40 exp)