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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2019 2:57:55 GMT
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"this building is bigger than i'd thought it'd be."

cait craned her neck as her gaze slid across the space center's length, her eyes round and mouth slightly agape.

"way bigger," she breathed. "the pictures don't do it justice.

she hadn't entered an establishment of this size before, so the excitement felt as she neared its glassy doors was considerable. the corners of her lips had pulled upwards into a smile that would only widen with each step that took her closer to the building's main entry point. 

"ee?" 

her brown-furred companion blinked owlishly at the structure, cocking his head to the side in a show of bewilderment as he idled away with his mistress. 

"isn't it amazing, eevee? i can't believe they picked us to participate in an experiment!"

cait's smile lessened somewhat, the woman reaching to scratch at her skin with a single finger as she sobered somewhat. 

"i mean we're not actually participating; we're just making sure they're not interrupted. but we'll get to see it happen! i've never seen a full length experiment before - outside of school, of course."  

the normal-type appeared to be bemused by the officer's wording, his features scrunching up to reflect this. 

"anyway," cait drawled, waving her hand dismissively. "stormy's going to be here any minute now. we're suppose to meet here and make our way inside together.

cait pulled out her phone and peered down at the time on display. she was roughly ten minutes early, her excitement having gotten the better of her. 

"she'll be here soon," she said. 
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Technology and science wasn't really her cup of tea. She much preferred being outside and practicing more hands-on, less mentally frustrating tasks. But, when Cait had invited her, or rather, told her that the two of them had been picked to come help on this particular escort, body-guard type of mission.. she couldn't exactly say no.

The girl had helped her through a lot recently, even if she didn't know it. Cait's cool, calm personality was quite refreshing compared to some of the people she had met. Not only that, but the girl was wickedly smart. She made good company, and Stormy needed more friends.

Cait had specified a specific time and Stormy planned on being there a little bit early. She had never seen the Mossdeep Space Center, nor did she know that they regularly worked on experiments. To be fair, though, she had only recently made her way to Hoenn.

Upon arriving, she quickly noted that Cait was already waiting at the entrance, peering down at her phone.

"I'm sorry! Am I late, I thought you said to meet up at quarter-to?"

She jogged up to meet her friend, looking down at the adorable Eevee she had tagging along. She gasped aloud, kneeling down to meet the furry little creature.

"Oh my gods! An Eevee! Oh man, I haven't seen one of these guys in ages. There were so many back home.."

There's a hint of sadness in her voice, but she stands off and clears her throat. Her hands awkwardly pat down her jacket, smoothing out the fabric.

"Is the building open? Maybe we should head inside, see what they'd like us to do first."
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"you're not late! i just got here a little too early," cait said, pocketing her phone. "i was pretty excited to see the building - so i rushed getting here."

her eevee warmly greeted the young silph, taking advantage of her closeness to close the distance between them and offer her an investigative sniff. he'd release a soft crooning noise afterwards, his tail giving a little wag that signified that he had taken an immediate liking to the young woman. 

"and it's open," she continued, gesturing toward the building. "we're clear to come inside.

cait stifled a giggle, her excitement positively palpable as she happily entered the building. her eevee followed her lead while peering over his little shoulder on occasion to make sure that stormy hadn't been left behind. 

"it's so... shiny.

the girl eyed the building's interior, marveling at the interior design and just how polished and professional everything appeared to be. she'd continue to take in her immediate surroundings as she approached the front desk, forced to tug her gaze away from the room so that she could present her orders and identification. 

"everything checks out," the receptionist said, returning the items that had been presented. "take the elevator to the basement floor, please. and make sure to carry your identification with you at all times for the duration of your stay." 

"of course - and thank you. let's get going, stormy.

"also, i believe the experiment is slated to begin in a few minutes - i suggest you hurry," the woman said, but not unkindly. 

