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POSTED ON Jan 23, 2019 23:32:27 GMT
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"I thought the league was supposed to be dealing with the rocket issue more than wayward pokemon issues." her comment was more to fill the void than anything else. She tended to do that, talking for no reason other than talking, spitting out whatever came to mind. It didn't help that she wasn't entirely certain of her situation yet. Her would be boss didn't seem like the worst option she could have gotten but she hadn't quite confirmed how she felt about him and the arrangement of assistant yet. It didn't help that she tended to be wary of men.

Isra wanted to talk to keep her mind quiet. "There was a resent sighting on this route, though it's terrorized the people of Oldale more than once already in the area." it was likely in the file for the mission they were on but that wasn't the point.

"Really though, I'm surprised you're even bothering. Seems like it would be easier to wave around the councilman title and have a lacky do stuff like this while you work on some big plan to take care of the real threat." That's what she really expected of the council people, though she knew there were reasons for them to be out in the field with everyone else. "Or at least choose something with a little more substance for PR"

She spun the parasol in her hand, it was late evening but not late enough to drop it.



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POSTED ON Jan 24, 2019 8:28:20 GMT
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"more then 'stand there and pass out ration to everyone in line'? yes." a wave of his hand is enough bring both glaceons forward. in one bound they end up in front of him, taking up the vanguard as they near the last sighting. together, they should be enough but he won't take any chances. he wants this done cleanly.

"tch." hearing her echo the same sentiments of is sickening. that's the cowards way, to ease and conform. he too uses the approach but to buckle underneath people so far beneath him - the idea disgust him. "so mislead them." it's ironic to hear him echo sentiments of morality but he's trying to pry at her responses. while not too unpredictable, there's a boldness to isra's method of speaking he finds amusing, if not misguided.





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POSTED ON Jan 24, 2019 9:29:40 GMT
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Isra has yet to release a pokemon, content to wait and see and she watches his out of the corner of her eye. The one Glaceon is quite obviously having trouble keeping up. Regardless, her own sit in their balls, waiting to be called upon. "So you think dealing with a wayward Drampa requires critical thinking?" she raises an eyebrow. She hardly sees how a single drampa -over sized or not as the sightings have stated- calls for the effort he seems to think it does. She has to remind herself that most do not have the relationship with dragon types that she does. While she can understand the average citizen calling for the league she can't see why a lesser member of the ranks isn't enough. Unless he hopes to prove himself?

"It is fitting though, easier to keep people under control when they think they are safe even if they aren't." Isra keeps a steady pace, both in their conversation and in her steps. Generally unphased by his manner of speaking as she finds it no different from her own. "They're only as safe as they can protect themselves in a large scale attack. A small handful can be enough to squash it if used right but that doesn't mean they can save everyone." Isra fully understood that in some battles casualties were required, though naturally one should do what they could to minimize them. You can't move forward if you run out of troops in the barracks.

"Controlling the masses is a different beast from a skirmish, different resources different outcomes." Isra skipped ahead of him a bit, humming to herself as she let her heals clack against the ground, doing so in a pattern to create what might be considered a form of music. Oddly enough, she was in a rather pleasant mood.



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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 6:13:55 GMT
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"more then 'stand there and pass out ration to everyone in line'? yes." a wave of his hand is enough bring both glaceons forward. in one bound they end up in front of him, taking up the vanguard as they near the last sighting. together, they should be enough but he won't take any chances. he wants this done cleanly.

"tch." hearing her echo the same sentiments of is sickening. that's the cowards way, to ease and conform. he too uses the approach but to buckle underneath people so far beneath him - the idea disgust him. "so mislead them." it's ironic to hear him echo sentiments of morality but he's trying to pry at her responses. while not too unpredictable, there's a boldness to isra's method of speaking he finds amusing, if not misguided.






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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 6:46:36 GMT
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She turns on her heel to face him, she supposes he has a bit of a point. It's a bit more than that but it wasn't what she's getting at and she wonders if he knows it and he's doing it on purpose or if he didn't quite get it. Regardless she'll let it be with a single shrug. She's not so sure humans are as easy to work with as pokemon are either after all.

