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POSTED ON Mar 21, 2019 1:40:29 GMT
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lupe looks intimidating. a dark, brooding man with a handsome cut to his sculpt. yet noah's not deterred by bigger men. instead, it is the chorus of protestors outside the powerplant that strike the most fear in his heart. it's unnatural. unnatural to see such resistance pointed so squarely at one's tiny self.

"feels bad." noah says, rubbing his bare arm. it's a little chilly inside. inside the sun-blind guts of the overgrown plant, the industrial innards are cold to the touch. "feels bad to displace these guys."

he points toward a sparking pillar of magnemites. their magnets stick to a jungle of cordage. wreaths of bolts and shackle their bodies in jagged rivers.

pulling out a pokéball, he casts out his diggersby. the large hare grins, patting its large stomach. "so, where are ya from, lupe?"

he leans in, whispering as if to hide his awkward lilt from the magnets.

"we're on a first name basis now, right?"



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Loud crowds didn't bother Lupe, as he made his way into the power plant with Noah by his side. Protestors had nothing on some of the customer service stories he could've told back when life was simpler, working at the mall in Celadon. The angry voices were nothing but a dull sound muffled by thick steel once passed into New Mauville. The lights were a bit dim, a humming ambience filled the air that could've been sourced from either the machinery or the Pokemon feeding from it.

Lupe couldn't say he shared the same sentiment as Noah when he mentioned the guilt over clearing out the creatures currently calling this area home. "They'll find some place else to live," He said, gesturing with a dismissive shrug. "Or maybe they'll just come back in a few weeks or months time."

Following Noah's lead, the man withdrew a Pokeball of his own and released his Quilava, the fire-type looking around curiously at his new surroundings.

"Celadon," Lupe answered the other's question and gave a short downward nod of his head to confirm first names were fine. Anything else would feel too formal or forced and he wasn't a fan of that. "That's in Kanto," The trainer added just in case Noah wasn't aware. "How about you?"

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lupe thinks they'll come back. noah wonders if it's as easy as he says. after the quilava is drawn out of its ball, diggersby peers at the smaller pokemon with the wide berth of its smile. the shadow of the hare's massive figure moves over the quilava like an ominous sheet.


"kanto too." noah echoes. "then johto. now? here." he recounts his own version of the simpler life, but he's wary of viewing a rosaceous past. with a quiet simper, he gazes up at lupe, brown bangs tracing by his cheek.
"so lupe, uh... ever miss home?"

his diggersby waddles over to the pillar riddled with the parasitic magnets. with a low bellow, the hare stomps the ground, beating its belly as BULLDOZE begins to loosen the clusters of magnemite from their post.

the plant quakes and rattles their bones.


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It was definitely a damper to the mood, recounting how the Rocket regime was forcing their rule from region to region, yet to be put to a stop. But that's why he was here, and Noah he assumed, and every other person who fought for the league.

"Yeah,"
Lupe answered after a moment of wondering if he wanted to display that vulnerability. Loyalty to one's place of origin wasn't a weakness, the man had decided.

The Quilava looked up at the larger Pokemon and took a lower stance to the ground, letting out a quiet hiss as sparks began to flare off of the fire-type's pelt. Lupe put his Pokemon at ease quickly with a click of his tongue and soon began helping out the other in removing the Magnemite. As the inorganic creatures were jostled from their nest, the Quilava gave each one a sturdy headbutt, a half mane of fire flaring up around it's neck to deal out punishing damage but holding back so as not to knock the Magnemite unconscious. Occasionally the Pokemon let out out a haughty yip, watching the electric-types hover away.

"But," Lupe spoke up with more confidence, "Rocket will soon realize Kantonians are a force to be reckoned with. We'll kick their asses out of Hoenn and then every other dark corner they try to hide away in."

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noah wasn't sure what home meant now. and despite the sincerity of his question, an emptiness festered therein. now, as they cleared a power plant for the sake of mauville's expansion, noah found his thoughts occasionally slipping into an insidious negative coil. would this expansion be all for naught?

with the destruction of slateport smoking southward, the younger man wondered if they were simply clearing this plant for rocket to occupy in a second wave of invasions.

the quilava's yip accompanies his diggersby's haughty baritone laughter. a difference reversely mirrored by lupe and noah's contrasting forms. a charming partnership.

lupe's confident announcement hauls noah's shoulders to attention. "when you put it like that..."

the hairs on noah's skin rise. a current charges the air with a tension so thick it irritates the skin. suddenly, the fallen magnemite launch from their stationary positions on the ground toward the two.

"ack, look out!" noah tries to pull lupe out of the way of one magnemite as he turns back, his brown bangs sweeping across his face.

behind them, a territorial magnezone, adorned with clusters of refugee magnemites, stares them down with a foreboding single eye.


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"Wh- hrck-" Lupe started to speak but was ct off as the collar of his shirt pressed against his throat as the other League member suddenly hauled on him. Taken off-guard, his arms waved in the air for a second as he stumbled back and fought to maintain his balance.

The Quilava had turned already to face the Magnezone, it's short fur dual coloured fur bristling out of fear, or the heightened electric currents in the air, or both. It let out a hiss, the flames sprouting from it's body waving dangerously as a warning but holding action, waiting for a command.

"Looks like we got a big one," Lupe said with a grin, seemingly undeterred by the presence of the larger Pokemon. Quilava had the type advantage, steel bending under the heat of fire, so it was fine right? "Quilava, flamewheel!"

