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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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ask the dust [ duo/w ]
POSTED ON Dec 10, 2018 4:03:39 GMT
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dominic regards silas' capture with a distant and neutral demeanor, like a poised seviper in wait. he won't grovel, he's fairly sure silas wouldn't want him to. it's not his function to agree with him on all issues, even something as simple as what pokemon he captures or how.

another disturbance from a whirlipede and houndoom engages it in the same technique as usual, his flames scorching through even as the pokemon attempts to negate damage from his vicious fangs with an iron defense that comes much too late. dominic throws his pokeball moments before he knows the houndoom would go in for the kill.

"i have a gift for you. two gifts, really. i was hoping to collect a third."

dominic glances skyward expectantly, as if waiting for something. he is. he can see the dark shadow of his hydreigon in the distance.


+ catching whirlipede

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stigmata [ s/w ]
POSTED ON Dec 10, 2018 3:49:45 GMT
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across from them, a pokemon touches the water before bending down to drink, sending ripples across the surface. dominic inclines his head to watch with interest.

despite owning several of the pokemon traditionally not native to kanto, he still was unfamiliar with the vast majority of them. especially with the weaker, smaller ones. the nuzleaf doesn't appear afraid of him, not even with the hydreigon at his shoulder. much like the dunsparce, it looks inclined to ignore him entirely.

he doesn't ask for permission and throws the pokeball out of genuine curiosity for the pokemon's future potential.


@wildspawn + catching nuzleaf

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stigmata [ s/w ]
POSTED ON Dec 9, 2018 5:56:46 GMT
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in truth, he doesn't like the wilderness. something about the open spaces and lack of movement makes him skirt on paranoia. a calm before the storm feeling that he can't quite suppress no matter how idiotic he objectively knows it is. where kanto's wilds are - were - spurts of nature between urbanised land, hoenn's untamed majesty makes him uneasy.

dominic hates to admit it, but like a moth to a flame, he craves a city's lights.

he's walking alongside the hydreigon, following a small manmade flight of steps to a lake to allow the pokemon to cool off and drink his fill. lost in his own thoughts, he barely notices a pokemon by the wayside, resting its striped body in the sun. no point attacking one another; the wild pokemon is content to rest and dominic feels uncharacteristically melancholic.

they ignore one another.


@wildspawn + skipping dunsparce

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stigmata [ s/w ]
POSTED ON Dec 8, 2018 18:06:25 GMT
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their presence has evidently disturbs a roosting bird pokemon, highlighted first by a trilling call cutting through the air, and secondly by the beating of wings, a black shadow as it hurtles towards the pair in a flurry of dark feathers.

the scream of its hyper voice makes dominic flinch, clenching his teeth against the pain in his ears, but the dragon-type at his side seems barely bothered. he could catch it one of his three mouths, snap the neck and cast it aside. he doesn't, instead returning the auditory assault with one of his own.

a ferocious roar is enough for the trumbeak to steer clear of the pair, quick to divert its path back to the grass as if knowing it just avoided a very grim fate.


@wildspawn + skipping trumbeak

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processed shop
POSTED ON Dec 7, 2018 14:42:14 GMT
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TYPE 3 EVOLUTION ( gabite -> garchomp), -50 poke

shiv approved!
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winner's curse [ m/gg ]
POSTED ON Dec 7, 2018 14:40:33 GMT
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the concerning thing is that he doesn't really notice her approach until she spoke. even sleep-deprived, he should be sharper.

dominic's eyes feel gritty when he turns to blink at her, the corner of his mouth turning upward in a half-smile for a moment before he answers.

"one of my many weaknesses, i suppose." a languid reply.

he takes a deep drag of the cigarette, holds, releases the smoke toward the excavation, not unlike a dragon-type lying in wait, and continues to speak with a jerk of his head at the workers. "what do you think this is about?"

something like this in the middle of the city is highly unusual to put it lightly, and the utter lack of proper security makes it clear that it isn't a high-risk operation that requires armed guards. even a cursory check tells him there aren't any cameras or the like set up.

as soon as the question left his mouth, a black shadow barrelled past him, almost knocking him off his feet. releasing his houndoom from its capsule an instant, practiced response. the pokemon huffs but doesn't give chase only because the order hasn't been given yet.