"If I had a choice in the matter I wouldn't." she's plain as day about it. No reason to tell lies but no reason to fear monger either. "Reality is reality and reality says, be prepared for the worst because it may come. Some will panic, some will step up to the plate." there's something curious and inquisitive in her look, almost as if she'd like to see who would and wouldn't. She thinks it would be a very telling thing about the populace of Hoenn. She also knows she's one of a rare few raised in a world that says to stand instead of sit. "Of course, it would have to be done just right, ease them into the idea. Otherwise you risk all out panic and riots. All that would do is make the region a sitting duck for the primary threat."

She speaks surprisingly freely for someone well aware she does not fit the mold in the slightest.



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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 8:22:36 GMT
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"you always have a choice," he interjects coldly. you always have the power to do so. we simply choose not to. it's easier that way. the thoughts are silent but verbally cross his mind. he doesn't state them because he knows he's too indignant on his principles. the rest of her prattling aligns with his own and fernando lets her go uncontested. at least until she goes on to describe her theories on how hoenn would react.

"the region is already a sitting duck. that's why we're in this mess."





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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 8:32:29 GMT
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"Yes the wee little nobody that no ones ever known was alive spouting nonsense is going to have an impact, sure it is. Everyone's going to drop everything and listen to me." she gave him a pointed look, as if she shouldn't have to explain this to him. "I can say whatever I want, it doesn't mean I have a choice in how much it will matter. That's for those listening to decide and we both know they won't give a damn what I say if the rest of the league tells them otherwise."

Arceus he needed to read between the lines more. Even she could do that.

"And you know it'd be worse if there was riots and everything and one running amok. At least right now there's a vague sense of cohesiveness to the region still. Be it a false sense of security or not. It's the difference between the pecha you want being out on the floor versus it being in a box with a lock. You can get into both but one is harder than the other."

She wasn't sure what it was about him that seemed to rub her the wrong way like this.



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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 8:49:26 GMT
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"with an attitude like that, i can see why you're popular with the masses." he pauses. "i mean, they listen to me." and matches that statement with a smugness that's vilified in having to put up with her shit until now. in this instance, he doesn't count the exceptions, well set on the general knowings that people do indeed listen to him, at least on some level.

"and, i beg to differ. if the region was to split, if riots would run amok, that would make cleaning this place up easier." only then will hoenn be in the perfect position for him to stage his coup d'etat. a little razzle dazzle here and there with the iron fist of silph to bring in order and the region will have no choice but to crown him king. of course getting there without deliberately getting involved is another story. for now, it's only a pipe dream but even that has merit inside itself.






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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 8:57:05 GMT
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"Because you have a tittle they put too much weight in. I don't, nor am I interested in having one of my own anymore than I am in what yours is." this was the point where Isra's disconnect from the social workings of the world became more and more apparent. She thought it all a load of bullshit, what a person actively did in front of you meant more than what someone person who won or got voted to carry a title did. She'd choose the farmer that actively protected their field over the speech giver standing on a podium because one was doing while the other was running their mouth. She had yet to decide which one she was following now.

She wasn't sure how she felt about the rest of his point though. "Perhaps, it'd be easy to tell who was going to be a lost cause when worst came but I'm not so sure about the rest." she knew people could be unpredictable, wild even in their own right and such circumstances would be the perfect chance to set that free. She would not talk as if it had a certain outcome without seeing it happen. "There are too many variables in chaos to expect a certain outcome without seeing exactly what chaos you end up dealing with."



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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 9:15:22 GMT
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WHAT WILL YOU DO?[break][break]


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interrupting their conversation, the drampa careens through the wood with an intense rage. FIRE BLASTS immolate the trees and scar the ground with cinders. the keen trainer will know that this particular fiery action would not have come from an innate knowledge— no, this is a technical machine's doing. a collar digs deep into the drampa's strained neck as it rampages across the route.[break][break]

this drampa has seemingly been abandoned. as it blasts a cone of flame toward the trainers, the dragon parses its sorrow into a vengeful aggression.[break][break]

what do you do?[break][break][break]


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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2019 9:44:50 GMT
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"no, you put too much weight on it. if you think a title is the only reason they put respect on my name then you ha--" he never gets to finish that sentence. the rumbling of the rampaging drampa interjects with a greater demand then either can deny. fernando's already scrambling, glaceon's not far behind as he maneuvers away from the pokemon's line of sight. escaping it entirely is impossible but anything to get out of the path of any stray FIRE BLASTS.

