[attr="class","eva"]

He might not have meant the whole hat thing as a joke, but Eva couldn’t help but giggle. She fought it at first, her lips pressing tighter into a thin line until she couldn’t help it, “A hat?!” it was a real belly laugh, but all in good fun, “Sure, I’ll try a hat,” she didn’t sound confident in the sophisticated disguise suggestion, but she’d try it out . . . for him.

The drill continued to rumble behind them, changing pitch slightly as it modified itself to shave through a layer of rock more delicate than the others. It prompted Eva to look at her screen quickly in the little bit of silence between them. The reading still indicated everything was running smoothly. For the drill, at least. Eva was finding herself conflicted.

He certainly knew how to pull at her heart strings. The sincerity in his offer was palpable, the kind of affection she’d been starved of for a long time. She looked up at him in another moment of silence before she cracked a soft smile, “Thank you Gwyar, I appreciate that,” she hugged the tablet close to her chest to keep herself from reaching out to gently touch his arm in gratitude, “But it’s not fair to put my burdens on you too,” forever the martyr. She will suffer alone in silence to spare him the drama. She already harbored too much guilt when it came to him.

---

Gwyar Wledig

l3FmrMXC
Total: 376

[attr="class","eva"]

A low growl rumbled through the Mega Manectric’s throat as the Walking Wake disappeared into the fog of its Hydro Steam. She remained vigilant until the Gouging Fire expressed its gratitude to Andrea and took on a more friendly demeanor. Both Eva and the Manectric glanced at each other then the paradox pokemon then back at each. Eva gave a little shrug in acceptance and the Manectric yielded, transitioning back into her normal form with a wagging tail.

“Good girl, Taima,” Eva praised, scratching the canine aggressively under her chin, “Yeah, looks like it!” Eva hadn’t really had the chance to appreciate how massive the pokemon was until now. She looked it up and down in awe, shaking her head in disbelief, “Wow, just . . . wow,” she swallowed, already fighting the urge to collect samples to study later.

---

Andrea Vaneau

BAwtds2_
Total: 679

[attr="class","eva"]

Eva can’t help but giggle at Cian’s silly joke. She’s not sure what Ultra smells like or sand so she can’t agree with either of them, “Just smells hot to me,” she sighs, mentally preparing herself for another adventure through the arid terrain.

She follows them North, and eventually they run into their first strange encounter. Eva’s head tilts ever so slightly as she tries to make sense of it, “Yeah it looks kind like… a current? Like in that movie with the little Luvdisc and Feebas that go on an adventure to find the Feebas’s son and they ride the current with all the Tirtouga,” she looks between Cian and Hideo to gauge their reaction, “No? No one?”

Anyway, she rushes forward and dives right in, disappearing for a moment before surfacing and spitting sand out of her mouth as it whisks her way to their next destination.

---

Hideo Kino & CIAN MAHER

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The paradox pokemon may have parried the Rocket’s hateful sword, but the aura is something intangible, impossible to fend off without warning. It strikes the beast like a shock wave from a Manectric. The hate is almost paralyzing. The beast’s digital, crimson eyes glitch out for a moment. A deeper red takes their place.

Fury is all they can feel and a rampage is what comes next. Their slender hooves pound into the ground, rearing and bellowing a robotic cry. Theri cranial horn swoops down, slashing out PSYBLADE after PSYBLADE in a flurry of pink energy everywhere but nowhere in particular all at once.

One strikes the tree behind Eva, sending her sprawling across the ground to avoid decapitation, “Thalia! Get a hold of yourself!” she reached for the paradox’s pokeball, just in case she becomes a true danger to everyone.

---

Elisabeth Fiorelli & jayden cross & freya morningstar

UfGkRxdl
Total: 615

[attr="class","eva"]

Of course, Eva fawned over a fallen comrade, by her side in a instant to assess the damage. She experienced episodes similar when she was too enthusiastic with her powers. The human body was never meant to carry such energy. Their gifts were a blessing, some might say, but power always yielded consequence.

Eva brushed a hand over Nomi’s forehead, her critical gaze sweeping over The Visionary and taking in all she could with a brief glance: warm, flushed, breathing, steady pulse at the wrist, stable. There was nothing further she could do. Though she didn’t trust King to appropriately handle the precious cargo, she had little choice. She left the turncoat with a suspicious, squinted glare before she turned to silently follow Freya towards their next task. The Iron Leaves trotted after them, eventually taking the lead.

---

RwxFpDf0
Total: 1657

[attr="class","eva"]

The roar of the cars could be heard from miles away. At the speed they were going, they’d be here in no time! If Eva had anything to say about it, they wouldn’t be getting much further.

