As if summoned by Eleyna's thought, Naomi was at her side, Steven coming up as well. Her hands were clenched and there was a slight frown on her face. Steven's unwillingness to properly debate her had left her feeling tense, annoyed, and uncharacteristically aggressive.<br/><br/>She looked over the battle, noting Jake's Ivysaur shuffling in place, obviously frustrated, while the other pokemon looked injured or fatigued, not willing to take on the unusually colored Azumarill. There was a faint glow around it as well, hinting at some ability being used.<br/><br/>Naomi evaluated her options almost immediately. 'Tai would have to stay out of physical range. Somnificent was going to be her spoiler. And it would be up to Loon to do the physical attacks.<br/><br/>She snapped out her orders.<span style="color: #6495ED">"'Tai! Keep back, zap it but stay out of grabbing range! Som, hypnosis! Loon! Jab it with your leek!"</span><br/><br/>It was a solid approach, at least to start. And it went wrong almost from the beginning.<br/><br/>'Tai reared up, and she could see the Azumarill smirk and brace himself, as if he knew what was coming. Perhaps it did, if there were Dratini or Dragonair in these waters. The glint in its eye showed it knew the dragon-type was no match for it. As the Thunderwave washed over it, the sparks seemed to slide off like they were nothing, grounded into the wet sand.<br/><br/>Somnificent's effort, at the same time, seemed to catch his attention, the both of them starting to rock in sync, but suddenly Loon was between them, jabbing at Azumarill with its leek, the edges of the leaves looking dangerously slick. Thin lines of blood appeared on the Azumarill's skin. With the Hypnosis attempt interrupted by Loon's attack, the egg-shaped foe was free to respond. And respond it did.<br/><br/>He grabbed Loon and in a flurry of feathers, and sand, bounced the flying pokemon around, playing rough before flinging it towards Somnificent.<br/><br/>As the Drowzee and the Farfetch'd collided, Azumarill opened his mouth wide, a bright blue glow appearing, and launched a rapid-fire stream of bubbles to engulf both of them. With those two out of the way, he grinned widely at 'Tai, daring him to come closer. If the egg-shaped pokemon were poisoned, the effects hadn't taken hold yet!<br/><br/>'Tai churred angrily, rushing at Azumarill as if to take him up on the invitation. At the same time, Loon launched itself from the tangle. Its movements were slower, but not so much slower that it couldn't fling itself at top speed, determined to 'crack' the egg!<br/><br/>Naomi cried out,<span style="color: #6495ED">"'Tai! No!"</span>as everything seemed to collide at the same time. With a deft flip of its tail, 'Tai suddenly swerved and stopped short just as Azumarill lunged forward. The characteristic shimmering glow of an Ice Beam appeared around 'Tai.<br/>With a blur of wings, Loon rammed into Azumarill at the same time the Ice Beam hit. The combined impact certainly staggered the Azumarill, but the egg-shaped pokemon was spared the freezing effects by Loon's interposed body.<br/><br/>'Tai danced clear of the Azumarill's reach, Somnificent gathering itself and standing up at last.<br/><br/>Loon was not so lucky. It lay limp on the sand, twitching, the Ice Beam having knocked it out right after the painfully jarring impact of the Brave Bird effort.<br/><br/>Azumarill danced from foot to foot, looking delighted and shaking its tail at the trainers as if to say "You know you want some!"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>