As Andrew was playing his game, he would be surprised by the presence of another. Though she couldn't see it on his face, he was clearly annoyed by the interruption of his game. He would turn off his phone, and turn to face her, his face being more apathetic than anything now. He would immediately notice the fact that the woman was missing an eye, and an arm.

"Where'd you roll out of, holy shit.", Andrew snorted, commenting on his observations.

"Uh, yeah, I do.", he told her, briefly flashing the capsule containing the Castform, before putting it back. He would then hop off the rock he was sitting on, sneakers hitting the mud below, and nearly causing him to slip. As he barely caught himself, the streamer would huff. His Archeops would begin to lead the way down the path they would go down. "Holy shit, Screech, wait for us!", Andrew called out to the excited Archeops, who seemed to skip along the path.

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tags: vesper hale
notes: Let's get this started!

Remarks aside, Andrew really didn't care about the woman's appearance. So when she remarked that she came out of hell, he rolled his eyes. "Lucky, right.", Andrew snorted again, as he followed after his crazy ancient bird.

Indeed, Andrew's complexion was a product of his lifestyle of staying indoors most of the time to stream. The times he'd go out were few and far between, especially since he ordered out most of the time. Ever since his last girlfriend broke up with him, he's been cooking for himself far less, as he hardly went out to buy groceries. He'd have to change that, if he wanted to do another "Cooking with the God" video. As for the darkened eyes, that was obviously the effects of staying indoors to livestream, staring at a screen to make his money.

Before Andrew could shoot the woman a dirty look for touching him, the sounds of his Archeops got his attention. A swarm of Seviper had managed to intercept their path. The large serpents would charge the duo, Poison Fangs at the ready. Andrew, upon seeing them, brought out his Pinsir. "Screech, Rock Slide! Stag, Strength!", ordered the streamer.

The Archeops would call down a barrage of rocks and debris to fall over the Seviper. The Pinsir would join in, punching the nearest Seviper with a powerful blow to the head.

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tags: vesper hale
notes: Seviper attack!

Andrew would watch as the woman sent in a Zangoose to battle the Seviper. What he didn't know was that the two species despised one another, thus sending the Zangoose into a rage. The Seviper, seeing their natural rival, all concentrated on it, despite the presence of the two Pokemon belonging to the male.

Andrew would quickly take notice to how his partner seemed to be getting off to this. But given that it was in the heat of the moment, and he was worried about his own survival, he didn't bother commenting. Rather, he'd just go through the motions, get this job done, and get wasted at home, before doing another stream. Maybe make it a drinking stream?

"Keep it up, you two! Stag, Harden up before you keep going!", called out the streamer.

Once again, the Archeops would call down a Rock Slide, attempting to smash, or at least pin down, as many of the serpents as he possibly could. The Pinsir would Harden his body, before going in to smash another Seviper with his strength. While he managed to slug one of them, another Seviper would attempt to bite down on him with Poison Fangs. Thanks to his hardened exoskeleton, the attack failed to penetrate far enough to actually inject poison into him, though it did leave a nice mark on him. In retaliation, the Pinsir picked up the Seviper, and with all of his Strength, smashed its head into the nearest tree.

"Screech, look out!", called out Andrew to his Archeops.

A few Seviper that managed to survive the Rock Slide, and not be pinned down, lunged for the Archeops, attempting to Crunch on him. The bird would quickly jump up, flapping his wings to stay in the air long enough to avoid the snakes. He would then follow up by shredding them with Dragon Claws, finishing what his Rock Slide had started.

"Take that, you stupid idiots!", Andrew gloated.

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tags: vesper hale
notes: Feel free to drag it out further, or end the battle with your next post.

Surprisingly, the battle did not go badly for them at all. Aside from his Pinsir taking a minor injury from a Seviper, he and his Pokemon managed to come out unscathed. But they weren't out of the woods yet, as they still had to drop the Castform off at the designated drop off point. Andrew would pull up a different phone from his pocket, this one was a burner assigned to him by Rocket.

"We're close.", he would remark.

"Uh, thanks?", Andrew replied to her remark. He really didn't know what else to say. As she made the offer to go drinking after this, he quickly thought of what could go wrong. And a lot of bad things cropped up. But then, refusing her offer might also put him in her crosshairs. "Fuck it, why not?", Andrew replied, snorting.

As she asked about releasing the Castform, they would approach the station that had been set up earlier. Andrew would free the Castform from its capsule. He would then begin to hook it up to the weather node. He would then give the Pokemon a treat for its troubles, before getting out of there.

"Can't go too wild though, got shit to do later.", he would tell her.

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tags: vesper hale
notes: Fin