The OVERQWIL hovered silently be her side, gently inflating with the spike of adrenaline. Eva’s gaze shot over to the other side of the road to make sure everyone was in position, “Ready over there?” she got the thumbs up from the group and their prepared pokemon.

“Alright then. Overqwil! Use Spikes! The Hisuian pokemon shot into the road. It left a blanket of SPIKES across the expected path of the run-away vehicles and their Revaroom. The report of the TOXIC CHAINS was the Professor's worst nightmare.

The infection was spreading.

---

😈utilize caltrops or spike strips (human or pokemon made [e.g. spikes, galarian stunfisk]) to pop tires.

[attr="class","eva"]

Eva was lucky to not remember, but luck had nothing to do with it. Her mind made the best choice given the situation. It was an act of survival. Without the barriers that separated her from those memories, she’d be a broken and wounded girl.

Eva’s eyes lit up at the promise of collaboration, “Great!” she smiled up at Navy, “You can have her stop by my office sometime, if she wants,” Eva would be sure to keep an eye out for her. She wasn’t privy to the details of Gym Jam yet, but she’s sure she’d get a report at some point. There was very little she wasn’t cleared to know.

The massive crystalline structure seemed to come out of nowhere. Her eyes widened and heart raced. She became as giddy as a schoolgirl and her pace quickened, “Wow!! What a sight!” the tablet rose to start taking pictures and documenting the area, “Yeah, probably a good idea, you know, with all those paradox pokemon running around,” she didn’t look up from her work but agreed Arthur should stick around.

“Oh, The Wilds?” she tapped away at the tablet while talking, instructing her Porygon2 to TRACE several areas in detail, “Um, well, a lot, actually,” it was far too much to summarize for him now, “I think Deep Sea is the only one I haven’t been to,” that made her raise her gaze from the tablet, her fingers pausing. She looked at Navy with creased brows, “Maybe you can show me around it sometime. Then I can show you around some of the others?” Collaboration. Bam.

---

Michael Navidson

n0PsM|Jk
Total: 741

[attr="class","eva"]

Eva was surprised, a little confused, to see Andrea so bluntly take side in this battle of the paradox pokemon. Eva could only assume she felt some sort of kinship to the Entei-like specimen since she chose to attack the Walking Wake.

The professor took a step back to watch the scene unfold. Her critical gaze always studying what it could. She studied the way the Gouging Fire moved, how the Walking Wake countered. The z-move of the Hydregion she had never seen before. Eva had no intention of taking sides, but Andrea sort of forced her hand.

“Follow that up with Shock Wave, Taima!”

She sent the Mega Manectric back into the fray. The hound bolted forward, crackling with pale sparks of electricity across its thick fur. A numbing SHOCK WAVE blasted forward towards the Walking Wake seeking to incapacitate it.

---

Andrea Vaneau

Xc6BNBio
Total: 512

[attr="class","eva"]

“Well I have something to say,” The air grows cold around them, following the climate of the conversation. Eva’s frowns, tensing at the sudden shift.

“You were wrong, you know,” she begins, having something worth listening to to say. She thinks it’s important, at least. How he interprets it is beyond her control, “When you said I didn’t believe in you,” she thinks back to their spat above the choppy waves of the Hoenn Sea.

“I believe in you. Not Groudon and not the Red Orb. You. You already have everything you need to get whatever it is you want, reach whatever goal you're striving for. Just make sure it’s what you want, not them.”

---

MATIAS SILPH

V|KxFMeo
TOTAL:

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The Manectric’s eyes flashed with defiance, back arching and front half dipping into a ready stance as the primal Suicune rushed to counter. Instead, the darkness was burned away by the bright fire of another. The heat forced the Manectric back with startled yelp and all eyes turned to the Raging Fury.

“Oh my!” Eva’s eyes grew wide, “A Raging Fury!”

She hadn’t had the opportunity to see one in person yet. aaron faust had told her about one he fought off with CIAN MAHER. Come to think of it, this was about where he pointed on the map if she thought real hard about it.

Eva slowly backed up to stand beside Andrea with taking her eyes off the vicious battle, “Should we uh . . . let this play out?”

---

Andrea Vaneau

0JzAxqX4
Total: 343

[attr="class","eva"]

She used to listen to him because he loved her. There was a mutual acceptance that they both held each other’s best interest at heart. At least, she believed that was true at a time. She’s still uncertain when that stopped being true for him, when his care for her faded into something so small it disappeared all together. Was it before The Border? After? Did it matter? No. This reality was still the same.

“I listen when there’s something worth listening to,” when it’s deserved, “Do you have something to say worth listening to?”

---

MATIAS SILPH

gKds1zYh
TOTAL: 1,310

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