[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]“The key word being ‘eventually,’”[/color] Eryn replied, gleefulness dying down quickly. Oaken seemed to think that fear worked like a physical hindrance and could be easily pushed aside when it was in the way, and as much as that would help her in present time, his inability to emphasize with his Pokemon would no doubt hinder his ability to help his Pokemon grow. Sure it wasn’t the worst weakness out there, but the problem was that Oaken didn’t even see it as a weakness. Rather than trying to constantly improve, he seemed to believe that he’d already reached the apex and was currently in the process of proving that to the world when in reality he was just another starting trainer like Eryn, albeit a fair bit farther down the road. 

However, winning battles by tapping into the Skorupi’s fear wasn’t what Eryn had set out to do as a trainer. Sure it was a good strategy, but it wasn’t the one often broadcasted on television. Star trainers battled with strategies that highlighted their Pokemon’s skills, not their opponent’s weaknesses. Type exploits were the extent, mostly, but even that was rare since one-sided battles were rarely as engaging as ones where the odds seemed even for both sides. Now that she was battling her own battle, Eryn realized that her expectations of the trainer life really were very different from reality, where the nitty-gritty details weren’t cut out during editing.

Still, while it was unsettling, it remained that the best path to victory was continuing to take advantage of the Skorupi’s fear, and ending the battle quickly was better than dragging it out—for both parties, seeing Oaken’s attitude towards his Skorupi.

[color=palevioletred]“What happened to all that attitude from earlier? Are you giving up already?”[/color] Eryn jeered. Where Oaken had started the battle with gusto, believing himself too well-prepared to lose, he seemed now to have adopted an attitude where he was too cool to care about losing. As a person who hated the phrase “giving up,” Eryn was ticked off that her opponent had apparently subscribed to it.

[color=palevioletred]“Dei, Scratch, then hit it with your tail!”[/color] Eryn called. [color=palevioletred]“And follow up with some mix of the two!!”[/color] 

She’d best end the battle soon. There was no more learning to be done from this battle, apparently.

On the field, Dei seemed to be enjoying the battle much more than her. Flicking his tail from side to side, he rushed the Skorupi, claws first but tail no far behind.
[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]