"ah - yes, ma'am," cait responded, nodding her head. 

they'd arrive in the testing lab with several minutes to spare, the pair exiting the elevator and immediately entering a large and spacious room with a bulky device planted at its very center. 

"oh, wow.

the scientist whom were present spared the newly arrived pair a few glances with only one approaching to request that they identify themselves. once the personnel were satisfied by the presentation of their cards that confirmed that they were indeed the requested league members, the young women were left to idle away and observe. 

"gods, this is so exciting. they're going to start!

cait observed as the machine was turned on, the device releasing a quiet hum and a crackling energy that gradually increased in intensity with each second that passed. everything appeared to going along well enough, the faces of the scientists reflecting only approval and satisfaction as they took their notes. 

"oh -

but the machine began to fail roughly five minutes in, its light flickering and the intensity of its hum lessening significantly enough to garner a strong reaction from the staff. the scientist had begun to chatter among themselves, their voices tinged with the barest hint of panic that caused cait to frown deeply.

"i think something's wrong.

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"Oh.. okay. That's good."

She smiled warmly, before turning her attention to the building. A small gasp escaped her lips as she marvelled in the sight of the Space Center. It was huge, bigger than the museum in Kanto, and everything was glass or reflective and metal. It looked unearthly, almost, like a sorely out of place object in the midst of Mossdeep city.

While Cait lead the way inside, giggling with how giddy and excited she was, Stormy couldn't help but feel the slightest prickle of unease. Buildings like this reminded her of her cramped and cornered life at Silph. Her posh, hoity-toity, proper upbringing that she had rebelled furiously against. She'd wanted a life like this, once. She'd wanted to run Silph Co., once. But that was in the past now, and just the thought of it made her blood boil.

"Shiny is right, I think they polish every inch of service daily. I'd hate to be the cleanup crew."

She snorted, perhaps acting a little bit rude. The woman shook her head, deep brown locks falling over her shoulders. They sat in heavy, natural curls. Stormy winked at the Eevee as it trotted ahead of her, seeing him pause from time to time to look back and see if she was still following.

As usual, Cait seemed to be the more eager one, offering up her identification right away. The woman at the desk seemed a little bit bored, but she had probably been working here for years and been doing the same thing every day - she couldn't help but be bored.

Stormy handed hers next, and narrowed her eyes a little as she ushered them through. What was so urgent, anyways? If this was all supposed to be a secret, then why was it a big deal? Part of her worried that they should have been given more information before just jumping into the big unknown.

Alas, Cait was trusting and faithful, stuck to her dues and head over heels excited to be asked to work such an important mission. This was her element, who was she to ruin it for her?

"Let's get going Stormy."

The woman breaks her eye contact with the receptionist, pulling away from her lean on the podium desk she sat at so she could follow the green-haired woman. However, she turns again when the receptionist speaks, encouraging them to hurry.

Stormy grumbles under her breath, clearly not thrilled with how pushy the employees seemed to be.

"If they were planning on starting the experiment early, they probably should have given us an earlier time frame to get here by."

The elevators doors slide open, a sucking sound announcing they had reached their desired destination. Once again, Cait seems in awe of her surroundings, and Stormy can't help but smile a little bit in spite of her own negative attitude.

More security arrived to verify their affiliation, and Stormy scoffed a little bit, but held her tongue. Instead, she watched idly as Cait buzzed around, pronouncing her excitement. Stormy herself simply leaned against a nearby window, looking down at the machine that was apparently the main character in this experiment.

For a moment, everything seems to be going smoothly. The scientists are bubbling with pizzaz and energy, talking up a storm about how everything seemed to be going well. They were jotting down notes, pointing at screens, using their hands to express their excitement.

It's when a spark of energy comes off of the machine, the lights start to flicker and dim, and the room falls silent that Stormy pushes herself away from the window.

"What's going on? I sure hope you didn't hire us to fix a machine, because I don't know shit about mechanics."
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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2019 18:23:38 GMT
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"they'll probably ask for us to leave if it becomes too dangerous - "

they'd be approached as she was in the midst of saying this, a scientist having rushed toward them with a look of distress that twisted at his plain features. 

