[center][h1][b][color=violet]Clarissa Ryte[/color][/b][/h1]

[h3][i]Tunnel Network, Hidden Cavern, Grand Glory City[/i][/h3][/center]

Was it a gamble? Yes. A huge one. And yet at the same time it was all she could think of on the fly to try to appease the giant of a Pokemon. In a way it was a rather cool Pokemon, but at the same time terrifying to face like...this. The psychic hadn't even noticed her Roggenreola pebble himself at the sight of what amounted to a major predator, and Scrapper was hiding for dear life at this point merely after seeing her and Pyrite's reactions. Had he seen the Steelix himself, perhaps the sentient garbage bag would have cried out in terror! 

Indeed, much could happen and much would be decided in the new few moments as it seemingly took her offering and-

[quote]It looked at her and decided to commit this snack giver to memory.

[color=skyblue][i]This particular Steelix will remember you![/i][/color]

[b]LIIIIIIIIIX![/b] It roared with approval before it burrowed into another hole in the wall, leaving as quickly as it came.[/quote]

The adrenaline wouldn't stop immediately, and as the energy of the initial situation began to rush out of her in the wake of not having to 'hold onto' it all anymore it was dizzying for a moment. Even as it coursed through her veins and blood vessels like nitro in a car, and her brain tried to think of a way to process it all, only one thing seemed to process in the heat of the moment. Her jaw softly dropped as well, and for a moment all was quiet until an almost alien sound erupted from her vocal chords in lieu of not finding any words to use. 

[color=violet]"E-....E-....EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH-?!?!"[/color]

Her father's favorite stupid jerky brand had just saved her and her Pokemon's lives. More surprising was the fact that the Steelix seemed to....enjoy it?! It was baffling, it was stupid, it was all-around nonsensical and yet-....and yet it had happened all the same, right there before her very eyes. Even so, after clapping a free hand over her mouth to cut herself off in surprise at it all, Clarissa would sigh and finally crawl back out of where her and her Pokemon had been hiding before beginning to stretch her arms and legs somewhat. 

Behind her, Scrapper would move up tentatively...of course before poking the still-standing Pyrite, seemingly snapping it out of whatever life had been flashing before his own little mind's eye there. Afterward, the Roggenrola would look back at the Trubbish silently, look back and forth for the Steelix, and then would seemingly sigh before walking over to the psychic with the Trubbish seemingly in tow behind him. 

Perhaps it was good the fight-happy bunny wasn't with them due to his poisoning, otherwise he'd have potentially-

[quote]However, quickly enough a familiar little rodent rushed to her side. She would recognize the little Alolan Rattata, Rau, having followed her scent. [/quote]

[color=violet]"Hmm?"[/color]

Didn't seem to be a wild one, but after a breif look closer at it the identity of it would become quickly clear. This was one "Rau The Rattata", as Nils had named him, who had...found her? Why had it come looking for her? Had Nils gotten her video and come to explore with her, or was he perhaps in trouble himself? She was still following the trail of the Pokemon they'd heard, though, and she couldn't just leave! But...if Nils was in trouble she couldn't just leave him either. Hmm. 

But if he was looking for her, couldn't he just call her on the Rotom phone? The Professor had said these Pokemon-possessed devices would be able to work at quite a range and depth if she remembered right.

For the moment, at least, things seemed to be rather calm if naught else. Nothing like the Steelix was here anymore to menace them for a brief spell, though she could see the new tunnel it had made when it left, so perhaps it was a good moment for resting. Yes...they could use that after her little stretch, and what had just happened, indeed. Still, for his hard work finding her the psychic would try to give Rau the Rattata a gentle petting on its little head. 

[color=violet]"If Nils is looking for me, can you lead him back here? I'd not wish for him or anyone else to get lost in these tunnels."[/color]

She was going to gamble with her guess for a the moment that Nils was looking for her for some reason. If this wasn't the case, she hoped the little Pokemon could give her some indication that the situation was different otherwise. Still, for the moment the psychic would choose a decently-sized boulder embedded near the side of the tunnel to sit on. Clarissa would then pull out her Rotom Phone and breifly begin to search for a 'danger appropriate setting' for it, if any existed, given the nature of what had just happened and the fact she was still coming down off of the high of the danger they'd just seemingly narrowly avoided there. 

...Still, her father would eventually be getting both an earful for slipping in the jerky bag and get the story of a lifetime. Not that it would be a story he might appreciate given her standing in it, but rather the fact his favorite jerky seemed to be something of a snack that a wild Steelix had come to like of all things. Somehow. For some reason. 

[@Remram][@Shazamrock]

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[b]Current Pokemon[/b]:

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[*]Sir Lopsalot - Buneary - Male - Level 7 - POISONED

[*]Scrapper - Trubbish - Male - Level 6

[*]Lady Goowain - Alolan Grimer - Female - Level 4 - Low HP

[*]Libera - Aron - Female - Level 5 - Low HP

[*]Pyrite - Roggenrola - Male - Level 5 - Half HP

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[b]Pokedollars[/b]: 4000

[b]Items[/b]:

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[*]Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes

[*]Potion x0 - Need To Refill

[*]Pokeballs x6

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