Kage covered his mouth as another yawn cracked his jaw open. He wandered over to a plain practice field with a few Substitute dummies set up, the taps of his cane echoing through the room. "Alright, guys, let's take this one from the top. Reina, you've got Bite and Rock Tomb down, obviously. How about we do a Dragon Dance?" The Tyrunt roared and her tail lashed as energy whirled around her, as she called on her proud and ancient lineage to give her power and speed to strike those who opposed her down. "Sounds good, now Bulldoze those dummies!" Kage nearly fell over as his directions were followed and the ground shook. "Alright, alright, you're good. Here." He held out a Pokeblock for Reina, who took it from his outstretched hand almost daintily.
"al'Thor, you're up next." The Steel-type floated toward one of the dummies. "Hone your claws, then smack one of those things with an Ice Punch." There was a sound of screeching metal as al'Thor sharpened xyr metallic claws by scraping them off of one another. Then, a sound almost like breaking glass resounded as the aforementioned appendages were covered in ice and slammed into the unfortunate practice dummy. Kage winced, but was happy with the Metang's progress. "Let's have a- oh, alright." Kage was about to ask for a Light Screen when he heard the faint sound of one being created. It was hard to judge whether it was properly formed, but he had a lot of faith in al'Thor's abilities. "One for you too." He fished the Pokeblock out of the case, then it promptly floated itself over to al'Thor and into xyr mouth. "That works."
"How about you, Vir-" Kage was cut off once again as the Axew bounded forward and slammed the ground, sending another Bulldoze through the field. This time, she sent Kage all the way over. Kage heard a reverberation similar to the one produced by Reina earlier, so he stuck his arm straight out, and a beam of red light lanced outward from the Pokeball he was holding, gathering the small Dragon-type into itself and returning to the ball. He sighed. "Are you ever gonna behave yourself?" He honestly worried about what would happen when she evolved. She was already rebellious and barely followed his orders; he could only imagine the disasters that would occur if she got worse.
Gently shaking Lucas awake, he spoke in a quiet voice to the Ralts. "Hey, bud, I don't wanna be awake either, but we've gotta practice if we want to pull this off." Lucas blinked at his Trainer slowly, then slid down to the ground. "Let's see that Hidden Power again." The Ralts lifted his arms, and a pair of white rings appeared around him. After expanding for a moment, they flew toward one of the dummies, surrounded it, and contracted almost faster than one's eye could follow. There appeared to be no effect for a moment, but then the Substitute doll burst into flames before extinguishing itself. "Nice, great work on that one. How about Trick Room? Pretty sure Reina's faster than you are." Lucas focused again for a moment as a strange sensation permeated the room. Reina, having practiced this before, started to run after the Ralts as he skittered across the field. Despite her best efforts, the Ralts remained frustratingly out of reach. After a few moments of this, Kage clapped. "Awesome, looks like everyone's got their moves down. Now, who wants to go to the fair?"
After a couple minutes of walking, Kage and his partners reached the fair, sans Virtes who was still on timeout in Kage's pocket. He found himself drawn to the smell of the barbecue, and drifted toward the booth where it was taking place.