"we need to feed energy into the machine - and i mean a lot of it," he said. 

he thrust a finger in the direction of cait's eevee. 

"your pokemon - if they have any purely energy-based attacks - need to aim for the machine's center, we can't have this fail, otherwise we'll risk losing a very valuable sample." 

cait blinked owlishly at the man, a look of alarm forming before she shot stormy a glance. 

"a-alright. we'll try our best.

"i don't mean to be rude, ladies. but this is a matter of the utmost urgency. we need you to start now." 

he'd usher them closer to the fizzling machine, his peers distancing themselves and looking on expectantly. 

'let's just hope we don't ruin this for them.' 

"i'll - i'll start," cait said, volunteering herself. "eevee!

her eevee visibly tensed, prepared to follow through with whatever command was given by the young officer. 

"use 'trump card'!

six glowing cards manifested around the normal-type before being fired one after another toward the machine. 

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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2019 18:39:42 GMT
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Stormy was starstruck with a little bit of panic. While Cait was in the middle of reassuring her that they would probably be escorted out should anything dangerous occur, they were then approached by a very worried scientist who had other things to say about that.

She thought hard, her mind racing as she tried to come up with a solution to this plan. Energy-based attacks? If they didn't help these scientists get the machine back up and running, the sample would be destroyed? They'd probably get blamed for this because they were hired to help, right?

There was sweat beading on her forehead as her mind raced with thoughts of failure and disaster. Cait turned, made eye contact with Stormy, and had a look of determination in her eyes.

Eevee stepped up to the plate, literally. As they were ushered to the fizzling and dying machine, Cait ordered her Pokemon to use something called trump card. Stormy watched in shock as six glowing cards hovered around the Pokemon's head before launching themselves towards the machine.

She hesitated, unsure how to follow this up.

Then she remembered that she had Chansey with her, and the pink medic was quite the helper.

"Chansey, come on out. I need you to use thunderbolt on the machine. We need to give it an extra boost of power, it doesn't have enough."

She said this out loud as she released the adorable Pokemon. With a look of determination, the medic extended her tiny arms in front of her, a blob of yellow lightning forming in the space between her hands. With a great gasp of effort, the Chansey fired off her thunderbolt towards the machine.

Stormy winced a little bit in retaliation, the light being ungodly bright, and her own worries about everything going terrible horribly wrong coming to mind suddenly.

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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2019 19:03:08 GMT
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cait's gaze swiveled toward stormy and the pokemon that she had summoned to partake in the experiment. 

'a chansey?' 

the young officer hadn't expected that her ranger counterpart would possess such a pokemon. it appeared far too soft and round and - well - pink

'but who am i to judge?' 

a smile slipped on her face as she observed the normal-type fire off a potent blast of electricity. the machine's flickering had slowed somewhat, its hum beginning to increase in volume as it transformed the attacks into the power it was in desperate need of.  

"let's try 'swift' this time, eevee.

"ee-vee!" 

the pokemon's tail stiffened and raised, a glow encasing the furry appendage before what appeared to be stars propelled themselves from limb. the attack slammed against the machine, and cait could only hope that it had managed to feed it a sufficient amount of energy. 

"good job, boy!

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The thunderbolt seemed to have helped. The chugging slowness of the machine was starting to quiet down as it absorbed each strike of power and converted it into electricity. Stormy watched as Cait took another attempt, asking her Eevee to use swift this time.

In turn, she herself thought about using a different move to the mix.. however, ice beam just didn't seem like the right idea. As Chansey took a step back to recharge a bit, Stormy muddled around in her backpack.

"Actually, Chandelure knows energy ball. I wonder if that'll work better."

Granted, either thunderbolt or energy ball would probably work, as the first attack literally involved electricity.

As the flurry of stars swarmed the machine, the machine absorbing each hit, Stormy released her chandelier Pokemon.

