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Pleasantries had been exchanged upon Lucille logging in after a busy work schedule. Heading into the tower, only to be greeted with the smell of cat litter and rodents. The snow-haired woman wafted her hand in front of her face to try and dislodge the scent assault on her nostrils. Not that it helped very much. Ashen-blue irises scanned the decor of the tower floors as they slowly ascended to the third floor. A large ghostly-wolverine towering over the height of the trainer, purple flames flickering around the back and base of its neck as relaxed crimson eyes seemed to stare vacantly into space. The Hisuian creature blinked slowly before stretching himself out and shaking out his fur ❝We're here now, what should we do? These Patrat aren't gonna clear themselves out, y'know?❞ Aymr the Hisuian Typhlosion asked, lowering his head and lifting one of his paws to scratch an irritating itch behind his ear. His back leg kicking as he reached the culprit. Boy did that feel good!

Lucille's gaze shifted to the prompt sitting in the objective box of her UI, USE A FIRE MOVE. Her head moved in a small nod before her attention drifted to her companion ❝Use Flamethrower to draw them out. Create a ring of fire if you must.❞ Upon the command, the towering fire-ghost Pokémon known as Aymr moved to lower himself down on all fours, crackling flames licking at the corners of his jaws as he gathered fire within his throat before spewing a continuous jet of flames at the various Patrat scattering themselves around the floor of the tower.

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With every successful attack, the platform carrying the challengers, their Pokémon, and the mess of Patrat rose up the tower. The rate at which it was climbing forced Xira to buzz her wings louder so she could maintain the necessary thrust to keep up.

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The next floor asked for a Johto Pokémon. Again. Josh squinted quizzically. Just how few prompts were in the pool that they had already started to repeat? "You're up again, Xira!" With a nod and a crunch of her mandibles, the large insect swooped into the field of Patrat, snatching one up with a QUICK ATTACK. The rodent squealed before passing out from being violently shaken. While Josh could touch Xira while her wings were in motion and only experience a moderate tingling sensation, for a creature a Patrat's size, it had to be unbearable. He knew better than to touch her wings, though; not only could he accidentally hurt her, but being smacked by an insect's wing beating invisibly fast had to be painful.

"Now that we've got a little downtime while the elevator goes up again, it might be fun to get to know you a little better!" Josh suggested, trying to make small talk while their Pokémon awaited the next floor. "My name's Josh, and I want to be a Pokémon racer!"

The prompt chimed with 'Use a Grass Type Move', and Cypress was all the happy to provide it - the scattering Patrat being chased by a Fomantis with a expression of determination.
"Nice to meet you both - I'm Cypress," the wolf woman introduced herself as Spearmint continued to chase around the mice pokemon. "And Pokemon racing sounds interesting! Same with collecting grass and bug types!"
She sheepishly moved a hand behind her neck. "I'm not too sure about a goal either...but I think it'll come to me when it happens."

Fomantis used Razor Leaf!

One of the Patrat were knocked down to the ground by minty green leaves, prompting a chime of <"Got you!"> from Spearmint, and a chuckle from Cypress at her Pokemon's antics.

"Great to meet you, Yuya and Cypress!" Josh waved back as the rising elevator jolted, interrupting him as a prominent HUD message interrupted him:

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"I'll need to see if there's a way to disable these map titles. Not being able to see for a few seconds with every new floor is getting annoying," he pouted before tilting his head back toward Yuya. "It's honestly worth spending some time in the Tall Grass to try to get one. Even if it's just to travel faster. Fast travel exists, yes, but it's limited. Plus I live in too densely populated of an area to ride horseback. It's part of why I joined the game in the first place!"

Xira's sonic attacks seemed to be ineffective against the next wave of Patrat, prompting Josh to withdraw Xira for Saber, his Manectric. "See if you can slow them down with a THUNDER WAVE! Stand behind me, everyone!" Whether his partners chose to do so or not, the blue and yellow wolf howled, loosing a wide line of electricity toward the normal-types and slowing their movement. He hoped this would make them easier to catch for the moment.

"As for an endgame goal... one of mine is to meet, befriend, and ride the legendary Pokémon Raikou," Josh replied, "the fastest Pokémon on land. A little sad he hasn't dropped in-game yet, but I'm really looking forward to it!" As the THUNDER WAVE slowed the Patrat to the point where Saber could easily catch one, Josh turned toward Lucille . "What about you?" he asked, the elevator platform mildly shaking as it rose closer to the final stop of the first ascent...