The crack of thunder much nearer than the last, and Tuesday can see Cid visibly holding back from jumping and clinging to her. She almost feels bad for the little fox. Almost. As Tuesday sees it, it's good that she's trying to be brave.

"You're doing well, Cid. We're almost there."

Almost where, exactly? What is her plan? That is something Tuesday doesn't share with her Pokémon, instead simply continuing onwards. Onwards and upwards. Up a small hill. Should they really be going higher when there's a storm nearby? Probably not, but there's no stopping her now.

There has never been any stopping her.

She's too stubborn like that.

Even when drops of rain announce how close the storm really is, she keeps on walking.

If a Mareep won't do, then what? What Pokémon out there could possibly be the right one?

<'Tuesday...'>

Cid's tone is small and cautious, the sound of her voice being almost stolen away by the howling wind. Tuesday doesn't even need to look at her to know what her concern is: the wind is too strong, it's raining too much, and there's lighting all around. Tuesday, however, does not hesitate, not even when her umbrella is doing a poor job and the hem of her kimono is marked by mud.

"Hmm... There has to be another nearby..." She whispers to herself, watching their surroundings.

<'Tuesday, didn't the professor tell you to watch out for unusual thunderstorms?'>

Cid had been there with her, after all. Is that while they're in this place? Why Tuesday insists on weathering the literal storm around them and pressing forward despite howling winds and lightning? Once in a while, she looks at her map and then up towards the skies, but all there is dark thunderclouds like those that spread all over the Steppes today, and there is no sign of the Giant Shrine...

"Don't worry, Cid. It'll be fine."

Just as she says this, the wind flips her umbrella, and Tuesday has to wrestle with it in order to return it to her inventory before it's lost in the storm for eternity.

Where, o where, could their target be? The more Tuesday looks at their surroundings, the more she only sees rain and grass and more rain and more grass. Annoying.

"Cid."

<'Yes?'>

"Do you hear anything?"

<'It's hard with all the wind and rain but...uhm... Maybe there?'>

There's a spire nearby. Tuesday stares at it, waiting, and having decided to trust in her pokémon's senses, she steps towards it, wondering what they might find this time. She's ready.

Reluctant as Cid may be, into the crater they go, somehow managing not to slip on the way down. According to the professor, the Giant Shrine is actually above it now — thousands of feet up in the air. Tuesday looks up and so does the Eevee, but all they see is lightning and rainclouds.

<'So... a Pokémon took the shrine?'>

"Zapdos, yes. It's an electric type legendary."

<'Ooooh... Electric! That's so cool.'>

"Isn't it?" Tuesday looks at her Eevee then, her smirk unfading. "Maybe we should make you an electric type too."

There's no 'maybe' about it. Not really. Cid will become a Jolteon today. The Eevee's ears perk up in interest, however, this being the second time she has heard Tuesday mention such a possibility.

Tuesday thinks fast this time. She jumps to her feet, and grabbing the long, muddy strip of fabric that had once been her kimono's obi, she folds it into an improvised lasso. This is not the kind of situation to get all perfectionist about, this is some MacGyver sort of stuff.

"HA!"

Her attempt to lasso the Klink before it gets away ends up mostly getting it tangled up, but it does the trick and holds the Pokémon in place. Is this disrespectful? Maybe to some people, but what else could she have done under such circumstances? Yes, she could have thrown her immovable spear instead, but do you really think she had the time to bring it out of her inventory?! She doesn't even think of that in the spur of the moment. She does, however, shoot a quick mental apology to her nice outfit that just got completely ruined by mud.

While doing so, Tuesday also opens her UI, and it's then that her plan is put in place.

Eevee equipped as Tank.

Evolve Eevee to Jolteon.

The selection is made, and on cue with lightning's strike, Cid begins evolving (Tuesday will later say it happened because of the evolution, no doubt).

"Cid! NOW!"

The Jolteon jumps, THUNDER FANGS digging into steel and bringing the Klink down.