[attr="class","sunshine"]Plank is ready to go on this merry-go-round of "I'm in control" "No you're not" "Yes I am" "No you're not" but the Sandslash's reply robs her of even the choice. The wailing of the BLIZZARD within the cave walls, the way it echoes in the chamber, drowns out speech momentarily. And the sudden drop in temperature makes her shiver in a way altogether unacceptable if you're going to try to deliver a clear rebuttal.

The small space is dominated by the attack. Hull might have had a chance to avoid it in open air, but it's impossible here. Especially with the HAIL bolstering the attack. He's got no choice but to take it, and it hurts. It hurts bad.

The attack is so cold it burns, and no matter what part of the Golisopod takes the hit it ends poorly. Vulnerable flesh flips between numbness and searing pain, while his armor goes so cold it freezes the flesh under by proxy. If he were any other pokemon this would be bad news. The pain and the numbness in his limbs would immobilize him and make any kind of response nigh impossible.

He's not though.

EMERGENCY EXIT activates just as he's starting to really suffer and he vanishes in a flash of red light.

"Frightens me," she echoes, pulling another pokeball from her pocket. Yeah, undoubtedly. It terrifies her. Admitting that goes against every emotional reflex she's ever nursed, though, "Extreme wordin' there."

Her Pelipper, Swabbie, and Shadow Lugia emerge back to back. The contrast would be hilarious if the return of the legendary didn't suck all the air out of the cavern. Its PRESSURE weighs down the space and Plank's insides in equal measure. She breaks out in a cold sweat, but manages to crumble no more through a joint effort of grit teeth and painfully clenched fists.

Silence hangs as the fight comes to a momentary standstill. Swabbie is one of her better pokemon -- he knows to wait for instruction; and if not, in the face of the legendary before them even he struggles to maintain composure.

The quiet is broken only by the sound of raindrops as the HAIL around them melts into a steady DRIZZLE.