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Warrior's Road // Apex of the World
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 19:18:52 GMT
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he snorts at navy's tagline for their match.

"i was just thinking my style's might be closer to gabe's, y'know." the two brothers' dispositions don't appear close anyways. "and which one of us is supposed to be heart and brain?"

without kyle issuing a command, his pokemon continue their strats.

the jet punch is received. the stoic expression was forced out, though the same can be said to most of kyle's pokemon in a fight. a spray of pin missile acts as covering fire, forcing the palafin at bay.

the kommo-o, on the other hand, stomps on the ground, forcing rocks upwards in an attempt to set the iron valiant within a rock tomb. it might not be a finisher, but it gives the pokemon ample time to react to its next move.

"you're not calling yourself the brains, are you?" he jests.





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Running Down a Dream [GCC]
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 17:04:04 GMT
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"huh? that name sounds familiar..."

an image is quickly connected to the name when he mentions construction worker. he just looks like the stereotypical one, though he wasn't aware joined the military.

"wait, that guy? who got him in the military? the guy was a tour-"

he remembers that hoenn isn't exactly a destination for normal people and that ending is within the sphere of realistic plot developments for him.

"is he really normal though? he went to hoenn for a vacation. nice guy though. gave me a book for palentines."

the manectric joins the fight and gets its hands dirty. when the urshifu lands its blows, the manectric gives its tick damage for the sake of it. quick attack hits its ankles, but with a strong base, the gouging fire probably doesn't notice it.

then again, it was already close to giving in.

"who are they?" he asks. the mention of galar gives him a hint, but he'd rather not make assumptions. angst and galar pretty much leaves a lot to imagination.

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Warrior's Road // Apex of the World
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 15:12:06 GMT
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it's four against six. kyle hasn't noticed that the blade navy wields was part of his party. only when the scales tip against his favor did kyle start getting excited.

"push through, kommo-o!" he cheers from the sidelines. "obstagoon will be there!"

the obstagoon sprints to the kommo-o's side. crossed arms go for a driveby obstruct, intercepting the blow as it shouts during the moment of the contact.

the kommo-o lunges in, using the opening that obstagoon gave, and pierces through the weakened defenses with poison jab.

the dragon now faces the paradox pokemon, while the obstagoon watches its six o'clock, eyes concentrated on the greninja. it'll be ready for when the attack comes.

"actually, you're right. the best way to get this fight going is staying true to my style."

rather than copying navy's own destructive, but methodolical, approach, at least.






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Warrior's Road // Apex of the World
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 14:17:40 GMT
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he feels navy on raising multiple pokemon at a time when they still weren't that well off. kyle had opted to restart when he let the blackthorn gym, though his pokemon were more happy there than in the city.

"i still have the everstone studded collars for my poochyena," he reminisces. "good times."

his hand was already on his lycanroc's pokeball as he shouts the command.

"stealth rock!"

the greninja's attack barely manages to stop the lycanroc for setting up its parting gift. the hazards have already been set, incorporating shards of rocks from its previous hit at the charizard.

kyle recalls it as soon as the attack lands, while his kommo-o protects against the hit.

"if we're going all out, we're using all six, right?" kyle throws out the replacement. "i usually only entertain four versus four, but yeah, not this time."

the obstagoon appears in the lycanroc's stead.





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Running Down a Dream [GCC]
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 6:46:18 GMT
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"it doesn't need to be a tragedy for it to be intimate," he points out. "it can be a cute little scene of you bumping to this roaring moon on your way to school with toast on your mouth."

it's a common anime trope that comes up a lot in shoujo titles during the old days.

the paradox pokemon activates burning bulwark once more, but the manectric's rain dance does its job once more: helping out the urshifu's strikes while damping the gouging fire's retaliation.

"you've been hanging out with the angsty people again aren't you?" he teases.

as far as he knows, the people that he knows that navy was friends with all had the same gloomy outlook in life. kyle, who originally was pessimistic to a fault, had to hold back since it killed the mood.

"when's the last time you hung out with someone normal?"

