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

[h3][i]The "Cave of Tuff", Tunnel Network, Hidden Cavern, Grand Glory City[/i][/h3][/center]

After all of this searching, all of this time, and the effort to get here, it would culminate in a proper battle! Well, as proper as one got in the den of fiery Pokemon bullying a punk fan who had been kidnapped for entertainment. But the gauntlet had been thrown down, the challenge laid bare, and all that it would take was the response of the two wild Pokemon there to begin the-

[quote]With another big inhalation of air, they swelled up and then shouted,"Igglybuff!" again though this time was different. They could see the sound waves ripple through the air as they both used Echoed Voice at the same time, but uh, this looked different. It sort of looked like the sound was... on fire? The distortions in the air were crackling with flame as they headed straight towards Tors and Sir Lopsalot. [/quote]

...The air was on fire. Sure it made sense given Pokemon were doing this, and the heat of a proper fire Pokemon was usually no joke, but still....why was the air just outright on fire? Perhaps it was some kind of capability to ignite the air? Something strange with their voices? Hmm. But now wasn't the time to simply ponder the matter on Clarissa's part, now was the time for action! 

[color=violet]"Dodge it and deliver a Power-Up Punch counterattack!"[/color]

In response to her call, Sir Lopsalot would try to leap up to get over the attack, twisting himself as he reached up to the cave cieling with his leap and trying to use it as a springboard for his feet. The intent was to launch himself downward once more at his nearest opponent in a fast straight-line type attack, his tiny right fist glowing with the awesome power of a Power-Up Punch right into its face! That was the intent on his part at least, given his interpretation of his trainer's orders that is. 

As for his trainer....Clarissa had hoped that she could help some Pokemon down here, and some small part of her was yet still a little disappointed despite everything thus far. Her heart had been going out to the potential that some poor Pokemon was alone and scared down here to comfort, or a potential teammate who had lost what they saw as their home to go elsewhere where they didn't feel as if they quite belonged. At the same time, however, she'd found a few Pokemon to catch, found a peculiar cave system, come down here with a new friend of sorts, had made a Steelix happy after a terrifying potential disaster situation, and was able to help someone now in the form of a human who was kidnapped by Pokemon. It was certainly a hard shift from the original expectations, but she had admittedly tried to mentally get herself pumped for the potential oddities of a Pokemon journey as well all things considered. She hadn't any idea what they'd run into or find out there, and already in the city they started in....well, all of THIS was happening! 

Had she been told by anyone but herself about the events to come on this day alone, she'd have raised an eyebrow just the prior day and questioned it at least a little bit. Even so, at the end of the day her goal to hopefully save someone who was scared down here was still oddly enough rather intact in a mildly amusing fashion. A rescue was a rescue, and fear was fear, both for people or Pokemon alike as it were. 

Meanwhile, Scrapper in front of her right leg and Pyrite in her arms watched on with her from the sidelines as she gave out orders to Sir Lopsalot. Naturally the former seemed more expressive about it all than the latter, inherently, though the latter semeed to look on with a sort of calm intensity on the part of the Roggenrola in her arms. Hopefully the battle would be straightforward enough that they didn't need to get involved, but with Evig already being THIS chaotic the psychic had no idea with any full amount of certainty. 

However....if possible, she was curious about catching one of these Igglybuff all the same. 

[b][Clarissa and Sir Lopsalot accept the the challenge]

[Sir Lopsalot tries to dodge the attack and launch a counterattack (Power-Up Punch) against the nearest opposing Igglybuff]

[Clarissa keeps an eye out for a good moment, depending on how the battle develops, given her emerging interest in catching one of these two wild Igglybuff if possible][/b]

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