[attr="class","spiral"]Plank said they were going to look around, and look around they do! The caverns are massive and sprawling and while it's probably not smart to keep wandering deeper and deeper into a cave she's got no map to that's exactly what she does. Eventually she finds herself to a large "room" with little pools of water dotting its edges.

"God! listen t' the noises, Mama!" She shouts, cupping her hands behind her ears. Once the sound of her own voice bouncing off the walls passes she's left with just the natural ones. Pokemon chirrups, trickling water, echoes of distant movement. It sends a shiver down her spine.

Her eyes are shut and her body practically melting where she stands when there's a tugging on her bathing suit.

"What, Mama?" she asks, more whines, peeking her eyes open to look down. The Vaporeon seems on edge when she lets go of Plank's suit and points with her nose towards a pool. When Plank follows her eyes she finds a handful of Dewpiders watching them from the water's edge -- legs skating on the water.

"What? Bugs?" Plank scoffs, "You were worried about bugs? C'mon now Mama. I bet I can walk up to 'em without issue!"

She approaches as if to prove her point, a hand already extended to them. Most of them scatter at her approach but one stands firm, makes an odd noise at her. Like hissing air. Its little mouth seems to suck at the water surrounding its head when it makes the noise.

"Ah, ya angry at me? Want me t' stay away?" she asks tauntingly, and is rewarded with a repeat of the sound.

"Feisty one, ya are! Ya know, me and my crew are pretty feisty ourselves. Think ya might like some like-minded company?" Plank probes the pokemon with words while her hand reaches out to probe its watery helmet with a single finger. The moment she pokes at it, sending a ripple through the whole thing, the pokemon LUNGES at her.

Plank hits the ground, not from being hit by the Dewipder but because of Mama; who pulled her out of the way of the attack at the last moment.

"You're too feisty for your own good, little bug," Plank warns menacingly, rising to her feet and dusting herself off, "but that's alright! I'm happy t' teach ya the error of your ways!"

That hissing sound comes again, helping Plank to find the bug again where it stands behind her.

"Mama! Let's not mess around! Get on top of it and show it who's boss!" Plank shouts, "Maybe copy its little jump from earlier!"

Mama does just that. COPYCAT copies LUNGE, allowing the Vaporeon to clear the space between herself and the Dewpider in a single leap that catches it off guard. The Dewpider is knocked back, but before it can topple it's caught by a BITE.

It tries to fight back, its legs scrabble as the watery dome around its head glows. An AQUA RING that might have kept it in the fight against an equal is wasted against Mama's superior strength. The BITE deepens.

While the water bubble around Dewpider's head doesn't pop, it does warp around the Vaporeon's fangs. It's hardly any protection at all and in the face of what could easily become a fatal wound the Dewpider goes limp in surrender.

"Good, good, know your limits," Plank says, preening.

Mama releases her prey as Plank tosses a pokeball.