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SILPH CUP 2024 AT PACIFIDLOG
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 5:29:07 GMT
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riding a wailord felt stranger than most other water-type pokemon he has ridden, but he'll adjust.

having it minimized looked weird for a pokemon as large as wailord, especially when it still looked normal beside the few pokemon that joined the race. regardless, he will be taking it easy for the first half of the race to acclimate himself with the course.

his wailord, on the other hand, had a different agenda.

it joins the other pokemon zooming past each other. kyle holds on, trying to coax it to a more respectable speed, but rapids left by the pokemon that went past them was inviting for the wailord.

kyle sighs, giving in to the hype.

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BLEED THEM DRY [EZ VS. KM]
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 5:17:48 GMT
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"oh."

dots in his head connected after a moment.

"oh!"

attack after attack came, but the reaction from seeing zev ignites the nostalgic feeling that makes him feel familiar with the other all of a sudden. gut feeling clouds his judgement, but he lets it.

kyle brandishes his knife out.

"we're going all out!" he tells matias. zev hadn't been the type to work well with big groups, and he felt like that applied to everything. "i bet he wouldn't have it any other way."

he takes the chingling out of his jacket and mouths 'trick room'. dimensions distort, and one who was usually faster would find it more difficult to move around the space.

kyle feels-- knows-- that the one in front of him trumps him in all physical matters. he had been trained by him, after all, for self-defense.

"he means he was a customer for her business!"

a foot kicks zev away from matias, following it up with a swipe of his knife. it was a strike to kill, but something in kyle tells him that he'd be outmaneuvered, powers or not.

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az-c: crystal confines
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2024 2:40:33 GMT
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the sylveon pushes the paradox pokemon to the corner with its barrage of attacks, and the environmental hazards finish the job.

the shaking of the ground causes rocks to shift, with loose ones falling from the side of a cliff and rolling into the iron jugulis, pinning it down.

"well, that's one threat down." he would set it free since it was still a living creature, but he realizes it can just let itself out with brute strength once it rests a bit. "we can explore a bit more now, i guess."

but before the tremors end, aftershocks uncover crevices on the ground and on the mountain walls. tera crystals jut out from them, inferring that they were deep into area zero where danger levels can only get higher.

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(Title Match) The Signer and the Emergent
POSTED ON Mar 23, 2024 6:47:52 GMT
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he walks across the battlefield to tap josh's forehead with an index finger.

"you passed the test after deliberations."

an intense fight anyone would kill for was experienced by the current challenger for the topmost achievement for the league's gym system. cinders remain in the aftermath, smoldering red as embers die off one by one.

he holds a hand up and closes it to a fist, extinguishing what is left of the sacred fire from josh's individual.

"this is nothing but a mark of trust." distrust sullies the congratulatory words before it softens up to a smirk. "don't fail me now, knight of thunder."

josh is far from pure. he has left himself open to influences that murk his actions, and despite atoning for them, contamination hung heavy on his conscience.

the avatar gives him a boon, however, providing hope for a possible restart that shifts the paradigm of the gym leader closer to the dreams he once thought was unattainable.

"but if you want to know more, i'll explain things to you later in detail." he holds his hand out, ending their test with a handshake. "welcome to the hall of fame, devlin,"

let josh emerge to the person he wants to be with his rebirth as a person; this is the vision that the avatar sees.



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POISON PATROL: VENUSAUR
POSTED ON Mar 23, 2024 0:48:48 GMT
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when kyle arrives at the scene, ready to take part of the fiasco, the first thing that comes to view are the prints on the ground. there's something charming about them that captivates him, and he doesn't know why.

approaching one of the said prints, he beckons his mightyena to come closer.

"omg big doggy paws. how come ur paws aren't like this? you would look adorable and clumsy and it would look cute."

the mightyena whines and barks in protest, trying to fight against accusations that it wasn't cute. kyle was just kidding with his statement, but he still found it adorable that his pokemon felt jealous of an imaginary dog.

he takes selfies of it and gets distracted from the main cause before telling his pokemon to follow its scent.

together, mightyena and his trainer swerve off from the main objective and instead, go on a wild goose chase to look for the doggy on the scene. it was dangerous for any kinds of dogs to linger around gigantamax venusaurs, he tells himself.

