[center][h2]Richard Evans[/h2][h3]Route 5[/h3][/center]
While he had expected a chase to break out while pursuing the Nidoran, Richard had not expected to have to sprint so quickly after it in the process. A jog or a light run, maybe but not something on [i]this[/i] level. Luna was able to keep up just fine, in part due to her own inclination towards it all, but this whole situation was still a question of if [i]he[/i] could make it.

Though he had expected to continue his pursuit for a while, Richard found himself given a rather convenient boon in how the Nidoran tried—and failed—to shake him off by attempting a sharp turn and tumbling in the progress. With the distance all but closed now, the Pokemon seemed to finally give up attempting to run and chose to take the fight to him instead.

All the better, really.

"Luna, sit this one out, okay?" Richard said, motioning for the Grass Snake Pokemon to wait on standby before letting Sara out of her ball. The Nacli glanced around for a moment after finding itself in a completely new environment, but it didn't take long for her to realize what it was that Richard wanted.

"All right, Sara, simple orders for you. Use Mud Shot, and don't stop until that Nidoran's about to go down."

There wasn't really going to be any fancy maneuvering here, but it would be likely that the battlefield would start to change if this went on for longer than he had expected. In [i]that[/i] case, it'd be a simple enough matter to start forcing the Nidoran into having to wade through the build-up of mud and make it easier to hit, at which point the battle was all but over.

Hopefully it didn't try to run away [i]again[/i], though...

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