[indent] [/indent][h3][hr][color=palevioletred]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Pureplain City  ||  Kalmia’s Lab  || Mid-Morning[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent]
[color=palevioletred]“What was that about it not being able to serve me?”[/color] Eryn called back with a grin when the Skorupi reeled back in terror. The tides had turned, and she was going to take full advantage of that. 

Oaken’s reaction, however, made Eryn pause. Was he threatening his Pokemon—a Pokemon he’d only recently received? And over something like a fear of fire when the Skorupi, being a bug-type, was completely right to want to avoid it? As if Eryn could ever get mad at Dei for being afraid of water! Frustrated, perhaps, after repeated efforts to introduce it to him, but he’d be in the right to want to steer clear of it.

[color=palevioletred]“Hey, why don’t you go back to lecturing me instead of your Pokemon?”[/color] Eryn jeered. For all his bluster as a trainer, Oaken seemed less focused on training than on winning. He was set on proving a point, and Eryn had only herself to blame for thinking that he might be someone she could look up to.

That said, Eryn owed it to Dei and the Skorupi to see the battle to its end. Both Pokemon needed the experience, and at the very least, the Skorupi could begin to work on its fear.

[color=palevioletred]“Okay Dei, let’s do that again! Aim for the head!”[/color] She couldn’t be sure if the fire on Dei’s tail was strong enough to burn the Skorupi through its natural armor, so aiming for the unprotected parts was a good bet, perhaps tapping into the Skorupi’s natural phobia in the process.
[indent] [/indent][hr][hider=Pokemon][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Pokemon Party:          [/color][/b][/u]
[hider=Dei — Charmander][h3]Dei[/h3][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/charmander.gif[/img]
[hr][sup][color=silver]Charmander  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 5  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♂   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Blaze[/color][/sup]
[indent]70%
[list][*]Physical — Scratch
[*]Status — Growl
[*]Special — N/A
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[h3] [/h3][/hider]
[hider=Inventory][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Inventory:          [/color][/b][/u]
Pokédollars — 500
[list][*]Potion — 1
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[@PlatinumSkink]