[Mission] Shark Week

[Misora]

Why had she agreed to this? Even before reaching the naval base, Misora had started to second-guess her participating in such a mission. She had gotten used to flying over water, but this was going to be a battle where the opponents were in the water. No matter the extra security added to Pacifidlog, at the end of the day, it was essentially a bunch of rafts supporting buildings and people. She would have been fine just staying on Pelipper and commanding her other Pokemon from above, but the person she was coordinating with was not a fellow member of the Rayquaza Air Force and would probably fight from the ground.

Sighing, the bird keeper gingerly climbed off the large bird Pokemon, trying to pretend the wood under her feet was a tree branch instead of a raft. It's just like climbing a tree, it's just like climbing a tree... It was nothing like climbing a tree. Misora groaned as the raft swayed under her from a passing wave. What would it be like when an actual battle started? Pushing those thoughts aside, she waited for her Emolga to follow her down, then returned Pelipper to his Pokeball. She reached for the ball containing Tropius for just a moment, then glanced at the wood beneath her feet for a moment. How much weight could it hold? Sure, the town hadn't ever sunk before, as far as she knew, but she wasn't about to take her chances.

Heracross came out instead, landing in front of her much more lightly than the flying dinosaur would have. Not willing to crowd any more Pokemon right around her -- even if only for the time it took for them to get out of their Pokeballs and take off -- she settled for those two until she had a chance to see what those sharks were capable of. Once more trying not to think about the water not so far below her feet, Misora brought her chosen two Pokemon to look for Kyra.

[Kyra]

Kyra wasn't too hard to spot, considering the area had been cleared. She was the skinny, small one standing at just under five foot, sure, but bright pink hair tended to make up for any initial overlooking the young woman might receive. When she caught sight of Misora she almost bounced- but, oh, that wasn't a very good idea here. Instead, she tried her hand at carefully putting one foot in front of the other as quick as she could manage. It wasn't quite as fast as she'd like, but she had some extra incentive for being careful not to drop right into the water. This time it wasn't just first impressions.

"Hey, hey!" she raised a hand in an attempt at a wave before she stopped in front of the other woman and her heracross. "You're my partner, right?" Here's hoping this person wouldn't judge too much based on looks alone. That's happened before, and oh, it is, like, so infuriating.

Misora

[Misora]

Misora couldn't help being surprised when she spotted the only person that could be who she was looking for. The woman's height made it easy to think she was a child at first glance, but the greeting confirmed that this was, in fact, who she was looking for. Dropping her initial assumption of Kyra's age, Misora returned a quick wave.

"Yup," she confirmed, quickly switching her thoughts to the task at hand. The sooner this was taken care of, the sooner she could get back to the safety of the sky above dry land. "How do you want to do this? My Pokemon are best at fighting from the air," she explained, glancing from her Heracross to her Emolga. They could deal with Sharpedos that breached the surface well enough, but Misora didn't have much of an offensive plan to deal with them while they were still submerged -- unless frying the whole ocean with a series of Discharges counted, anyway.

[Kyra]

Kyra caught on pretty quick, a grin spreading across her face. "Oh, so maybe if I can lure them above water, yeah? About how far up do you need them?" As she asked, she pulled her pack from over her shoulders and dug for a pokeball, releasing Lacerta. The Starmie gave out a cry that sounded almost like a yell, spinning in the air.

As the star shaped water type's gem flashed, Kyra turned to the taller woman and smiled, as she pulled for another pokeball. "Do you think this will work?" Vela would be too heavy on the planks, no, better not. Maybe ... She pulled for Major's pokeball. In a red flash, a Teddiursa appeared, looking up at the unfamiliar pokemon and trainer with big eyes as he adjusted his weight to the plank below him.

She would have to prep Lacerta, make sure she could be careful. Maybe set up some kind of backup ...

[Misora]

Misora nodded in response to the reply, glad they'd been able to sort out a plan easily enough. She didn't like to spend a bunch of time sitting around making strategies, especially on unstable ground. "That would work," she replied, watching the Pokeball. "They don't need to be too high, just enough to be hit with a Discharge. Emolga's pretty quick." A Starmie, definitely more suitable for underwater combat than anything she had. Making a mental note to find a Mantine or Gyarados or something later in case this happened again in the future, she watched the next Pokemon come out, a little more puzzled by the Teddiursa.

"Yeah, it'll be no problem," Misora replied confidently. How hard could it be to deal with a few sharks for people trained to fight a war? "Come on, Emolga, Charge up, we have some fish to fry," she told the flying squirrel with a grin, watching the electricity crackle around white fur as the Pokemon powered up in preparation for unleashing an electric attack the moment an enemy came into view.