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Snips began to bat at the spray of icicles, managing to block a fair number. But many more passed by and grazed or hit Snips. Growling, he swung himself along before leaping to another platform. Snips sent the two vines chasing after the Seel, both cracking in preparation for the chunk they would aim to rip out of it's hide.

Snips watched the new Pokemon show up and summon it's swirling storm, which may have caused him to slightly panic. "Stand on the end furthest from the Twister, jump on the edge an' then Tackle the platform." Listening to his master, he listened well enough to retreat to the opposite end away from the Twister. Jumping once, the platform kicked itself near-vertical due to the current from tge Twister catching the slightly submerged edge. Tackling into the platform, Snips shot away onto the edge of the pool, with the platform slingshotting via momentum from the Tackle and current to prepare to slam into the Seadra.

Up on deck, Snips coiled himself up into a ball to generate a much stronger attack for his next move. Hopefully, the Coil would let him hit a little harder.

"Time fer yer patented fishing technique, Snips." Reno ordered, pointing to the pool in front of the Pokemon. Nodding his head, Snips extended twin vines, which he sent racing through the pool, the clear water letting him see the Seadra. The vines wormed to twin lines, with the Seadra between them. Directing the vines, Snips sent them in for an attempt to brush against the Seadra for a Mega Drain.

Against general logic and reasoning, Reno went ahead with the attack, nervously pulling out his nightstick and spinning it in his hands. Underwater, the vines passed through the salt water, absorbing it before they latched onto the Seadra and began to drain it's energy. Snips felt a shock of pain from the water and growled. Yet another salt using coward who won't fight fair. With Reno, he had ill timing with one of his hands on the spinning, sending it streaking towards the ceiling and smashing a fire sprinkler open.

Reno smirked internally at this fabricated accident. From the lack of attention he had shown before when he nervously spun the stick to his purposelly mistimed hand, Reno wanted a quick way to dispel the inevitable salt water assault. So now as long as Snips stayed above water, the water from the sprinkler would keep him running well.

Reno watched, seeing yet again the Drain attack was being used as a poison conduit. He could the swimmer thinking him oblivious bit after the first time, Reno quickly identified the signs of the poison's existence. But his current plan was counting on a little more damage to push Snips over the edge. The Twister the Seadra created looked quite deadly, so rather than let it go unopposed, Reno ordered, "Snips, Leaf Storm." The little Pokemon watched the Twister approach before gathering his energy for it, unwittingly causing a small glow around himself. When he reached the peak of this charged power, Snips shot the Leaf Storm forward before the light consumed him.

The pressure of the fight, the repeated stress, and the power charge all added up to the recipe to drive a prideful, battling Pokemon like Snips to evolution. So now, standing on the poolside, rather than a tiny Snivy, was a larger and more powerful Servine.

Staring down the Dragon Pulse, Reno already knew this would be the last exchange. Looking to Snips, he saw the Pokemon already in action, gathering more energy. Just letting the Pokemon go, Snips launched another Leaf Storm, unsure exactly what would happen.

From the sudden eruption of power would be Snips, down on one of his knees from the exertion to continue standing. Realizing he was pretty much done for, Reno returned him to his ball and put it into the satchel bag he had taken to wearing recently. "Alrighty. 'Ope ya find a regular swimsuit." Reno told the strange swimmer. Walking further into the Gym, he began to debate which of his Pokemon would be next to go up to bat.