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(OOC: Hmm, that bring up an interesting question. For pokemon that are not listed in PF's "Pokemon Placing" list, would one ask a staff member if a particular pokemon is catchable in an area?)

Yeah, that's fine - the placings lists isn't exhaustive, more like a guideline really. ~Bonzai

Shira looked over at Eric's pokedex as the information as this took place. "That's a cool feature. I didn't know pokedexes could do that. And we won't have to worry about getting to a PC to exchange our pokemon either," she commented. With that, she set off to get a better look at some of the pokemon in the area.

She headed off toward a clump of buches that were making intriguing chirping sounds, but suddenly tripped over apparently nothing. As she fell flat on her face, she felt something squirming underneath her leg. She looked back to see a green lizard-like pokemon that appeared to have been curled up for a nap until a moment ago. It wriggled free and as it dashed off, it faded from view. All except the zigzagging red strip on it's belly.

Shira started at the pokemon as it scurred away out of sight, then sat up and pulled out her pokedex. After a moment of poking around she found that the strange pokemon was a Kecleon. She stood up and headed back to her traveling companion.

"Eric, if you're interested in catching a Kecleon, try looking for a disembodied zigzag red stripe. That's probably the only way you'll find one unless you trip over one like I did." With that, she walked off, a bit more carefully, to continue observing the local pokemon.

(OOC: In that case, I request permission to catch a Sparret (PF195) in this area.)
((Permission granted. Have fun!))

Shira quietly wandered around the edge of the clearing, keeping an eye out for interesting pokemon behaviors. She was watching some grass pokemon swaying together in the sunlight when she heard something resembling scuffling. She carefully scooted over to a large bush where she thought the sound was coming from and peeked through.

On the other side of the bush, a bundle of orange and brown fur was tumbling around in the leaves. It moved very quickly, and it took her a few moments to realize that it was a pair of weasel-like pokemon who were wrestling. The Sparret jumped away from each other, then turned and stared at the other. She noted that it didn't appear to be any sort of standoff, and surely enough in a moment they were playfully bounding around and over each other, no longer really wrestling, but just playing.

Curious to see how they'd deal with the threat of an outsider, she grabbed Meowth's pokeball, then stood up and released him nearby. Both ferrets turned at the sound of the pokeball opening and the accompanying light. When they saw the cat pokemon facing them, the pair looked at each other. One scampered off to stand by a hole burrowed under a nearby rock, then turned to watch, while the other faced off against Meowth.

'Interesting, they don't back off or try to take Meowth both at once. Maybe they have some kind of honor system going. I wonder if they take turns fighting opponents,' she though to herself before calling her first attack.

"Scratch!" she instructed Meowth. He didn't seem particularly interested in the battle, and was looking around the area first. It wasn't until his opponent slammed into his side with a Quick Attack that he was motivated to Scratch it back. After that he threw himself into the battle with gusto.

Growl, called Shira, and Meowth obediently crouched down and started Growling at his opponent. But instead of appearing intimidated, it looked at Meowth and Growled right back. The two stood there snarling at each other for a few moments, then Shira said, Scratch it again. Meowth immediately leapt up form his crouch so he could pounce, claws first, on the Sparret.

The Orange pokemon quickly spun around and kicked a cloud of sand into Meowths face, then dove off to the side. Meowth yowled and crashed into the ground as he tried to shake the Sand Attack out of his eyes. When his opponent slammed into his with another Quick Attack, Meowth blindly lashed out with his paw and managed to catch the Sparret with a somewhat backhanded Scratch.

Shira had noticed that the Sparrets movements were fluid and confident, as if it practiced often. Her hand started to reach for an empty pokeball as her curiosity about this pokemon grew. Seeing that it would probably be able to dodge out of the way of a thrown pokeball, she called, Try to pin it down.
Meowth had regained his sight, and after hearing this he once again pounced for the Sparre, who dodged out of the way. Meowth leapt for it again, and was again evaded. He sprung after it one more time, but this time when the Sparret moved out of the way he lashed out a paw to Scratch at it, thus cutting off its escape, and managed to land with both front paws holding it down.

While the Sparret wriggled to try and free itself. Shira tried to find a good way the throw the pokeball that would have the least chance of hitting Meowth instead. She ended up rolling the pokeball toward the Sparret. The pokeball bounced along the uneven ground and hit the struggling pokemon, who was sucked inside. After a moment where the pokeball wriggled around as well, it sat quietly and a small ping alerted her that the pokemon was caught.

Good, job Meowth, she said as she walked over and bent down to retrieve the pokeball. A movement seen out of the corner of her eye made her turn, and she just caught sight of the other Sparret disappearing down the burrow.

Meowth sat down and began to wash itself, so Shira let it be for a moment while she pulled out her pokedex to find more information on her new pokemon.

Shira looked at the screen of her pokdex.