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THE AURORUS WINTER BALL
POSTED ON Dec 7, 2018 14:13:33 GMT
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they don't go down the spiral staircase, and nor do they leave through the main entrance.

covering his mouth, squinting through the smoke and gesturing for her to do the same, dominic pulls songbird with him to the end of second floor corridor. he knows there's a second set of stairs for the hotel's workers, designed for ease of access between the service areas of the hotel and the rooms.

he has a set of keys for that set of doors because he came prepared. after all, some of the hotel workers are his own ilk. he swings the door open to a set of stairs that looks more like a fire-escape and ushers songbird in. ladies first. the steps lead down to a series of twisting corridors, past the kitchens, out to the rose gardens.

that's where the pair head at a swift, purposeful gait, slowing when passing clumps of people to alleviate suspicion. the houndoom has long since been returned to his capsule, and the underboss and songstress are soon lost among the faces in the night.


≫ uses service stairs and corridors to leave the hotel
≫ dominic and more or less make an exit from the thread
≫ although i'm not excluding ducking back in heheh <3

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sinclair
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THE AURORUS WINTER BALL
POSTED ON Dec 7, 2018 11:11:06 GMT
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even dancing would be better than waiting. he sighs and accepts emma's offer with an incline of his head, taking her hand and allowing her to lead him back to the ballroom. perhaps thankfully, the venture is cut short. a waiter passes by and dominic feels the cool, hard plastic of a keycard in his palm.

instantly, dominic stops in his tracks and drops emma's hand. "actually, this isn't my scene. enjoy yourself," he said with a shadow of a smile, turning on his heel and heading up the staircase without further explanation.

he's at the foot of the staircase when the commotion occurs, something like a door being blown out of its hinges. of course, it can never be simple. a woman races past him on the way up, and he lets her, slowing his pace momentarily. even from here, through the marble railing, he can see songbird's movement. at least she's alive.

reaching the top of the stairs, he watches momentarily, suppressing the ghost of a smirk at seeing the other man somewhat battered and limping away from the confrontation. at least he seems to be occupied with the meddler. dominic quirks his eyebrow at her claims. he did take the precaution of gathering intel on notable officers and rangers of the league prior to attending the event, and her face was not one of them.

he catches songbird's eye and with a sigh releases his own pokemon, a click of his tongue enough to command his pokemon to give a roar that casts back the summoned pokemon to their pokeballs. a second motion to indicate to songbird to join him.

"enough of this," he says, voice like velvet.

he turns to songbird. "we're leaving." something like an order. he doesn't wait for any further response. dominic stalks up, takes songbird by the forearm with a force that is markedly more gentle than what the councilman had used.

the pokemon doesn't need his instruction to use smog, masking them in a veil their exit. it wasn't noxious intentionally - he didn't want to poison, only to misdirect. the pair disappear in the houndoom's smoke.


≫ bails on
≫ 3/3 posts done and he has the keycard but it's pointless now :pepehands:
≫ @elinda passes him, he's being cautious
≫ observes the confrontation
≫ has houndoom get rid of the pokemon with roar
≫ attempts to engage and @elinda in dialogue but barely
≫ takes and they're out
≫ uses smog to conceal their exit

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sinclair
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stigmata [ s/w ]
POSTED ON Dec 7, 2018 7:48:53 GMT
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before the slateport invasion, he would make a sport of it; seeing how far in-land he could go, and back again. how quickly, a race against himself. the hydreigon flew fast, but he mostly wanted to see how fast a garchomp actually was. never did get around to it.

the hydreigon lands heavily, dust billowing around the point where his legs make contact with the earth, all three heads panting. dominic slides off the pokemon's back in a single fluid, cat-like movement. he is uncharacteristically pleased, patting one of the heads as it nudged him in the shoulder, before movement in the grass demands his attention.


@wildspawn <3

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sinclair
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winner's curse [ m/gg ]
POSTED ON Dec 7, 2018 6:21:50 GMT
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it is the lights that wake him, flashing orange and white across his face until he reluctantly stirs. by some karmic force, today has to be the day his slumber - peaceful at last - is interrupted.

he sees the commotion from his hotel window, an excavation in the early hours of the morning a block away. it's part spite that drives him to head in that direction. spite, curiosity, the grim acceptance of the fact that once he has been raised, sleep won't come easily again.

cigarette clamped between his teeth, dominic watches the excavation from behind the railing with glazed eyes.



