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Orion doesn't know Mateo well. They've only spoken on a few occasions. But he likes the other man, admires his positive energy. To watch as the grasping tentacle ensnares him and pulls him into the portal... there aren't words to describe the horror that wrenches in his gut. Thomas screams Mateo's name, a desperate yell that the councilman hears in only one ear.

The world spins and he fights to keep the contents of his stomach, brow damp with sweat.

Thomas slips off the Hydreigon without a word. When Orion makes to follow him, his ruptured eardrum betrays him: he loses his balance and stumbles, falls, registers sharp rubble piercing his palms as he coughs up bile.

In the aftermath, his composure shatters. He's trembling all over, stomach heaving. Blood slides down his jaw, draining from his damaged ear.

Nidhogg is not a compassionate creature, but it is loyal. The three-headed dragon hovers next to his trainer, snarling at any that deign to come close. When his heaving stomach produces nothing more than a pain in his ribs, Orion uses the dragon as support to help him stand. He longs for the companionship of his long-time partners, his Absol or Espeon, but an instinctive pat of his pokeball belt reminds him of their absence.

Arceus, he's so disoriented. It's difficult to walk straight, but he tries his best.

When he manages his way over to the portal, desperate for closure on what had happened with the portal, he spots familiar faces in a seemingly furious crowd. It's clear he's wandered into some sort of argument, and his social anxiety spikes.

Fernando is there, too, demanding answers. Orion's relieved by the authoritative presence: it means he can focus on standing straight and not vomiting.

"You all right?" Orion asks quietly of Annie, turning a sympathetic gaze on the kid who's way too young to be dealing with any of this shit. But he knows her, and he knows it's not her first tragedy. "Did your Pokemon... are they...?"

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tldr:
- hi guys i'm very late to the party b/c thorn got sucked into video games and pc organization oops
- orion approached the portal to figure out what was going on in the aftermath and feels awk man upon realising there's a whole argument he missed
- asks Annie Mei if she's OK and implies asking if her 'mons survived
- tagging other people nearby that know/have interacted w/ orion in the raid
- pree sure kyle and noah dipped but tagged y'all just in case

Stormy Silph Thomas Benoit kyle lopez noah faber FERNANDO SILPH

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