"REALLY?! DAMNIT!" and he was supposed to be a good trainer. how could he forget the workings of competitive pokemon battling? "DAMN THE INTERNET FOR LYING TO ME! THEN LET'S HOPE THIS WORKS! MACHINA! GIVES US A LITTLE SPARK TO KEEP US AWAKE!" throwing out a klinklang the steel type couldn't help but all into the trap of yawning along with the rest of them, however as the gears slowly and sleepily turned a terrain of electricity suddenly spread form underneath it; in doing so the sparks it gave off were able to keep it awake despite feeling like it was ready to shut down for the rest of the day.

"with how bad its been these past few weeks anything could have set off those wild pokemon. maybe it would be better if next time you just stay to the main roads or something. Once your better that is." as his pokemon continued to tend to the injured biker kazimir looked around when the mention of a bag with honey inside came up. if that was true then there was the answer to why this poor soul was getting attacked left and right...but also who kept a jar of honey in their bag?

as his corviknight went above the trees to keep and eye out for their evac to come pick them up kazimir looked around their surroundings. For what? Well this guy's back of course and as he walked back to the river he managed to see something large and lumpy stuck between two rocks in the river that upon closer inspection did in fact turn out to be the bag that belonged to their guy.

picking it out of the water kazimir couldn't help but notice that it felt heavy on one side of it. The more he placed his hand under it the more it felt like he was touching something super soft. Curiosity got the better of him and opening a zipper he reached in and nearly dropped the bag as his hand was quickly pulled out to reveal and abomination made completely out of syrup.

"ok so! it wasn't honey that was attracting them but...fress berriers? were you reallly carrying around this many?" the blonde asked as he tried to predict their only option , "but it looks like a job well done around here, what do ya say?" he mentioned before and he only held the back in his arms trying to see if anything else might give them any trouble should they last longer than you'd think.

kazimir just laughed at her point that even she could make up "dorky" names for her and her pokemon. "ya got a lot to learn if you don't believe in you and your pokemon enough to know! we're calling out the names of our SOULS! SPIEGEL!" the elite four's voice seemed to reach the obstagoon as his head was still spinning making him confused about where he was and it lead to him walking right into the mystical fire that burned at his skin. The pain managed to bring his focus back onto the battle as the noivern swooped in down at him. From behind tigger had been stirred awake at the sound of the ringing boomburst and the sound of kazimir's voice and was lucky enough to see the scene before him playing out through half closed eyes.

"BLOCK AND SHOCK!" At the sound of Kaz's cry the obstagoon crossed his arms as a large spectral X appeared between him and the noivern to try and stop it in its tracks. Tiggerp's eyes shot open as he caught the last part of his trainer's command and saw the noivern inching closer to his partner so scrambling to all fours the cat rushed forward to jump onto the dragon like the gardevoir had done and with a reeling thunder punch aimed to send it to the ground in a shock.

With their foes taken out the burly blonde let out a hearty laugh at the girl's mention of how these distortions were supposedly to be dangerous but this was pretty easy to deal with. "yeah if ya know how to handle yourself in a battle these things aren't so bad! only really problem is when they gang up on ya." around them the distortion began to fade and slowly encroach on them, passing over the fossil pokemon and as it did they faded out of existence, as if they were never there.

as the edges of the distortion passed over kazimir however..."yeah i heard of some poor folks who walked into one and aged till they were nothing but skin and bones. kinda scary if you ask me, imagine that happening all of a sudden-" as it did instead of a burly buff blonde bimbo there was a much younger looking and a tad smaller looking blonde instead. "like imagine your ten and then with one step your suddenly like, forty. think of all the birthdays you'd have to make up." Behind him his pokemon looked at one another before looking at their trainer, confused at his sudden "trimming" he underwent in under a second.

uh oh, it seemed like their next challenger was a very handsom man! if kaz wasn't focused on completing the various tea room's challenges then he might consider taking this man out for a nice dinner date. unfortunately for him he couldn't be thinking about and instead was greeted by a aman and his torkoal that show out a yawn towards the group.