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sinclair
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january 4
saffron, kanto
heterosexual
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ask the dust [ duo/w ]
POSTED ON Dec 6, 2018 8:49:22 GMT
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the houndoom side-steps the melted remains of the swalot, giving a thorough shake of his boy to get rid of any droplets that may have remained on his sleek, black fur.

he was trotting back to his trainer when a sound in the rubble forces him to halt in his tracks, swiveling his head side-ways as if to ask permission to investigate. dominic grants it with a dip of his head, and the pokemon springs into action once more, quick to locate the pokemon with an odor sleuth, and even quicker to pull him out, clenched in the crunch of his jaw.

dominic tosses a pokeball because he always did have a soft-spot for that species. what a lucky encounter.

silas hasn't moved, and dominic wonders if the man is aware of the amoonguss eyeing him, specifically, from a few meters away. he doesn't bother to point it out lest he receive another rebuke. the second the pawniard disappears into its new capsule, a flick of dominic's hand sends the houndoom galloping at the mushroom pokemon, spitting a flamethrower.

the pokemon won't die because the option of it being a tribute to silas is available, but it will be incapacitated.


+ capture attempt @pawniard


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sinclair
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january 4
saffron, kanto
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winning a bet [c]
POSTED ON Dec 6, 2018 5:36:43 GMT
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his gaze is still fixed on the most impressive of the ships, and it takes a moment for him to see the smaller boats moored alongside it; jolting violently in the waves as though trying to escape their shackles, they are lost in the larger ship's shadow.

something about the colouring and design tells him they're from the same fleet and it latently reminds him of prints he's seen in children's books of swannas caring for duckletts.

her voice snaps dominic from his reverie, and while the incline of his head when he turns to face her is non-threatening in its lethargy, his eyes narrow to ruby chips.

the introduction is cordial but unnecessary. "sinclair, from saffron city. i'm one of your refugees." his smile is humourless.




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sinclair
he / him
twenty-eight
january 4
saffron, kanto
heterosexual
underboss
executive
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THE AURORUS WINTER BALL
POSTED ON Dec 6, 2018 4:54:18 GMT
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he's getting restless now, impatient and unable to hide his scowl as he glowers from the ballroom doorway.

as fascinating as the reunion between his subordinate an their former ally is, he expects it to be shallow at worst, carnal at best. that's just how he's known nikolai to operate.

dominic returns to the hotel's lobby with a dismissive roll of his eyes. having to keep his expression and movement neutral is a conscious struggle because time limits always turn him sharp with apprehension, even if they're self-enforced.

eyeing the stop of the stairs of the second floor, he sees another beast lurking, as striking as she is no doubt deadly. he moves forward to speak to her before she reaches the center of the lobby proper, his brows furrowing after observing her movement for several seconds. was she intoxicated?

he clenches his jaw tight and begins to walk toward her to intercept her before she says or does anything stupid. idly, without so much as a second thought, plucks a coconut snowball from a waiter's tray.

≫ hi
≫ thanks for the coconut snowball @winter
≫ 2/3 posts until dominic gets the key card to 's weird torture room

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sinclair
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heterosexual
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domination
POSTED ON Dec 6, 2018 4:32:17 GMT
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call it intuition; the feeling of cold, dead fingers caressing the back of his neck.

dominic halts to re-analyse the scene playing out below him. through the windows of the building, he can see figures accost the target he was tracking, and from mannerisms alone he can identify them as his subordinates confronting the young woman. he clicks his tongue in dissatisfaction. so hasty.

the lower district was practically destroyed and unoccupied, but this is where the remaining citizenry should be, hiding like the victims that they so crave to be. and yet it was somehow too quiet, like they had some sort of forewarning. the streets themselves holding are their breath.

dominic slides down a broken slope of a roof to a balcony over-looking the building the figures were in and sends a message to all rocket members in a radius of 1 kilometer of his location.

stay on alert. don't instigate. be ready.




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