To say that an outing in Ultra Space would excite the young scientist was an understatement of gigantic proportions. Ever since the group stepped inside, Soyeon was scribbling things down on her clipboard that she brought with her. Her frantic writing down spoke more about her than she ever could. "Ah, a bit of practicality to break up the day." She said, elated to spend time in her designated field. Her companions seemed to be as excited as she was, at least to her. There was a rugged looking man with an eyepatch and beautiful looking woman. Both of which were new to her, as per usual. She walked silently along and seemed as happy as a Clampearl to be inside of this Crater area. Nikolaj would warn about the geysers here as she nodded in agreement.

"Do watch your step. These geyers contain abnormal amounts of sulfur. More than likely as a result of absorption of this environment's abundance of the element. Which is to say, getting burned by that will be severely painful." Soyeon geeked out during this little factoid, careful to ensure that everyone would stay safe during this expedition. The other female of the group, Freya, would ask her if she had ever been here as the Rocket would gladly answer. "Not to the Crater in person, but I've been to the Ultra Sea before. My research consists mostly from accounts of other people, so a chance to personally visit Ultra Space was too good to pass up! " She said while hopping over another gyser, careful not to upset the distance as she'd look over to the other two people present.

"I've been studying them for quite some time now. It's always a privilege to learn more about them, especially from two capable trainers as help! I actually just worked with a sample of a mineral from the Ultra Volcano just the other day. Did you know that-"

Her rambling was interrupted by the sound of buzzing. It was only faint, but the volume was increasing, and fast. Soyeon had heard it a bit too late as a blurred set of wings would dive bomb towards her. She yelped and dived forward, only narrowly missing certain death. The scientist tumbled towards Nikolaj and spun herself around just in time to catch sight of a gigantic Vikavolt the size of a tower embedded inside of the earth. She hopped right up as her eyes widened in awe and horror.

"Fascinating! I wasn't aware a common bug type could grow to such a size here." Soyeon said, fumbling to call out a Pokémon. "Would you two kindly assist me?"

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Soyeon did look over keenly at Nikolaj's discovery. Gold coming from the bamboo here? "Oh? That's certainly a new one!" she said while getting ready to take some of the gold that the man had found before their interruption made by the huge bug currently around them. It would continue to u lodge itself from the earth, crackling with electricity while the ground around them would begin to violently react.

Soyeon managed to unlatch her Charizard from her belt, throwing it out while hopping aboard Freya's Salamance. She'd budge over to look at the woman's reddened skin having taken a direct blast of gyser steam. If only Soyeon had some way of how to relieve burns available! "It'll be okay." she offered at a base level, squirming back over as she watched the reaction from the many different elements around them. The Garchomp and the Vikavolt had been thrown backwards from the impact of the former's attack.

"Help that Garchomp out, Ignis! Inferno!" Soyeon yelled. The Charizard would rear its head back before then unleashing a powerful fireball at the Vikavolt. The flames had only licked the exterior of the bug type's carapace, but managed to stun it for long enough to allow the Garchomp to escape or follow up. Regardless, she'd turn back to the other two. "We should try and find more suitable ground for this battle. This area looks like it's ready to explode."

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Soyeon held onto the group's ride, her hands latching onto the saddle. The jerkiness would have surely thrown her off had Nikolaj not been present behind her. She'd slam into him a couple of times during their little take off while watching as Lyune would soar into the air and run around while the huge Vikavolt would sound off behind him. Ignis was a pretty strong combatant on his own, but he was still just a Charizard. This gigantic bug type could take whatever he could throw at him and zap it back out. The skies filled with electricity blasts and more while the party could bob and weave around the space.

As her Charizard would blast the man once more, he'd be hit by an electric attack, sending him back several meters as Soyeon would frown while clutching Lyune's back. "This isn't really working. Anybody have any ideas?" She asked the two while the Vikavolt was on their tail. It would hum unleashing a wind beats towards Lyune and everyone did their best to stay on. The gigantic enemy would attempt to plunge towards them again, sending chunks to fall from everywhere as a chunk would land in Soyeon's hand. her eyes scanned the exposed layers as her eyes would spot something interesting.

"The ground!" The scientist said happily. showing the two her chunk of earth. Despite how crazy she may have seemed, there was a reason for her outburst. "I've studied this before in the Ultra Volcano I mentioned from before. Ah, I should make this easy to understand..." she said, trying her hardest to summarize her thoughts. "But further down in the ground lies this extremely volatile element that's explosive once it's exposed to a large enough heat source. We just have to expose it first...Then somehow try and trick this Vikavolt into exposing it and then applying heat."

🗺️ SOYEON KWAN's expertise and or focus on ultra space studies must be explored in some way.

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The wind was howling around them as Soyeon steadied herself with help from Nikolaj behind her. He roared something that she could faintly here, although she had taken a stab at what she thought the question was. "We'll need enough force to uproot the ground and expose the material before a heat source can be applied. Luckily, we have a more than capable volunteer, if the Vikavolt is willing to help us." Fortunately, they were set up just for that. Soyeon whistled out for Ignis, who would dive in the direction the gang where going before then stopping besides the Flygon as he readied himself. The crackling of ground sounded off around them, plates shifting, geysers singing as steam rose from within. Freya asked how big the explosion would be as Soyeon gave her an apologetic glance.

"It should be enough to deal with the pest." Her grip on the saddle tightened. "Once the exposed to a heat source, the resulting chemical reaction should cause ignition from where the sulfuric vents are located. I imagine that we'll only have a handful of seconds to leave as soon as we shoot our attacms towards the core." Soyeon finished as she waited until everyone was ready, then nodding her head at the two. "Alright, on my mark. 3…2…"

KRRRRRBLM!

The ground was thrown into pieces around them, the Vikavolt's head burrowing inside of the earth as its two pincers were seen, tearing out a chunk and electricity crackled around it. The woman jumped back in her seat as the grounds core was revealed. Unlike the barren wasteland, the interior almost looked like a roots of some kind, with a faint white substances traveling inside of thinly veiled tunnels. Her eyes went to that and back to Freya as she frowned. "Now, with the amount that will react to the fire attack, I would suggest that you start racing off now. This is going to be rather big."

She turned back to her Charizard before a finger was pointed at the core. "Now! Inferno again!" The Charizard omce again gathered the flames in its maw before blasting it towards the core. As the attack would sail towards the core, Soyeon recalled Ignis and screamed out to Freya, "Go, go, go!"

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