From the darkness, a large, purple blob began to creep up on Jacob. The creature's movements were silent enough so that the Rocket Grunt couldn't hear her coming. As the creature attempted to line up a Gunk Shot, Jacob would trip over something at the last moment, narrowly dodging the glob of gunk being launched towards him. With wide eyes, he looked to the opposite direction of where the glob was fired, seeing the purple blob in the shadows, before reaching for his first Pokemon.

"Pierce, use Swords Dance and Night Slash!", Jacob would order his Pawniard.

The Pawniard would perform a dance to lift his fighting spirits, before dashing over to the Swalot to try and cut her down. The poisonous blob would release a Toxic glob at the Pawniard to no avail, as the liquid only ran off of his steely body. All she could do was cry out in pain as she took the Night Slash. She would then attempt to use Acid Spray on the Pawniard, only to find that her acids weren't strong enough to corrode the steel body of the Pawniard.

"Finish it off with Iron Head!", called out Jacob.

The Pawniard would do as he was told, ramming himself head first into the Swalot at point-blank range, smashing into her, and causing her to collapse. This attack would neutralize her, but not kill her, which was fine, as Jacob preferred not to shed blood unless absolutely necessary.

As Pierce walked back to his master, Jacob was checking his ankle, and after making sure it wasn't sprained or broken, he would stand up. "Good job, Pierce.", he said to the Pawniard.

Rather than recalling Pierce back to his Pokeball, Jacob would instead continue on his little walk with his Pawniard trailing behind him. Even if the next Pokemon was something that would annihilate the Pawniard, it was still better than nothing, and he could always switch it out before things got too bad, right?

Jacob would see a Vullaby flapping her wings and hopping around, as if trying and failing to take flight. As an owner of a Vullaby, Jacob knew that this was just the diapered bird being playful as it was hopping around. But once she evolved into a Mandibuzz, she'd finally be able to take flight. It was something that Jacob himself was looking forward to.

Since the bulbous bird was just hopping around, and didn't seem to notice him, Jacob let the thing pass. After all, if it wasn't looking for trouble, there was no point in wasting his energy on it.