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[b]Interactions:[/b] Yasashi Hanabi ([@Fading Memory])
[b]Combat Actions:[/b] Standing By; Akeeta uses Dig[hr][/center]

[color=91ffc6]"Oh! I'm sorry; I never got the chance to introduce myself,"[/color] Shaakira realized, turning to face Lady Hanabi again, [color=91ffc6]"Shaakira el-Akbari. Nice to meet you."[/color]

Shaakira extended a hand towards Lady Hanabi, but before a handshake could be made, the wail of a stricken Tauros filled the air. Lady Hanabi had then immediately bolted south, but not before urging Shaakira to get inside where she'd be safe. Shaakira wondered what was going on, and wanted to follow Lady Hanabi so that she could find out. But she knew her priorities.

[color=91ffc6]"C'mon Akeeta. Let's get this inside first before we do anything,"[/color] she instructed the Parasect.

...

With the wagon of perfumes safely inside the market area of Saffron Village, Shaakira quickly gathered handful of perfumes to stock herself with: a few bottles of her famous Life Dew perfumes, some of the more standard variety and a mix of different ones that may or may not have been selling all that much, before flipping the sign she out front to say her shop was closed, and rushing out to catch up with Akeeta, who'd evidently gone on ahead to find the source of distress. Sure enough, as they both got past the south gate, they found it.

It looked as though the guards were fending off an Alpha Persian, and more than a few citizens and their Pokemon were giving what aid they could. What worried Shaakira was the sheer number of people that were fighting the Persian at once. Sure, an Alpha Pokemon could take a punch or two, but even [i]they[/i] had their limits as far as withstanding a barrage of attacks went.

Still, Shaakira's concerns weren't worth bringing up while the Alpha Persian was rampaging like this. She'd be better off offering what services she could for the time being, and staying back from combat all the while.

[color=91ffc6]"Is everyone OK?"[/color] Shaakira asked around, although she was looking specifically for the Tauros whose voice she heard earlier.

Meanwhile, Akeeta started to dig a tunnel underground. It knew it had to get close in order to fight the Alpha Persian effectively, and it knew it had to close the distance that it needed to safely. It kept tunneling its way towards the Persian, ready to strike at a moment's notice.