  • encounter dog-like paw prints on the ground.




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POISON PATROL: ARBOK (LEAGUE ONLY)
POSTED ON Mar 23, 2024 0:43:09 GMT
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of the people equipped with pokemon that can handle poison, kyle has one of the most unique choices.

he faces them with his shadow manectric. the electric-type goes against the arboks, baring its fangs as it prepares to face them off. there's no need to worry about poison, since he knows this manectric was immune.

bite challenges the other wild pokemon, dragging them from their hiding place so it can directly go against them in a fight.

the scene looked brutal.

  • use a move that causes a target to flinch (first 10 will receive 2 mochi instead of 1).




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(Title Match) The Signer and the Emergent
POSTED ON Mar 22, 2024 19:20:11 GMT
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the atmosphere changes dramatically with the resolve of the challenger forming strong against the final hurdle.

the manectric's speed cuts through everything. wind whistles at its wake as it pushes its trainer's will into a tangible show of action, giving it everything they got to show off to the deity that devlin worships.

kyle wasn't able to give his personal verdict in words with how fast things have transpired, but there was no need to.

the image of the ho-oh before them breaks up and falls into ashes, revealing its form as nothing but a dispensable shard that ho-oh, himself, can create on his whim. the ending, however, wasn't as beautiful as josh expects it to be.

flames burst out from the point of contact between the manectric's z-move and its target, not unlike the entei's gambit earlier. sacred flame spreads like a supernova, pushing the manectric aside with its intense heat while enveloping those with ho-oh's feather with comforting warmth.

devotion to ho-oh is one thing, but it is the judgement of the emergent that steers the rainbow pokemon to the decision.

is it really alright? he is pretty irresponsible in a way, but oh well. at the end of the day, he will do something, for better or for worse. let's see what he can make happen with it.



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(Title Match) The Signer and the Emergent
POSTED ON Mar 22, 2024 18:28:52 GMT
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to end the events in a peaceful way was anti-climatic.

rocks may have knocked the ho-oh back, but it's quick to get back with recovery.

rain starts to pour down from the sky in the aftermath. it extinguishes the flames of ho-oh's own doing, providing relief in the form of a salve for every fighter in the field.

life dew wasn't discriminatory for this instance. it's an olive branch that nature extended to mark the end of the calamity.

"are you ready for your judgement?"

the assessment isn't over yet, both for lopez, the top champion that serves as the last examiner of the test, and ho-oh, patron of the emergent.



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(Title Match) The Signer and the Emergent
POSTED ON Mar 22, 2024 18:05:23 GMT
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next comes the fire that burned the structure down to the ground.

rocks batter the ho-oh from the ground, causing it to finally try to fly away from its trajectory.

from the singed ashes that came form the entei's flames and the thunder that crashed onto the skarmory comes another bout of flames. cinders reignite before sacred fire comes ablaze.

the inferno becomes uncontrollable, growing exponentially with each moment. the extent of its destruction doesn't compare to the ones that entei had ignited.

the ho-oh watches his flame spread, but everything must come to an end.




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(Title Match) The Signer and the Emergent
POSTED ON Mar 22, 2024 17:41:40 GMT
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the roofing of his chamber opens as an automatic response to the dynamax band activating. despite the large interior of the room, the transformation requires open skies.

the skarmory dives for the ho-oh, but the ho-oh doesn't budge from its spot. it takes its position on the field as its roost, and as with the legend, the calamity befalls what was once was called the brass tower.

the first of the sequence of events involve the darkening of the skies. thunder growls from above before lightning threatens the pokemon already high above the clouds. the formation of static doesn't even leave the clouds as electricity reach the giant skarmory without needing to strike.

"there is no need for support," he tells the challenger. "you have waited for this opportunity. you are ready."

kyle smiles at the scene, hands on the hip as the fight gets more interesting.

"you pass or you don't."

"i'm sure you can do it."