"you got this?" his tone is playful if not condescending. he wagers he'll give her a chance before he puts the pokemon down for good. regardless, one of the glaceons knows better and is already launching an attack. a prompt BLIZZARD erupts from the pokemon's tiny mouth and buffets the opposing dragon. the call for "HAIL" startles the other one into action, requiring direct commands to get it to act.

tiny pellets of ice begin to cascade from the sky as the BLIZZARD only grows stronger.

imagine his surprise when the dragon pokemon erects a green, translucent barrier that stops the BLIZZARD from doing any further damage. another set of pink LIGHT SCREENS start to materialize as the pokemon starts to barricade itself away from any long distance attacks. a series of winds starts to whip up around the pokemon as it launches another volley of FIRE BLASTS.

fernando's unfazed, another pair of pokeballs settled firmly in each palm, waiting.







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POSTED ON Jan 31, 2019 8:07:25 GMT
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She doesn't pay attention to whatever point he is seeking to make because it does not matter when the rumbling beast makes its appearance. She ducks for cover and waits, watches as the pokemon at his side whip up their storm and the challenge in his voice should spur her but really, it doesn't. She does not feel compelled to enter this battle, not yet.

"If you're so eager to show off, why are you waiting?" she feels for the dragon, catching a glimpse of its collar but she's curious to see what else the man has up his sleeve now. She knows what she would do, but that's not what she hopes to get from the outing. She needs to know what he will do.

Isra decides she is content to watch but her Gardevoir is on her mind, the bleeding heart of her group would hate her for leaving the beast at his mercy.

"My only request is not to kill it, it's sad. Not feral."

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POSTED ON Jan 31, 2019 8:29:35 GMT
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"to make sure you don't get in my way," he replies with a thick sense of condescension. that hesitation is all he needs to take the initiative. both pokeballs open and fernando's already swapped them out, reaching for another set.

"request denied. death depends on the creature, not me."

from a distance the FIRE BLASTS are well telegraphed. the glaceons weave between the incoming projectiles with a practiced sense of aptitude. even the lacking ones find the move easy enough to evade, the former using QUICK ATTACK to purposely bob between them while the other relies on natural instinct to strafe out of the line of fire. the training will witness truly pays off and allows them to avoid being caught by surprise.

it is the gales that prove troublesome. a small TWISTER is starting to take shape and it manifests as fernando's second batch of pokemon come into play. mimikyu is quick to set up, crossing the field with a giant SHADOW SNEAK. it's purpose is singular and lets out a TAUNT preemptively, unaware of whether the move will achieve anything. it relies on fernando's judgement, unknowingly preventing the pokemon from PROTECTING itself.

the other pokemon is a bronzong that stays by his side. the mystical IMPRISON it sets up will prevent the pokemon from using any move the bronzong knows. like mimikyu, the pokemon knows its purpose and executes the move upon being released. the BLOCK that comes after is to trap whatever foe they're facing.

the TWISTER comes out and proves more difficult to dodge then the FIRE BLASTS. the glaceon pair erect a translucent BARRIER to weather through the attack. the mimikyu remains unaffected other then having its DISGUISE knocked off by the boisterous winds. instead, it comes in close and wallops the dragon with a super effective PLAY ROUGH.

once the TWISTER passes, both glaceons approach their prey with a renewed fervor. the mimikyu should prove distraction enough for them to come in closer and pelt both pokemon in a combined BLIZZARD.







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POSTED ON Jan 31, 2019 8:53:07 GMT
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"You still get to play a part in it." she is one for accepting the whole and not the pieces. Regardless of how well the beast holds on he pushed things there just as well as it will.

He's not entirely wrong though, the way the beast is rampaging it'd be more of a fight to have it saved than to put it down. In many ways letting it go here may be a mercy killing after what it has been doing regardless of the circumstances. Whatever they may be.

Regardless she allows it to continue but makes on single gesture to the man. One pokeball, held up for him to see. She will release the gardevoir when she feels the timing is right. Not sooner no later.



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POSTED ON Jan 31, 2019 9:06:18 GMT
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the combined efforts of the three pokemon will suffice. isra will never get to play her part. the BLIZZARD continues and eventually encases the pokemon in ice. wherein the drampa has no resolution for the issue, fernando easily recalls his mimikyu. nothing a visit to the pokemon center can't handle. the wild pokemon isn't so lucky. it remains, unmoving, unable to.

fernando readies an empty pokeball.

"now's your chance. otherwise i'm going to catch it and set up a proper environment to restrain it and remove the collar."