At first he can find nothing that seems like soil. While navigating the frigid expanse of Shoal Cave, he begins to see the markings of some great, gangling beast dragging its claws through the rime-covered earth. Releasing a Hitmonlee and Cinderace, he's escorted deeper into the cave with each pokemon standing at either flank.

He didn't feel safe in this cramped environs, and as they pressed onward he swore he could hear the haunting, heavy breathing of the beast who made its lair here. Or he was just hearing an echo. "Do you hear anything...?"

Hitmonlee evidently hadn't as it was upended by a pale limb reaching from out of the cold dark, ripping it off its legs. With a twitch of its ear Cinderace had barely detected the beast, quickly aiming a flurry of fiery-footed kicks into its general direction. In the commotion Adrian got thrown against the ground, perhaps for the best.

A Beartic reared its ugly mug after Cinderace's feet fell down upon it in a fury, coming to Hitmonlee's aid before Beartic could land the telling blow. Helping its comrade find its feet, Cinderace and Hitmonlee were able to press the advantage, and eventually Beartic learned to play nice. But Hitmonlee would always bear a grudge.

"Hmm..." Though he'd rather not spare the pokeball, he supposed he ought to make peace with the creature. After all, as he looked around in clarity after the daze of events, he noticed the creature had made its home in perhaps the most temperate corner of the cave. The earth was softer.

This... should do nicely.

After settling in with his new ally, Adrian found a soft patch of earth and used a stick as a crude shovel, digging up the earth before setting his carrot seed safely within.

To Be Continued...

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Capturing Beartic. _{Pokeballs 1/5}