[attr="class","gavin"]

Hazel eyes widen at the sight of an unusual specimen.

It was another of those strange-coloured ones, a Tepig this time instead of a Rookidee. Having already caught a Tepig, he almost passes it by... until he considers its worth in the underground markets.

It was about time for him to get going, regardless. He was sick of running into those damned buffalo and his legs were getting tired from all the walking.

His Steelix towers over the much smaller creature when he sends it out. The pig squeals in alarm, but Gavin's command comes before it can fully register the threat.

"Dig."

Tepig's brave flaming charge hits empty air as the massive steel snake burrows underground. It roars in a vain attempt to appear frightening, but Steelix can't hear it beneath the earth. Her reappearance is announced only by a sudden rumble before she erupts from the earth, slamming into the pig and knocking it unconscious.

Gavin tosses his final safari ball and leans against his bulky Pokemon, praising her.

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notes:
catch!