(Stalking around the house, listening intently for the clinking of...

and then... CLINK! The small clattering of keys banging together can be heard. from the other side of the door.)
—
(A snarl stretched across his lips as he lockpicks the door unceremoniously with his claws; the tip of his claw snaps off, but the door is UNLOCKED.
Swinging the door open, there is no Klefki in sight. Phoenix is still shaking his hand, chasing the pain of —
Come on out, Klefki.
(Fairy and steel, no real scent, Rotom says. Shutting the door behind him so Klefki can't run away, Phoenix scans the room.
Clank. Clink.
THERE.
The hybrid tosses the Pokeball in the direction Klefki was making sounds in, and the —
Wh—UGH. BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK.
(Angry snarling. Barking. Klefki seems almost amused.
Another Pokeball is tossed—this time it hits; Klefki is too preoccupied with laughing to care.
—
blink. blink. bl—
So close! Klefki has broken out of it's pokeball!)
What the FUCK. JUST STAY IN THE BALL.
—
KLEFKI used FAIRY LOCK!
Phoenix's ankles are shackled by pink aura; panic rose in his chest slightly but still... —
He pulls out a Luxury ball—throwing it towards the Pokemon, harshly. A red beam of light swallows Klefki again—
Blink. Blink. Blink.
KLEFKI has been CAPTURED!
The fairy attack releases its hold on Phoenix's ankles; freed. A small whimper escapes his mouth, and he —
Thank... Thank Arceus.
(He'd caught Klefki... He'd won. Thanking a God he didn't believe in; he turned to leave the room, tail bristling. He didn't like the idea that Pokemon moves worked on him.
Frozen. Trapped...)
(END.)