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Cass couldn't help a smirk as Knight also gets the same clue as her, and immediately approached her about it, too. She shakes her head, however - and quickly corrects it to a nod, but uh, shake ... "A skuntank, yes I caught it the other day, but I left him at home to recover. It's was around here I believe, and today I just didn't catch anything."

She doesn't hesitate many moments longer, dragging Knight to a more secluded area of the boat that is close where she's caught the Skuntank. "I just don't have a water pokémon still, so I'm not sure how much we can do from here." She leans over the railing, trying to peek into the water and see if there's anything curious about it. She also didn't bring Effie (Fletchinder) or Saude (Emolga) ... "Oh, Martin!" she calls out her Comfey. "Can you fly out a bit and see if there's anything?"

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Cass looks at Knight for one long moment upon hearing that he has a Pelipper now. Not because he's caught some new mon, but ... they were going on a literal water route. ... but then again, she didn't take her own Skuntank from here, so she doesn't feel like she could lecture him on that at the moment. ... "Think it's a good idea to take her with you next time!" Mostly.

Cass shudders as she thinks of the poisoning that seems to spread throughout Hoenn. "I think there's gotta be something in the ocean, too, right? But so far, I don't think I've heard much ..." she shakes her head. "Let's hope for the best. And stay safe, okay?" she nudges him slightly with her elbow.

Martin and Perrin in the meanwhile fly out, and Martin lets a bit of his aromatherapy seep into the water, seeing if there might be any shadows showing underneath, any pokémon that might be attrachted to the smell. He then turns to the other pokémon, asking if he's seeing anything suspicious except ... nothing. The water is clear, as far as he could tell.

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Immediately, Cass feels a mix of satisfaction at Knight agreeing and slightly bad seeing him speak so softly. "I understand," she says, smiling in hopes he'd grin again too and be loud, "It's an exciting trip so far! And we're here directly with a secret ..."

Martin nods at Perrin's report, saying that his bait also hasn't quite worked - or has it. He cooes in warning to Perrin, before rushingly floating back towards Cass. However, Knight's also spotted it already, too. "I think it might be a mon-" she says, squeezing Knight's shoulder. "Hang on here, I'll get my fishing rod." She runs quickly, exchanges a few feigned casual greetings, before hastily grabbing hers, and then also Knight's fishing equipment, and hurrying back.

"Let's see if we can catch it!" she says, her tone a bit frenzied as her hands move almost calmly to attach the bait to her rod. "Martin, Perrin, did you guys bait it here? Whatever you did, do it again!" she says, and Martin floats closer to the water, filling the air (and water) with another aromatherapy.

Knight Naito ooc. i dont really have any plans beyond this ... could do a whale situation (randomly eaten all and some were shot out again ... does wailord also work like this)

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Cass nods, the exchanged gaze between her and her Comfey lingering for one moment more, before he goes out and she throws her fishing rod out as well. "That'd be insane," she grins at Knight's guess - she's only seen them ever from afar, and so could not even begin to comprehend their size at all.

Almost immediately after Knight's rod caught something, her own rod starts picking up, too. "Huh?" Cass is an expert at standing her ground - metaphorically. Physically, she's drawn almost more strongly towards the railing than Knight. "HUH?! IT'S A BIG ONE!" she shouts. With her feet propped against the edge of the boat, and her back far out, she couldn't see what they were reeling in at all - could only continue, and continue-

A massive shadow flies over them, and there's not enough time to fully react. She isn't sure if Knight pushed her aside, or if she pushes Knight aside, but they barely manage not to be buried below a larger than normal Muk. But also, this Muk ... Immediately, the stench spreads, and their stealth operation would be busted for sure, but ... She calls out Jon from his pokéball, and his reaction is all she needs to confirm.

He frowns.

"I think the Muk is sick."

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First things first, Cass takes out a nose clip for Knight should he want one. Second, she's scanning her memories for the various times Jon has smelled similiarly bad ... sometimes even noticeable when he's in his pokéball. "I think it ate something really nasty. We need to get it to Belch somehow ... or Recycle, or anything. I think staying in the water also weakened it significantly, it's looking a bit thin, maybe ..."

"But how do we get it to cough this up again, and like ... where to?" She looks at Knight, wondering if he has any idea. For now, she nods to Martin to work a bit of Floral Healing so the Poison Type could gradually start recovering. She can tell that Martin's slightly afraid, seeing how his beautiful flowers are turned into sludge immediately ... but the sludge is helping! The sludge is helping ...

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Cass smiles faintly as she sees Knight not use the nose clip. Neither her nor Jon nor the Muk (probably) would've been offended, but it's nice to see Knight care. "Breathe through your mouth as much as possible," she gives him another tip, before it would eventually get more stinky and really nasty.

There's also some teachers that approach, but they quickly also turn around, seeing that Cass and Knight are together there - they probably got it under control ... (Really helpful adults, truly.)

"I think it could ... just be careful about it, he can still be hurt by Poison attacks, just not as much." She looks at Jon again. There's one type they're immune to ... oh for eff's sake. "If you have Psychic attacks, they won't damage per se, but maybe the physical contact helps. Jon, try and do some example Belchs if you can, okay, dear? And uhm, let's see ... Sona, Del!" She calls two more of her pokémon, and only Del appears slightly bothered by the smell. Sona stands to attention, immediately unhappy about the hurting Muk.

"I'm gonna call Brad. Please just, uh, keep an eye out?" Frankly, the Espathra is more unsettling than she has anticipated, but ... she'd get to him, eventually. She steels herself, summoning all the authority she has at her young teenage age. Which, all things considered, isn't even too bad - she's a brat, too, after all.

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