Out of all Pokémon types, Alice loved Electric-types best, and it was an Electric Pokémon she hoped to find today on the Surge Steppes. The place itself seemed to pulse with energy, and even as she walked along she could see moody clouds forming in the distance - the sign of another storm almost surely on its way to her. "With any luck, we'll find a new friend here today." None of her Pokémon were out at the moment, as she wanted to send out one that might have an advantage against whatever Pokémon she found today.

She wandered now into the tall grass, her long pink hair flaring out around her in reaction to the amount of static energy in the area. Hopefully a good sign there's an Electric-type around here!

Mushroom's attack hit home, knocking Mareep off balance as multicolored leaves surrounded it. But it was more than ready to retaliate, electricity surrounding its fluffy body even as she watched. "Try to dodge!" she called out to Mushroom, but she was too small - unable to get away quickly enough - and the Thundershock hit her anyway. The static made the grass around them wave around even more wildly, and Alice's own proximity to the battle was making her hair literally float above her now.

"You're okay! We can't take too many hits like that though... Now use Energy Ball!" she commanded as Mushroom regained herself.

On her walk to return to battle Mareep, Alice had decided she would need to send out Stella to finish the job. Mushroom needed the experience, but she felt terrible after having brought her unconscious to the shrine. She entered the same patch of tall grass as before and found Mareep still there waiting, letting out a little warning cry as if it wanted Alice to stay back.

She grabbed her Pokéball but before she could call Stella's name, the red light had already appeared and there stood Mushroom. "How did you get out?" She was surprised, and pressed the Pokéball to summon her back, but the Petilil whirled to face her with a noise of indignance. "I thought you could use some rest! You really want to have another go?"

In response, Mushroom turned again to face Mareep. "Alright then!" She couldn't help but be impressed by her determination to finish the battle. "Then hit it with another Leaf Storm!"

The Mareep never stood a chance. It was still anxiously pawing the ground with its hooves as Alice called out her order, and Mushroom's sheer ferocity brought speed to her attack - the Energy Ball hit it head-on. It skidded a few feet away, and through her HUD she could see their opponent had finally been defeated. "You did it! You did an amazing job!" Alice dropped to her knees and held out her arms for Mushroom.

The little Pokémon hopped around to face her, practically glowing with happiness as she bounced up into her trainer's arms. Alice gave her a gentle squeeze as she nuzzled into her neck, leaves tickling her face. "That gave us a pretty nice amount of experience. I thought you were timid, but you're made of stronger stuff than that, huh? How're you feeling?" She leaned back a little, and noticed with a squeak of surprise that Mushroom wasn't just practically glowing, she was actually glowing.

Alice quickly set down Mushroom and shielded her eyes against the surprisingly bright light. But in a few seconds, it had faded, and in Petilil's place stood a newly-evolved Lilligant. "You evolved!" she exclaimed. "Holy shit! And without a Sun Stone!" They must have removed that evolution requirement from this game. "And now you're more huggable!" Mushroom put a leaf-arm to her face, her body quivering with silent laughter.

In all the excitement, she'd nearly forgotten about the Mareep that'd been defeated. Still grinning elatedly, Alice got back to her feet and tossed her Pokéball at the Electric-type to complete the catch.