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The light sandstorm Hide Moriya was traipsing through had caught CJ, too, but it had been a lot bigger and a lot badder, at first, deeper in the desert. CJ’d been thankful for their goggles, pulled down to protect their eyes. It was a grueling task, trekking through the desert as the sand whipped and raged around them-- and a bit of a foolish one, too. [break][break]

CJ hadn’t been out looking for new Pokemon in ages… not since Jeannie’d been well. Oh, they went everywhere together. She’d had a knack for finding them, and raising them, since she was a Pokemon breeder, and all. Until she’d gotten sick. Until…[break][break]

At first, CJ thought Hide was a mirage, an illusion caused by the writhing sands and the heat. But as they got closer, they realized he was, well, real. [break][break]

The wind and silt had died down by then. CJ approached the stranger, running a hand through their hair, shaking loose the grit. [break][break]

“Treasure hunting?” they asked, smiling and brushing sand off their cheek. “Find anything good yet?” [break][break]

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ooc <3 hope you dont mind me poppin in. i'll throw in mod reqs!

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The stranger was nice, despite his slightly clueless, sand-filled grin. He certainly was very excited about the prospect of being out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere during inclement weather. CJ was about to ask what could be better than treasure when Hide Moriya swung back in the direction of the storm. The way he talked about the adaptation of the Sewaddle living in the storm made their heart twinge a bit. Jeannie was a freak for the evolutionary nature of Pokemon. [break][break]

CJ stood and watched the one-man show for a minute-- in a blink, Larvitar was in and Archen was out. They watched the little Rock Skin Pokemon toddle over and grab the diapered caterpillar, hoisting him over his head like Doodlebob in that one episode of Spongebob. After a few moments of victorious prancing, Hide knocked the bug with a Pokeball, and into its new home the Sewaddle went. [break][break]

“Nice catch,” CJ said, flashing Hide a thumbs up. “Those are pretty cute ‘mons you go--,” [break][break]

Just as Hide pointed out the presence of something behind them, CJ felt the ground begin to rumble and shake. They slipped a bit in the sand as it dipped beneath them, and they had to bear crawl forward to get out of the sloping dune. “Shit! Hey!” They threw a hand out towards Hide, hoping for help up, as the steel tip of the Excadrill’s folded form broke through the earth where they had been standing a moment before. [break][break]

Coming shakily to their feet, CJ threw out two Pokeballs in quick succession. Kinnick burst from one, and Agate from the other. The Joltik quickly came to attach to the Jolteon, who slid in the sand, kicking silt up and over the point of the Excadrill. “Kinnick, double kick! Agate, sucker punch!” [break][break]

Spinning on her front legs, Kinnick brought her rear end around, and delivered two powerful bucks to the Excadrill’s body, below the line of its metallic crown. The super-effective move knocked the mole backward and out of its drill form, arms flying wide, sliding on its back in the sand. As Kinnick lashed back around, Agate used the momentum from the spin to leap off her back. The little electro-tick clambered up the Excadrill’s chest, waved a leg in its face-- then slammed the mole’s head back into the sand with the other front limb, burying the Excadrill’s noggin in the sand. Job did, Agate quickly crawled back to Kinnick, latching comfortably between her shoulders. [break][break]

The two Electric-types returned to CJ, who threw a Pokeball at the Excadrill, who looked a bit worse for wear.[break][break]


“That was a close one,” CJ confessed, wiping a bit of sweat off their brow as the Pokeball wobbled in the sand.
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ooc catching EXCADRILL who i called drillbur through this entire post oops.

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Finding their footing in the shifting sands, CJ can’t help but beam at Hide Moriya's compliment. “Thanks,” they said, running a hand through their hair and dislodging a metric ton of sand. “It gets tricky having Electric-types out here, but, we make do, right guys?” They smiled down at their Pokemon, who both cheered in agreement. [break][break]

“CJ,” they said in return to Hide’s introduction; they were about to talk more about yeah, Electric-types, when an angry Sandslash launched out of the ground, an arrow aimed straight at them. CJ yelped and dodged to the side, sliding on their forearms in the sand; Kinnick and Agate went the other way. [break][break]

The Jolteon was fast to round back on the Sandslash, though the Mouse Pokemon-- what a name-- was faster. It gained on CJ’s Pokemon and slashed at them with crush claw, tearing a sharp line through the fur on Kinnick’s chest. One of its fierce talons sheared high, over her ears; Agate was quick to respond, leaping off of Kinnick and attacking the Sandslash with a slash of her own. She caught the Sandslash across the face, narrowly missing one of its eyes. [break][break]

With the Sandslash distracted, Kinnick had the opportunity to spin on her front feet, and deliver two fierce kicks to the creature’s belly. It wheezed as the breath flew from it, doubling over in pain. Agate jumped off its face and back onto Kinnick. [break][break]

CJ stood, spitting sand, and threw a Pokeball, sealing the troublesome Sandslash inside. They had little time to comment on Hide’s own capture of the Solrock-- quickly, they made it to Kinnick to examine her wound. [break][break]

It was a very superficial cut, thankfully, much of it dulled by her sharp fur. Still, there was blood on her white neck ruff.

“Not much for it,” CJ mused, brushing some sand out of Kinnick’s fur, “it’ll sting for a while. Sorry, kiddo.”

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ooc catching SANDSLASH sorry for the wait ahhhhhhhh

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