GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

EXCURSION

“INDEED.”

their venture this time comes with a more dispersed caravan. two HEATRANs lug the drills into AREA ZERO while his ZYGARDE takes point. the tremors from before are absent, for now, but the pokemon’s affinity for the earth is why he relies on it to scout for them.

“we’ll start drilling now,” he announces. a few last minute configurations and the drill comes to life, rumbling as it inserts its nozzle into the earth and spirals into loamy soil.

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Gwyar Wledig

_91UZoEt

EXPLORE

EXCURSION

THE GROUND BECOMES UNSTABLE as tremors stir. it stops fernando in his tracks as he looks at the vast environment still before them. he put out a hand, as if to motion for the other to stop.

“perhaps this is far enough.”

an eye narrows as he tries to spot what he cannot see.

“a preliminary landing is still sufficient. we can be satisfied with this and come back in greater numbers, with more appropriate tools.”

while a pair boast speed and mobility, there is only so much the two of them can prepare for. while exploration is an itch for most, fernando finds no pride in it. to die for curiosity is to die in vain.

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Gwyar Wledig

uNger|6v

EXURSION C

EXCURSION

FERNANDO IS NO STRANGER TO THE TECHNIQUE. for what little he knows about the regis, he knows well in their spiritual inheritors. for how many pokemon boast both LOCK-IN and ZAP CANNON? several. all under his command. which is why he makes the dutiful decision to abandon his pokemon.

he flees back to his PROBOPASS and MAGNETON as the attack slams into the grounded HEATRAN. electricity crackle across its stone surface, PARALYZING muscles into helpless spasms. the smoldering burn across the pokemon’s torso and right arm is only the first of several. ZAP CANNON is the opener to a stronger volley of attacks. that’s why it’s so potent.

“immolate.”

if the pokemon cannot dodge or move, then it is already defeated. all he can do is buy time as the HEATRAN’s inner FLASH FIRE conjures up a MAGMA STORM from its molten pores. it explodes spontaneously, like MOUNT CHIMNEY, indiscriminate. fernando observes from behind his PROBOPASS’ WIDE GUARD, ready for his MAGNETON to provide cover fire with FLASH CANNON.

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howard slayte

EXURSION C

EXCURSION

A SUPERPOWER IMPACT IS AN ATTENTION GRABBING FEAT. the ground quakes under the titan’s impressive weight. it’s threatening enough to illicit an actual command.

“raze.”

one word is all it takes for the HEATRAN to puff out its chest and expel a LAVA PLUME from its glowing chest. if the opponent wants to level the land then it will set the entire field on fire. if it cannot defeat the REGICE in raw combat, then at least this should ensnare the IRON TREAD horde.

his other pokemon, well behind him, take their time. artillery is not meant for straight combat. the ability to LOCK-ON from a distance is well within their repertoire. out here, in the open field, howard will find fernando much more structure then that of a narrow dewford cave.

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howard slayte

PURCHASING

buying STAKATAKA


STAKATAKA
BEAST BOOST
ROCK SLIDE
IRON HEAD
ROCK BLAST
PROTECT
STOMP
AUTOTOMIZE

TOTAL: 7500

ABSTRACT

SOCIAL

“A MOMENT,” he challenges, as if her question was as preposterous as her crimes. the glare of his eyebrows stare against the door, until they align eye to eye. only then does he look back to his computer screen.

“what do you need, reyes.”

as usual, the clack of his keys punctuate his sentence. this time they die as he finishes, leaving only silence in their wake.

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illeana reyes

FAULTLINE

POST RT

“IT DOESN’T MATTER,” he says in a hollow, chipper laugh. can’t he see it? that’s the appeal of their situation. he doesn’t have to play to win. because his opponent will lose, regardless of his choice. an easy mode that’s constructed around someone’s inability to adapt.

binary.

“you couldn’t stop yourself if you wanted to.”

he starts to repeat himself. in the same loop people know him for. different words but the same message.

“just try to be someone you’re not, herrera. it’ll kill you before they do.”

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MATIAS SILPH

CONCURRENCE

MISSION

“PERHAPS.”

contemplation almost sets in but her question interrupts. like the aftertaste of their last shot, he can taste it on his tongue. vile and a necessary evil. something tolerated for what comes after.

“do you think you can plan around an ever changing region?”

his nose wriggles in contempt.

“how many people have had to plan around an invasion from a different dimension and having a meteor thrown at them?”

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Mei Liu

SMOHKE

SOCIAL

“BECAUSE THEY WERE CURIOUS,” he repeats under the duress of half-formed suspicions. it doesn’t fit the DRK TRIAD’s modus operandi. while one may fit the description, it’s too early to assume with such a small sample size.

“i assume it was someone else who prevented you from traveling somewhere else?”

an important distinction. was hoenn the odd one out? an anomaly based on someone’s whim? or were they purposefully funneled.

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shiv

ULTRA CRATER: FJ

THE WILDS

“HM?”

without the ZEKROM chasing them, they have more time to explore the ship. fernando glances at its innards in more detail, thumbing through loose panels and various contraptions.

“what do they say?”

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JAMES BAKER

EXPLORE

EXCURSION

WHERE GWYAR FALLS TO HIS KNEE, fernando refuses to budge. he stills. frozen. as he did when Elisabeth Fiorelli had tried to corrupt in his own MISTY TERRAIN. inaction had proven to be his strongest weapon. able to steel the mind to prevent his body from crumbling.

“perhaps.”

his nose wrinkles when he gives himself back control to move his body.

“hard to tell.”

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Gwyar Wledig

06rZx0NN

LUMINOUS

SLEEPLESS IN SLATEPORT

“THAT SUPERSTITIONS AND TRADITIONS ARE FAR FROM PRACTICAL,” he challenges. something that would always press her to succumb to his mindset. and, when she could refute him, she would do so in a way that made him cave.

a way no one else could.

“yet we still celebrate them. reverence and all.”

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Elisabeth Fiorelli

EXURSION C

EXCURSION

THE ATTACK ISN’T MEANT TO HARM. he’s analyzed enough of these under Eva Morales’s tutelage to know they’re immune to electricity. but that doesn’t mean the attack doesn’t attract their attention. the sheer blast and smoldering smoke afterwards is more than enough to avert their gaze.

the PROBOPASS’ many appendages begin to float in circular pattern as it exerts an increase GRAVITY over the area. standard immobilization. but before it dampen their speed, a HYPER BEAM illuminates the sky.

“tch.”

no matter.

if they cannot divert and dissuade then they will demolish.

“on me,” he commands, releasing his preferred land mount: HEATRAN.

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howard slayte