[EMOTE] Taemin vs Bryony - Night In Hearthome

Trapinch skittered back after the impact he made with Feint Attack, only to be thrown up into the air by the dull spikes of Corsola's attacks. He landed on his back, and he couldn't help but make croaky noises as his legs wiggled helplessly.

Stuck upside down on his back. 

Bryony watched in a mixture of surprise, confusion, and general awkwardness, trying to consider what move would get him out of the rut. Bite wouldn't work because he would just snap endlessly at the air, and she had already used Feint Attack just now. Perhaps...

"Axel, use Bulldoze to your advantage." 

Trapinch looked at Bryony from his position and wiggled around, confused on how to do the move. 

"But Bite first."

Bryony could almost see the imaginary "!" that appeared over Trapinch, watching as he leaned his head back and bit the ground, flinging himself with a small slip back onto his legs. Then, digging his head into the dirt, he skittered toward Corsola with an ever-growing amount of dirt to slam into Corsola's side.

Her own imaginary "!" popped over her head as Corsola countered the Bulldoze and caused Trapinch to go flying into the air with Spike Cannon. Bryony found herself temporarily stunned by the combination, looking at Taemin with a slight tilt of her head. She always underestimated his battling ability due to his lax and indifferent nature, and it wasn't until she saw him battling did she see the skill he had.

And she kind of was, admittedly, a little jealous at how casually he made battle decisions. 

"Axel," she began as soon as Trapinch landed back on the ground, shaking off the dizziness from the collision. "Go in with Feint Attack."

Axel radiated dark energy again, skittering to one side before jiving to the other, going for her side.

"Bite instead!"

Axel's energy suddenly shifted to his jaw, clenching down on one of Corsola's protruding spikes with a cry.

Bryony flinched at the impact of Corsola landing on Trapinch, looking at Taemin with a confused glint in her eye when he used his first language. That was the real advantage here; he could give commands in Korean and she would know none the better as to what it was. It was almost a little foul, but she also found it to be an incredibly creative strategy. 

If he even was meaning to use it as strategy.

Seeing the Corsola was atop of Trapinch, she quickly called out her next command as an idea came to her mind.

"Mud-Slap her up, Axel," she called, watching as muddy water engulfed the Pokémon and with a buck of his back, sent Corsola back up into the air. She smirked a little at the sight, looking to Taemin as she called her next move.

"Bulldoze her."

Trapinch followed Corsola up into the air with a hop, jumping higher and slamming down with her into the ground, pushing her against the ground a few feet to properly use the Bulldoze move.

Bryony's smirked widened into a smile as she saw Taemin's competitive side start to show, raising a brow at the lax smile that he returned to her as she saw the slyness behind it. And it wasn't until she registered what his commands to Corsola that her face cracked and she stared at the Pokémon.

Fully shocked.

Corsola using Refresh made Bryony's strategy screech to a halt, having forgotten that the Pokémon had the capability to heal itself. She bit her cheek realizing that it brought a bigger rift in advantage for Taemin, and further winced at the Ancient Power move and slam. 

Shifting her weight, she leaned a bit to see what Trapinch was looking like before she made her next call, breathing out her nose when he saw him look disoriented. She knew that his strength was depleting and that he was losing this, no matter what. Type advantage and a healing move? Plus, a good number of notches in the strength was a difference between the two Pokémon.

So, she decided, she might as well lose with a bang.

"Axel, Feint Attack." 

Trapinch shook his head and skittered around to regain his senses before using the skittering to suddenly slam into Corsola again. 

"Bite."

Trapinch clenched his jaw around one of Corsola's leg, looking to Bryony to see if she had anything next.

"Now Mud-Slap and Bulldoze her."

Trapinch vibrated at the command, getting excited to suddenly be using all his capabilities at once before dowsing Corsola with more mud, slinging her into the ground and hoppinh into the air to spiral down on top of Corsola.

She looked at Taemin again with her own sly look, shrugging a bit and gesturing to the battle. She knew he would unleash an attack to make Trapinch unable to battle after, especially after using all four of her moves in one swift combo. But she needed to do so, and besides, she wanted to see what exactly he could come up with himself. 

Bryony held eye contact with Taemin during all of Corsola's brutal rebuttals, only flinching at the last attack and landing of Trapinch against the ground. It was only when Corsola landed did she glance down at Trapinch, pursing her lips at seeing him completely disoriented and unfit to continue the fight. 

Looking back up at Taemin she raised a brow at the comment, nodding to herself as she called Trapinch back in with a red flash, quietly pocketing the Pokémon. In fact, much of her reaction was quiet. She quietly kicked a nearby rock, quietly cleared her throat, and, quietly approached Taemin until she was in front of him. She looked around a bit, still silent, glancing at the surroundings and the sky before looking to him with a small smirk that she couldn't contain any longer.

"My influence is overwhelming, I know." she said, a genuine, cocky grin appearing on her face as she stuck her tongue out a bit between her teeth, laughing all the while. The battle itself seemed to have effectively lifted her spirits, enough so that she was showing the more silly side to her. 

Bryony gave an incredulous, but still amused look after he commented on her having a "country aura", snorting and nudging him back. She shoved her hands in her pockets and let herself roll back onto her heels a couple times before shaking her head.

"I don't think I've ever even heard you say Bryony, you know? You've called me a farmer since day one." she chuckled, raising her brow in thought. "Do I really radiate that much farmer energy? Or is it the Miltank. I'm guessing it's the Miltank." 

As she spoke, she bent down to where her Pokeballs had been laying on the ground and pocketed the rest of them, and fixing her hair into a short ponytail with an elastic on her wrist.