it turns out, the fiery path wasn't as fiery as he thought it would be.

priam comes across a walrein by the entrance. the inside of the tunnel starts to get frigid, precipitation forming on the cavern ceiling, until small chunks of hail fall from above. priam covers his head with his arms, but not before taking a pokemon out for self-defense. it's not a swampert, but it's still a powerhouse.

"swords dance, and then megahorn!" he orders the water-type. "this place was supposed to be full of fire-types! why is it here?"

the samurott moves in a strange dance before making a sudden lunge at the walrein with his horn. it topples over the walrein, but not before it attaches itself on its shoulders with ice fang.

"ooh, a raid boss. i like this."

he takes another pokeball out as he barks an order. "keep it in place! ice beam!" it wasn't mean to knock out the pokemon, and the samurott gets that. it blasts a ray of ice at the wild pokemon's face. while it doesn't do much, it does keep it from acting out while priam takes his shroomish into the field.

"spore!"

the grass-type covers the pair with a sleep-inducing pollen, eventually putting both of them to sleep. priam recalls his samurott back to its ball while he takes an empty one to throw at the walrein.

he puts a hat on the shroomish afterwards so he can say he decorated a grass-type for the event.