[center][color=#d3381c][h3]~Claire Blackwood~[/h3][/color][/center]
[center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHL_Bk60F_4]~Fabulous, Darling!~[/url][/center]

[@PlatinumSkink]

Like Ewan, Claire ignored Joshua. Instead, she focused on the pokemon he had - a Swinub. Her dad mentioned the pokemon to her before, but she had never seen one. Couldn't say she was a fan of it, really, but it had its charm. Not a pokemon she'd ever likely use though. She took out the pokedex she had been given earlier and scanned the pokemon. Nothing real interesting revealed about it, save for that it was indeed, an ice-type. Stuffing the pokedex back in her pocket rather unceremoniously, Claire turned back to her opponent.

[color=#d3381c]"Hehe, well alright then!~"[/color] Claire said, snapping her fingers and pointing at Ewan with a playful wink. [color=#d3381c]"Let's get this show started, shall we?"[/color]

[color=#d3381c]"Rrrrralll!~"[/color] Ralia energetically threw her small hands up towards the sky, before posing rather dramatically, kicking out one of its legs before twirling once and pointing towards the Swinub, obviously excited to show off just a bit.

[color=#d3381c]"Try not to cry when you lose, Ewan~"[/color] As much as she didn't really wish to battle here, she might as well have a bit of fun with it. Besides, she couldn't just not show off a little, could she? Showing off her mad skills was always fun, be they her playing video games, or having a little sparring match. That way, even if she did lose, she could at least look fabulous while doing it.

Not that she was planning on lose, like ever, though.

[color=#d3381c]"Ralia, you know what to use, don't ya?"[/color] The best strategy here was to first weaken Swinub slightly. Ralia wouldn't exactly be the most mobile of pokemon, meaning avoiding an attack would be difficult for her at this moment probably, so she'd have to at least soften the blows somehow. Of course, she could also go full on offensive here, hit 'em hard and fast. That method also had merit...hmm. Could always try and do a little of both, no?~

[color=#d3381c]"Hit 'em with Growl, and follow it up with a Confusion!~"[/color] Hopefully she'd be fast enough to hit them with a one-two combo here, but she wasn't entirely sure Ralia would be faster than Swinub.

Ralia seemed to move almost before Claire even said anything. Surprisingly loud, piercing, growl came from the Ralts, eyes lighting up with psychic energy when it was done, intent on hitting Swinub with a weak telekinetic force.