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the challenge does not go unanswered for long -- under the cloak of rumbling thunder, a medicham breaks from behind a boulder and rips into roan with a force palm. The unexpected attack staggers the mawile, sending it spinning across the rocky surface as both cirina and zeke back away from the medicham.

both he and the luxio this would be roan's battle to face, watching helplessly as the mawile got back to her feet quickly. the pokemon square off, eying one another warily as another clap of thunder frames the battle. roan breaks the moment of hesitation, her short figure closing in on the fighting type. the massive maw that trails behind her opens up, its weight seemingly insignificant as the small pokemon leaps into the air. roan comes down on the medicham with a play rough. she takes advantage of the type advantage, allowing the maw to shred the enemy with relative ease.

they break apart, but only momentarily before another round of force palms and play roughs are traded off in a somewhat comical dust cloud.

thunder claps again, and they break apart from one another. medicham is exhausted, unable to match the obvious type advantage. "iron head." the attack initiates and terminates quickly as roan smacks the challenger into the rock from behind which it appeared, knocking it out cold.

they stand again, waiting for more.



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thunder cracks once again, this time louder but somehow less intimidating in nature. the trio is coming into its own already, roan rejoining zeke and cirina in the middle of the makeshift battlefield. the sounds of pokemon can be heard above the winds as they pick up more and more. they keep zeke and his pokemon on edge, their backs all to one another in an attempt to keep an eye on every possible area of attack.

their patience and teamwork is quickly reward as a duosion appears. it quickly assaults them with a psychic, choosing the mawile as its target. roan floats helplessly as the mystical aura encapsulates her. zeke lets her float, his eyes dropping to the luxio that remains rooted to the ground. "cirina, wild charge!" the preoccupied duosion is forced to drop the mawile abruptly, its floating form drifting upward to allow the luxio to run past it. cirina does not let well enough alone; instead, she vaults off of a boulder and strikes down the duosion with a thunder fang from behind.

a night slash erupts from its front paws and she swipes the psychic type with pure darkness, weakening it further but not enough to call the battle a victory. duosion throws up one last moment of defense, another psychic, but the luxio overpowers the attack and breaks through its restrictions, hurdling forward and knocking the duosion out with a wild charge.

with a smile, zeke calls the luxio back to his side and throws a pokeball out to capture the duosion.

"good work, you two." they've earned his trust and he's earned theirs.



@ solo wild | catching duosion!