The lovely ghost type creature swooned, twirling a little bit in the air for being summoned. Before she could get close to Stormy to display her affection fully, Stormy pointed at the machine.

"Hey, lovely. Could you do me a favour? Blast that machine with energy ball. Chansey already tried a thunderbolt, but let's see if an energy ball with help more."

The Chandelure trilled gleefully, using her four candelabra arms to conjure up a brilliant sphere of green energy. She let it free, and it bobbed up and down in a less terrifying manner than it might have been in an actual battle. The Pokemon didn't want to demolish the machine, right?

Stormy smiled as the energy ball burst against the metal of the machine.

"Has that done the trick yet, you think?"
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the introduction of chandelure once again drew her attention away from the machine. she hadn't seen one in the flesh before, though she wasn't particularly fond of ghost-types for obvious reasons - her beloved pumpkaboo and decidueye being the sole exceptions. 

'it looks pretty powerful,' she thought. 

and she couldn't help but wonder if her own pokemon would be able to tackle such a beast if she ever decided to face stormy in battle. but she doubted she'd stand much a chance due to her team's crippling weakness to fire-types. 

'focus - focus - focus.' 

both stormy and her companions proved a strangely pleasant distraction - but she'd force herself to fix her gaze upon the machine. she felt as though they were nearing the end, after all; the scientists voices beginning to rise and fall and merge as they continued onward with their excited chattering.


"you've done great, eevee. try 'trump card' one more time."

eevee nodded his head, a fresh collection of six glowing card forming at his front before he launched them all at once. the machine trembled at the moment of impact, and cait would frantically gesture toward stormy, beckoning the woman to follow up the attack with another one. 

"i think we're almost done!

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While Chandelure sat back, admiring her effort, she then turned back to Stormy. The woman looked back on her Pokemon, pride glowing in her eyes.

However, the pair of them weren't finished powering up the machine. It still hiccupped and burped even with all of their added power. The scientists seemed pleasantly pleased by what was happening though.

Some even seemed to be jumping up and down in anticipation, tapping away at monitors and keyboards. Something big was happening apparently, and they just needed one last stretch of effort to finish it.

Stormy breathed a sigh of relief at this thought, and furrowed her brows together.

"This better be worth it!"

Another trump card from Eevee was sent, and both Chandelure and Chansey stepped back up to the plate to deliver another thunderbolt and energy ball. The three energy-based attacks pummelled the machine, and it seemed to have done the trick.

Now, they waited with bated breath to see if it had all been worth it, and if the experiment had actually been successful.
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THE RESULTS




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SUDDENLY![break][break]
the machine sparks, fidgets, and groans. a terrifying beam shoots upwards, causing a bright white light to bathe the room. as the energy crackles with intensity, the air underneath the tall ceiling seems to tear— if not, glitch. suddenly, a rift rips apart the space like paper. like the fabric of reality was being torn into with a vacuum's terrific force. light pulses from the gash. for an unbelievable second, and would be able to see a weird landscape— or space-scape? it's hard to tell. it's like a tunnel of night or a galaxy with passing planets of light.[break][break]

then, just as it came, the rift sews itself back up and the machine whirs to a defeated halt.[break][break]


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A SCIENTIST APPROACHES[break][break]

a mossdeep space center employee approaches you two. she hurriedly directs you to an elevator door. "you two are not to speak of what you have seen." with a stern visage, she passes you a written note of reference, "we are grateful for your contributions. you will be handsomely rewarded; simply submit this document to the receptionist and they will provide you with a direct deposit."[break][break]

as the elevators close, she says, "thanks to you, our exploration of space will reach new heights."[break][break]

the memory of what happened today is seared into your brains— and the threat rings ominously in your ears.[break][break]

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MISSION COMPLETE
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100 pokedollars and 5 infamy.
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NOTES[break]
if you have any questions, let me know! enjoy![break][break]
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