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There's some part of weary Cass that seems to melt away with a chuckle, seeing how enthusiastic the Rustboro Gym Leader is about putting Cass to train. It's truly reminiscent of her close friend who'd definitely be supportive of this spontaneous action. She looks around curiously as she follows Cian, looking at the various training activities happening, before turning back to the gym leader.

"The weather can be really volatile here, definitely," Cass agrees, and not only because there's a somewhat active volcano, clashes of hot'n'cold airflows, torrents of rain ... "Unless it's snow? But even that's ..." ... the silent icelands, and ... of course, deserts.

"I haven't fought in a sandstorm before." She glances at the ground as it starts vibrating a bit, squinting for looks of anything that looks like three really steely hairs sticking out of the ground. "How do you even fight when you barely see anything?" she wonders.

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"whatever the weather, snow, rain, sand, even heat now, we have to approach them using the same fundamentals. we have to be adaptable."[break][break]

as they settle into one of the training stations, cian nods at his gym trainers, greeting them with a smile before taking up his spot. it's then that an onix blinks an eye open, revealing itself and the way its entire body is shaped into an oval, making up the station in the first place.[break][break]

"and! we have to trust our pokemon, because we won't always be able to give it orders."[break][break]

a SANDSTORM slowly begins to rise.[break][break]

"so, are you ready?"

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"Like a Castform," is slipped out of Cass' mouth before she could hold back that comment. Well, she's not wrong, probably. It still sounds silly to her. Hoping that Cian wouldn't hop onto that, she clears her throat and nods. "I think generally, I got the trust thing-"

She smiles fondly at the Trubbish in her arms, which she lets onto the ground now. Before she could recall him, Minsuk's also dashed forward, ready to enter the battle with all of his, like, 2 gramms. "Min- you know what, sure." (She still worries a bit that she can't, for the life of her, spot Rina's three hairs on the ground.)

And she sees the sand move. "Wait, do you mean like, now-now?" At least both of her pokémon seem ready, even if their opponent might- or might not be a Onix? (Those were huge.)

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"yes! like a castform."[break][break]

speaking of castform, there are several floating around the vicinity as they speak, all of which belonging to cian. it only seemed fitting for the weather gym leader to partner up with these whimsical pokemon.[break][break]

one of the castform, junior, busies itself with entertaining a guest, and for a brief moment where cian glances over, memories of Martín del Mar flutter back to the surface. he blinks them away instantly before turning back to cass.[break][break]

"and yes! right now would be good. but if it's onix you're worried about, fret not, because you'll be facing off against this guy."[break][break]

a LILEEP sticks its head out of the sand, waving in greeting.

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[attr="class","emapkmn"] JON (trubbish) m | sticky hold | recycle, clear smog, sludge bomb, toxic, endure, pain split

[attr="class","emapkmn"] MARTIN (comfey) m | triage | helping hand, draining kiss, magical leaf, floral healing, aromatherapy, grassy terrain

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Cass follows Cian's gaze as he looks at the floating Castform, and smiles a bit as the silly little guys. Maybe she would need to get one of them ... at some point. She's already crowding the garden and her pokéball shelf, so ... and she feels, she might need to properly train.

There's a bit of a relief that they wouldn't need to fight the giant snake. Liliep seems doable - even if ... well. She's nothing if not an underdog fighter.

"Jon, stay back a bit - let Minsuk fight." The little Cutifly seems extremely determined for someone of his size and weightclass, even as the winds and the sandstorm are picking up. "Minsuk. That's gonna be- very interesting, but I believe in you!" And she does. Heck, she'd believe her Trubbish could take on anyone, despite being proven wrong so many times. "Uh, and Mr Maher- be careful uh. There's three steely, sharp hairs somewhere ... I can't find my Alolan Diglett, sorry."

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underdog fighter? that makes two of them.[break][break]

"i believe in you as well, thirteen! now stop waving and focus up." he can't say he blames the lileep for being so friendly. it takes after its trainer, after all, and cian is nothing but a ball of sunshine (move aside ollie morales).[break][break]

at cass' warning, cian looks at the ground and nods, suddenly anxious about moving around so he decides the best thing to do would be to stand perfectly still.[break][break]

"no worries! i'm sure we'll be safe from diglett, haha..."[break][break]

his nervous laughter trails off as lileep INGRAINS itself into the ground.

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POSTED ON Jun 12, 2024 22:02:36 GMT

[attr="class","emapkmn"] JON (trubbish) m | sticky hold | recycle, clear smog, sludge bomb, toxic, endure, pain split

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Cass smiles as the Lileep doesn't stop waving friendly at them for a while, not until Cian told her to at least. However, she also has to focus up - only because the pokémon they're fighting is friendly, doesn't mean that this isn't an actual battle, either! And frankly, it also doesn't mean that her own pokémon is actually going into this friendly, either. Much like her Charcadet, Minsuk has a bit of an aggressive streak.

The sand picks up, and Cass moves to take a handkerchief out of her pocket. It does also whet away some of the nervous laughter that Cass now can only faintly pick up on. She, too, however, stays firmly in place. Minsuk does his damnest to stay in place as well, but he literally weighs almost nothing. "Minsuk- let yourself be carried! See if we can use it to our advantage!" she shouts, combating the muffling handkerchief as well as the rising storm.

"Sweet Scent!" She has no idea if it might get swallowed by the sand, but it's worth a try.

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one of the first things cian teaches at the weather gym is how different weather conditions can exist at the same time; not one strong enough to override the other. so the SWEET SCENT works as it laces itself into the thick of the SANDSTORM, making it smell like freshly picked flowers.[break][break]

"i think i recognize this perfume!"[break][break]

he takes one hard sniff only to end up coughing from the inhale of sand.[break][break]

at the same time, lileep makes the first attack with ENERGY BALL.

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A flower-scented sandstorm is bizarre, but maybe also not the weirdest thing in this universe full of strange and stranger things. Cass seems quite pleased as this actually works out - before she frowns with worry as Cian breathes in some of the sand trying to figure out the scent.

"Are you alright?" she asks, before agreeing with a nod, "I think it's that new one ... that cherry-blossom cedar one I think." It's definitely an improvement from before - seems like working with Martin and his aromatherapy worked wonders!

However. Minsuk isn't here to play, as s/he has never left the Lilieep out of sight. Still, the Energy Ball hits them square in the face, sending them onto another tumble as they simply are too small and light to dodge. Frustrated, they seem to throw hands, before Cass' voice pierces through the raging storm. "Silver Wind! Try that!" They can't spend much trying to aim right now - so better to try and just hit everything.

The little bug type starts buzzing ferociously, with a power surprising for someone of their size, and the air turns a bit silver.

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