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POSTED ON Feb 23, 2019 23:01:15 GMT

cait dry heaved for the umpteenth time, a portion of her upper half hanging off the side of a moderately-sized motor boat. the watercraft was a newer model, pristine in condition and very easily slid over the rough waters; but it wasn't enough to prevent the freckle-faced gym leader from growing ill.

"urgh!"

she blinked blearily down at the waves, tears stinging her eyes as she struggled to overcome her sickness. it didn't help that she was embarrassed over appearing so weak in front of her superior, and cursed the medicine she had taken prior to the trip for being ineffective.

'the doctor said it would help.'

the girl sniffed and wiped at her face.

'at least my pokemon are having fun.'

as the boat began to make its way toward where the pack of mareanie were said to be located, her pokemon trailed the boat by sea. they were visible as they swam at its sides, with only mantine occasionally breaching the surface to preform a spectacular leap in an attempt at raising her mistress's spirits.

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POSTED ON Feb 26, 2019 4:49:19 GMT

fernando had given up trying to console cait and her seasickness. letting her know that there would be no judgement for an aspect of biology she has no control over is the most he'll get into it. the rest of his attention is put toward the task at hand. having a toxapex of his own gives him a decent grasp of the pokemon they're dealing with. voracious little things and too numerous to count. given agency to do what he will, a single barrage of THUNDER and DISCHARGE would've fried everything in the vicinity. it's his go-to answer and one that's bound to leave Vera Lindt outraged. the idle thought seems so distant but fernando relents.

onward.

"we're here."

underneath, the swarm of pokemon can be made out from their silhouettes. they make like carvanha, eager to swarm onto whatever they can get their hands on. in this case it's the very foundation of pacifidlog town, the corsola that keep the city afloat.

wordless, fernando brings out a pokeball and lets out his glalie from inside. the pokemon remains on the boat, floating in place, ready to react with an earnest PROTECT - an innate reaction. fernando smiles, content with the pokemon's tautness.

"FREEZE DRY," he commands, pointing past the endless sea and into the shadows swimming below. the pokemon shudders for a moment before expelling a thick vapor. the water speeds up the sublimation and the ice starts to create a foothold. it spreads endlessly.

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POSTED ON Feb 26, 2019 5:07:29 GMT

the sergeant squinted down at the waves, the frothy and distorted image of the gathered mareanie greeting her.

'let's hope they don't target the boat.'

her pokemon advanced, careful to grant fernando's glalie a wide berth as they did their work. the icy tendrils that spread in abundance were deftly avoided, with the trio moving to harass the clustered poisoners.

'they'll be herding them toward glalie,' cait thought, struggling to keep track of them all.

the three began to force the marenie into a desirable position, intending for the pests to clump together for the sole purpose of having the ice-type's following attacks prove far more effective.

"ugh."

her stomach gave yet another ungainly heave, but she judged that the sickness was beginning to taper off little by little now that her belly had been thoroughly emptied.

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POSTED ON Feb 26, 2019 5:51:29 GMT

at a certain point the FREEZE DRY doesn't spread much further along the surface. the ice is contained to a small platform that the glalie floats toward, using it as a temporary foothold. the waves lap at it but it stands the waves, growing as the tendrils seek to dive deeper into the ocean. on contact, they pierce through any pokemon, proving surprisingly effective against water pokemon. they too find the water a prime conductor for turning over as they become frozen among the growing mass.

now that there's a solid piece of ice out there, fernando brings along three additional pokemon. mimikyu, riolu, and ditto prove somewhat stable on the ice, provided that none of them move. their ability to TRANSFORM and COPY CAT the FREEZE DRY only speeds up the process. to think alexander silph had been the silph to be recognized as an ice type specialist. today, cait will learn.

with the bulk of his set up complete, it's about time he's returned his attention to cait. turning around, he approaches, cautious.

"you alright?"

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POSTED ON Feb 26, 2019 6:23:13 GMT

cait ran a hand over her face and scrubbed at her eyes. she was silent, at first, and continued to heavily rely upon the boat's sides for support.

"..."

she'd eventually crane her neck to peer in fernando's direction, her expression unusually flat before she returned to peering at the sea.

"i’m okay. it’s just - mmm."

her eyes squeezed shut, the beginnings of a headache pulsating beneath her skull.

"my people aren't particularly fond of the sea, sir," she remarked. "and we can barely manage in climates that are too hot or too cold. an alfric is meant to live in the forest or among the plains."

cait somehow managed to stand up a little straighter, her form swaying as the boat was rocked by a strong wave.

"have you ever been someplace and felt like you just don't belong there?"

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POSTED ON Feb 27, 2019 7:51:48 GMT

Bailey Cooper and persephone amavi like this

"ah."

he has no idea what she's talking about. seasickness he can understand but to apply it to general people; fernando has his doubts but hereditary weakness come aplenty. Bailey Cooper 's peanut allergy comes to mind and fernando decides against pressing further into the issue. if only he knew.

the deadpan expression emboldens him to approach, reaching out when she turns back to the ocean. a heavy hand comes down with a peculiar, purposeful clemency. the most he can offer is a comforting back rub, more of a sign of trying to console her then anything else.

"all the time."

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POSTED ON Feb 27, 2019 20:14:19 GMT

"'all the time,'" she parroted.

she considered his reply and then shook her head from side to side. the girl still felt woozy, though his reassuring hand brought with it some semblance of comfort.

"i honestly don't know how you do it."

cait decided to put a stopper on the conversation, realizing that she must sound a bit odd to the man.

"i'm alright, sir," she reassured. "once we're back on land i'll get over it."

the flock of poisoners had been dealt with by now, both her pokemon and his own managed to fell them with ease. her pokemon boasted one or two injuries, but it was unlikely that any of them had been poisoned.

'those mareanie shouldn't be an issue anymore. meaning we can leave.'

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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2019 3:34:59 GMT

"..."

his touch lingers only because he doesn't believe in her. alfric is little more then a pawn - no, a rook by today's standards - but her use is essential to him. the catalyst for project avalon hinges on the success of the elite four initiative and the stable foundation of hoenn's gyms will lay out the ground work for the next champion. surprisingly, with her current progress, even alfric may be a contender.

"as you were then, sergeant alfric."

fernando returns to his pokemon and what lies before him is an iceberg filled with the various mareanie that once threatened pacifidlog. a small backpack of empty pokeballs aboard the boat is opened and fernando does what he does best.

everything is a resource and it would be a shame to waste the start of a small armada.

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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2019 4:14:05 GMT

as he busied himself with capturing the immobilized poison-types in bulk, cait watched him - her green-eyed gaze fixed upon his back.

"..."

fernando could be perceived as a particularly difficult puzzle to solve - at least from her perspective. stormy had painted a picture of him that starkly contrasted what she saw whenever she interacted with the man; which had left her with that innate desire to pry. but cait resisted that urge due to the obvious disparity between their ranks, the girl fearing she'd cross a line that would irrevocably shatter his opinion of her.

'i doubt my own opinion of him will change, either way,' she thought. 'he's always doing what's best for the region. and it trust him - i really do.'

even now he was acquiring pokemon for the league, the man often going out of of his way to supply their army with valuable resources.

"i feel terrible," she murmured.

she tugged her gaze toward the waters, her pokemon now lazily circling the boat that bobbed lightly in the water.

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