"So what's the strategy? I'm thinking we focus our fire on the other guy. The new guy doesn't look like he knows what he's doing so I'd say he's easy pickings. Save him for when we're done."

Keala liked that strategy. For all sorts of reasons, really. It let Keala get right into seeing what her Dhelmise was made of, and once the non-Dareth guy was out of the picture, it would bring her fellow newbie to the crossroads that Keala lived by. Fight, move forward, and improve... or fail. Unfortunately, Hara's Pokemon wouldn't be able to use its fire attacks, as she stated. It sounded like Keala would be doing most of the heavy lifting for this battle. [color=ff0000][i]No problem.[/i][/color] As Wallace announced this fight and its contestants - apparently either forgetting Keala's name or simply not having heard it at all - Markus sent out his Pokemon. It was a Seviper. Keala had never actually seen one for herself before, and it certainly looked like a tough snake.

Tougher than an anchor though? She certainly didn't think so.

[b]"Well, with all Pokemon currently out and on the field... I can countdown!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"And..."[/b]

[b][Center][h1]"Begin!"[/h1][/Center][/b]

[color=ff0000]"Dhelmise, hit that snake with, uh..."[/color] What was her Pokemon even capable of? Come to think of it, it might have been a good idea to figure that out [i]before[/i] the battle. [color=ff0000]"With something!"[/color] The Dhelmise rolled its eye (or at least, about as well as one could hope when one's eye is a compass), then started spinning itself in place like a wheel. Then, along the floor, it began spinning rapidly toward the Seviper.