[@Gardevoiran]

Mac had absolutely no problem running over to the charging Patrat and giving him way more punishment than he could take, the two kicks in quick succession sending the rat flying back to his trainer. Patrat fainted! Lillipup was alarmed, but quick to employ a new tactic. That is to say, Tackle the offender!

Royal intercepted the Rufflet with a Spark, being WAY faster! It did heavy super-effective damage, but the Rufflet wasn’t down and attacked straight back with Fury Attack! It hit once, twice, and OW, the third one became a Critical Hit! Did around half his health total! Rufflet is not frightened at all and goes in for another Fury Attack!

Jeebs shot Struggle Bug on their enemies! It did some damage to Foongus, minimal damage to Rufflet and a decent chunk of Super-Effective damage to Espurr! More importantly, it lowered their Special Attack!

Wooper WAS going to Mud Shot at Mac… but Paradise got off a focused Razor Leaf directly at it, and double Super Effective was more than the dull-witted Pokémon could handle! Wooper fainted! JoJo also shot a Confusion at Koffing, and on que Sandile shot a Sand Tomb at the same target, and those together JUST PRECISELY didn’t faint the Koffing, who unfortunately proved too accurate for Paradise to dodge! Paradise and JoJo were poisoned! 

For maybe the first time, the “I hit you first if I use my ranged attack and you need to reach me first” becomes a drawback! Foongus hit Seabreeze with a moderately strong Mega Drain, albeit weakened by Struggle Bug, but healed nothing as Seabreeze came down at it with a powerful Super Effective Wing Attack! Relatively high health meant the mushroom didn’t faint yet, though. Oh, and since the Foongus was in the poison cloud, and Seabreeze dove at it… Seabreeze was poisoned! Foongus is going to try to Mega Drain Seabreeze again!

Espurr raises a Light Screen! … a little late, because a lot of damage has been done to their team already. Regardless, next it will try to use Confusion on Jeebs, because he aimed for it.

Bellsprout Vine Whips Azurill! … The trainer is confused as to why it didn’t do more damage to the obviously Water-Type, and aims to Vine Whip it again! Meanwhile, the girl decides to have her Pokémon help Royal! They aim a Bubblebeam and a Fairy Wind at the Rufflet, doing reduced damage due to Light Screen, meaning the Rufflet does not faint! However, with Royal’s Quick Attack next turn, it will be enough to take the angry bird out!

… and then, at the end of the round, the Sand Tomb residential damage swirled around Koffing, and was too much! Koffing fainted! All abilities are suddenly relevant again!

How does Skylar proceed?

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[@hatakekuro]

[color=e04f4f]‘Nobody was getting my Nugget. I was watching, after all,’[/color] Anise declared with utmost confidence. In any case, suppose they made that trip, then, Anise could guide the way. To make a long trip short, they were eventually out of the rain and arrived at…

[center][h2]Off-Route Waterside[/h2]
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There’s a significant amount of cliff down to the water from here that would be considered difficult to climb without the appropriate tools or Pokémon. Suffice to say, it’s pretty easy to understand why this isn’t considered a “route”.

[color=e04f4f]‘I was wondering, when you looked at my map, why did you consider this direction, and not the opposite?’[/color] Anise asks, curious.