The fire-type let out a keen as it confirmed the order and then rushed forward towards the Magnezone. Pushing off the ground, the Quilava died a forward flip, turning into a spin, as it's body was enveloped by an inferno and it crashed into the magnet Pokemon's body. The attack left scorch marks on the metal carapace of the inorganic creature but it was clearly not deterred yet. In retaliation, it sent out a bright arc of lightning towards the smaller Pokemon, sending it reeling backwards from the shock damage with a pained cry.

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"thought this was gonna be a walk in the park." noah's exclamation contains no complaint.

emboldened by lupe's unfaltering countenance, the martial artist readies his diggersby, prompting the large hare to wind up one of its large ears. the tip folds into a fist-like balls as the diggersby traces the fiery path blazed forth by the quilava.

the scorch marks singe the magnezone's metallic hide. a bitter scent sizzles from the charred tracks. noah gasps, seeing quilava struck by the violent bolt.

"ah, is he okay?!" noah tosses his voice toward lupe before hardening his features. "leap onto it! cover its eyes!"

the balled up ear of the diggersby slams onto the ground like a hammer, allowing the portly pokemon to launch forth like a catapult. its ears latch onto the left and right eyes, covering them with their all-encompassing breadth. diggersby's clownish smile blocks the view of the magnezone's central eye.

the magnezone, like a frenzied beholder, begins to frantically zip around the air. bolts of electricity arc into the bunny, but they disappear immediately, the ground-typing providing a convenient immunity.

"we've got it blinded for now! i don't know if this thing has a weak spot or anything, but... this is our chance!" noah says.

a FLASH CANNON begins to charge, a growing light beginning to engulf the pokemon's smooth body.


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"Yeah, he's fine," Lupe replied prematurely, only looking back to the fire-type after answering to the other's concern. The Quilava seemed a bit dazed, a few sparks mixing with the flames sprouting from it's dark pelt. The Pokemon shook itself, returning to four paws, and looked ready to jump back into the fray after a few seconds.

The cadet watched as his teammate's Pokemon made a follow up attack, launching onto the magnetic creature to block it's vision. In retaliation, the bright glowing that signaled the wind-up of a powerful attack instilled a brief sense of anxiety in Lupe. He drowned that out with trust in his own Pokemon and Noah's.

"One more time, Quilava!" The fire-type chirped, it's eyes following the Magnezone's frantic and twitchy movements as it tried to throw off the large hare. Deciding on a target, the Pokemon charged forward again to close the distance before leaping once more into the air. Landing atop the Diggersby, the Quilava hurried up to the top of the enemy's head. It let out a snarl as the flames dancing across it's body grew and slammed into the thick yellow antennae. The intense heat softened the metal, causing it to bend and stick out in an unnatural direction.

The fire-type landed on the floor behind the Magnezone and, as the attack had happened, Lupe had made sure to move away from the front of the angered opponent to hopefully be out of the path of the Flash Cannon should it get the attack off.


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noah's diggersby continues to smile. unhindered by his new crown, diggersby's perpetual grin flares up almost demonically by the light of quilava's flame. seeing the metal antennae bend, noah shouts, "that's it!"

quietly, he hopes the magnezone can recover.

the diggersby leaps off the cyclops with a slam of his fists. the glowing magnezone angrily beeps, like a siren wailing under water. as its metal body swerves, it finds that its mobility is hindered as the creature struggles to take aim at the intruders.

"ah! get down!" noah ducks as the magnzone fires a renegade FLASH CANNON, the laser's blinding beam firing into walls and the ground as the magnezone spins out of control before careening onto the floor in a dramatic faint.

noah gulps, eyeing a frenetically scorched trailer on the floor near them.

"coulson, good job!" noah recalls the diggersby back: a well-deserved rest. he'll ask his machamp to help clean the rest. with a relieved sigh falling from his lips, he turns to lupe. "after this... let's go get some hamburgers or something. all this stress is making me crave crap food. what do you think?" he laughs, a tint of nerves trickling beneath his breath.


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The deep gashes left by the Magnezone's final frantic attack looked as if they came from the claw of some terribly huge beast. Lupe swallowed, nervous at what the powerful beam of light could have done had it struck him, Noah, or their Pokemon.

Pulling his attention away from the damage, the cadet located where his Quilava now stood and returned the fire-type for a well-deserved break. Obviously not intending to his any of his own 'attacks' to continue assisting in clearing out New Mauville, Lupe now sent out his Shroomish. He would have the mushroom-like creature assist with a combination of
Poison Powder, Absorb, and Leech Seed to whittle down the wild Pokemon that remained.

At the prospective idea of future burgers, Lupe found himself almost salivating at the thought. He gave Noah an enthusiastic thumbs up.


"That sounds great! We'll probably be clued up here pretty soon, unless another big guy shows up. Have any recommendations for places in Mauville?"

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noah rubs his stomach, clawing across it like their fallen enemy's beam. his hunger burns too. just less radiantly.

"i think so too. i mean, i think taking down that magnezone's enough. like, it counts for hundreds of magnemite, right?"

the boy scratches his head, waves of brown hair spreading downward like a fan as he calculates a dynamaxed number for conversion.

"there's a pop-up burger stand in the city. pretty good. called burger kingdra." a cheeky wink sparkles on his face as he digs into his pockets. he brandishes his hand, slips of glossy paper stuck between his fingers like daggers. "and iiiiii've got! coupons."


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