"oh no you don't! 'cmon out gangstar!" the blond cried out as he sent out a honchkrow who upon seeing the large tortoise yawn it couldn't help but yawn as well until night time fall. that was where it would show its true power of the its' horrible case of insomnia would be able to keep his eyes wide open while kaz fought off the urge for a potato.

"you're pretty much on the spot with that! these things have been popping up everywhere and you look like you got suckered into one. but you're holding your own pretty well!" kazimir had nothing but praise for the girl as his pokemon managed to push back their kleavor pursers and send them home licking their wounds. Yet it seemed like their troubles were just starting as another pair of pokemon decided to enter the fray, a couple of fossil pokemon at that.

"guess we're bringing out all kinds of old timers aren't we? Kusanagi, Jolly Ro-" The bearded blonde's words were cut off as the girl sent out her own pokemon and one of them decided to brew up a sandstorm that filled the woods around them with raging sands. It seemed like it wasn't just stopping them as the Rampardos and the Bastiodon seemed to be stunned for a moment as the blastoise managed to faintly see them through the storm and aimed his cannons at them.

"YOu see them Roger? Then let them have it!" With a roar the blastoise unleashed a surging hydro pump that was met with the Bastiodon's shield but even it was being pushed back by the blastoise's impressive strength. "land the finishing blow!"

"Coming iiiiin" The door opened up and came in through the doors was a hulking blonde just short a bit of gabe's size carrying a vase full of flowers in one hand. Gabriel would probably recognize him for two reasons, one was the fact that he was a newly appointed member of the elite four who made a speech before they headed into the ruins that lead to the second reason that the blonde might seem familiar; the fact that his sea double was the "late" king of the sea people that tried to murder them all on the aqua initiative.

"Hoooows the big man himself doing? When I heard one of us got it really bad I figure I come and see it for myself." Also a bit of morbid curiosity as not many of them had injuries as severe as Gabriel so Kazimir felt like he should be a good co worker of sorts and pay a visit or two. As he set the flowers down beside the hospital bed he turned to look over Gabe with his hands on his hips, his eyes finding it hard to look away from the Donphan in the room, "Seriously though, I heard you got rid of your arm yourself. That's...crazy. And that's coming from me so you kinda gotta figure its insane." He chuckled as he tried to fill the room with some lighthearted jokes at his own expense.

"you think when were done with this whole tea challenge we can come back down here for a swim? that pool looks really inviting." save for the swimming fossil that was lurking under the water's surface that is. if they were going to get rid of it then they would need a professional's help. taking out another ball he sent out his samurott who dove straight into the water, "hit them with a surf kusanagi!"

the samurott raised his flippers into the water as the pool began to recede back behind the samurai and turn into a large wave that looked to crash against the relicanth hiding underneath. even if he couldn't hit it with his blades the samurott was confident that its control over the water should be enough on its own to do the job.

the waves around mt pyre were something fierce, perhaps a sort of effect from the time distortion as it enveloped the mountain? kazimir was one of the few who decided to get a closer look but actually getting onto the island was proving to be difficult as not only was he fighting off the currents on his samurott but also small shards kept raining down around him forcing him to shield his eyes. he was lucky enough one landed in the palm of his hands as he his his face in the back of his pokemon's neck as they moved closer to the mountain's shore.

as they did however they noticed a strange fish that was jumping out of the water before it suddenly erupted out of the water right in front of their face. it looked like a basculin but its colors were off somehow. without much save for instinct the samurott slapped it around with its shell blades leaving it flopping around in teh water and kaz felt a little bad about how his partner was treating this thing. "hey don't worry, come with us and we'll heal ya up real nice!" he said as he took out a ball and tossed it at the strange basculin to bring it home once he got out of this distortion.

as the jasmine teabaggers made their way up onto the first floor kazimir dare not take another step as soon as he saw the aforementioned floor littered with spikes. On the other side of it he saw the old man on the ground as well as a roselia who didn't seem to care about what they were doing.

"well alright then, we just gotta not touch the ground right? then let's do a little more than that valiant!" throwing out a braviary the bird found staying out of danger quite easy thanks to it being a flying type and able to soar over the spikes. "guess we dodged that spiked drink didn't we?"