[@PlatinumSkink][@Savo]

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Basil nodded at Kalmia and smiled at her, a nervous one, but a smile nonetheless. [color=8882be]"Thank you, Professor. We'll do our best."[/color] 

Pokemon and trainer followed Rodger through the lab and when they reached the door, those two trainers that were battling earlier opened it so they were now face to face. [color=8882be]"Oh, um, hello there."[/color] Basil said, shifting about awkwardly. Sweet Arceus above the young man with brown hair was tall and looked like a model and the blonde girl was really pretty. In comparison, he felt like a potato. His eyes darted around anxiously until they fell upon his backpack with what looked like a very small instrumental case attached to it. [color=8882be]"Excuse me."[/color] He snatched his pack and quickly walked passed the two.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. [color=8882be][i]Remain composed. Let a shred of doubt in and we're going to lose.[/i][/color] There was no luxury to be an anxious mess now; he had a Pokemon of his own that relied on him now and right now, Cecil needed him to direct her in battle.

One of the legs of his jeans was tugged by Cecil with her looking up to see if he was okay, concerned if he was having second thoughts. Basil exhaled slowly and opened his eyes and looked down at his little Pokemon. He smiled and knelt down to pat her head gently. [color=8882be]"I'm okay, Cecil. Do your best, okay?"[/color]

Cecil nodded and with a cheeky grin bounded towards the battlefield as well and gave that spunky Rufflet a glare of her own, ready to knock that annoying little spitfire down a few pegs. Meanwhile, Basil was looking at his Pokedex to see what kind of moves that his Darumaka had in her kit, which were Rollout and Tackle. They were not exactly the most versatile moves, but he will just have to make them work. 

It looked like Rodger was not really going to hide his strategy, which as odd, but whatever works with him. [color=8882be]"So do I."[/color] Honestly, Basil was flying by the seat of his pants so to say that he had a plan

Lack of battle plans aside, it was time for his first every battle! [color=8882be]"Let's go!"[/color]

And right at the start Rodger was true to his word and ordered his Rufflet to use Fury Attack as a full frontal assault. There was no doubt that this aggressive battle style was meant to overwhelm them and make them fall into Rodger's pace, but they could not afford to let that happen. Its mobility made it a pain to deal with; the bird would just keep following after them relentlessly if Cecil dodged and it could just fly up to avoid any attack Cecil threw. They needed to stop its mobility just long enough for a clean hit.

There was an idea, but Kalmia was not going to be exactly happy with what he was going to do. Well, better to ask for forgiveness than for permission. [color=8882be]"Cecil, tear the ground up with Rollout!"[/color] The Darumaka rolled up into a ball without question and began to spin at high speeds towards the Rufflet though when it got near the flying type, it made a sharp left turn, kicking up dirt and blades of grass to launch at the bird Pokemon's eyes. It would not be able to fly around easily with dirt in its eyes if this worked.