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Seeing the familiar voice and hearing their voice, Skids gave a warm smile and waved to Noelani.

"Oh good, you two already know each other! That means you two can probably work together a lot easier." Ol Macintosh remarked.

"Yes, we've had our own adventure of sorts back in Slateport." Skids replied witha nod.

With noelani asking about the task,the farmer directed their gaze to a newly fenced in area. Which the two men would be able to spot the fluffy white balls that were known was Wooloo, there was probably five of the sheep like pokemon there. Rolling about the nicely sized area they had to themselves.

"There's a local Mightyena pack that seems to fancy sheep mostly but they've been a problem for a while now. It seems though with these round fluff balls, they've gotten much bolder. Doesn't help sometimes the wooloo roll along and break the fence. I can handle figuring out a way to build a fence they can't break. What I'm not able to handle, is that Mightyena pack." Ol Macintosh explained. "So while I reinforce that fence, I need you two lads to watch the wooloo, as I'm going to have to move em to a different area in order to work."

So it was warding off a pack of mightyena. Why though were they attacking the farm for food? Was something not right in the routes nearby for them to get food? Wait...this sounded familiar.

"Is it that same Mightyena you swear had it out for ya all those years ago?" Skids asked, the older man chuckled.

"Might be one of his pups, old Snaggletooth seems to have kicked the bucket. But whatever Mightyena took up leadership, decided that it was still a wise idea to keep hitting up my farm for a extra meal. Darn dogs haven't learned yet despite all the years of back an forth war." Ol Macintosh replied. "Sadly my best guard dogs aren't up to the task, they're mostly old and the youngins aren't trained enough to handle this pack, last time I tried that, I had to get my mons stitches."

Skids shuddered lightly, not liking the sound of it. Well this was going to be a strange and interesting event.

"Hopefully we can help scare them off for good, right?" Skids said, glancing to Noelani to see if they were still on board for this.

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"And mightyena are aggressive, so adding that onto if they believe themselves powerful enough, is a dangerous cocktail." Skids added, nodding in agreement with Noel. "I...raised one from a poochyena, that temper gets a good deal worse along with them having a bit too much...confidence.."

There were times that Jokester was a pain due to them thinking they could handle a fight. It caused the mightyena to disobey now an then. HOwever....they were a very loyal pokemon to the 'pack'. So they would do whatever they could to keep the pack strong. Taking out the alpha could make some scatter but..Skids was certain that there was going to be some that remained. Older and more experienced members of the pack possible; or some young hotshots who think they could do something.

"Normally they come out at night, however they've sometimes attacked during the day. I'm positive they might have a look out or something in the treeline, waiting for when I'm not around or busy with one of the other pastures." Ol Macintosh explained. "It's why I asked for someone to be here at this time, since I have to relocate the wooloo in order to work on the fence, they might strike then. So I also need someone to watch em while I work on the fence."

"Reasonable,it's not unlike packs to have members who guard areas of the territory or watch a potential hunting ground for prey." Skids added. "would you be okay with us looking around the area before we start moving the wooloo? Just to familiarize ourselves with the potential routes they'll take?"

"Certainly, a walk about the property's not a bad idea. Just let me know when you're ready, I'll be able to move those wooloo without help."

Skids nodded and looked over to Noelani.

"Sound good to you?" Skids asked.

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"I have Salemn but I think a dragon flying around would make the pack suspicious, so I'll let you handle the aerial side of things." Skids said.

"Salemn? You still have that dragon?" Ol Macintosh asked, Skids gave a small nod. "Well look at that, I remember when they were a bagon and jumped off my barn, you were in such a panic over it till I explained that's what they do."

Skids gave a small sigh.

"Yes I remember my lack of knowledge at the time..thank you." Skids replied before looking over to Noelani. "Yep, I'm good to go."

Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a pokeball and released Holo. The houndoom shook her head and glanced around, tilting her head in confusion. Course, Skids put a hand on her head.

"Just stick close to us but keep an eye out for me, okay?" Skids asked her.

"Alright,I'll leave you lot to it,see you lot soon." Ol Macintosh said before he headed off.

"That man hasn't changed...not sure if that's worrying or a good thing.." Skids muttered to himself when the other was gone.

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"The whole pack is already here...?" Skids muttered, trying to figure out why the whole pack was already here rather than just a scout.

Did they make a den nearby in order to have better access to the food? Possible but..Mightyena weren't dumb, they would know settling down this close to the farm would give more dangers though. Traps, the farmer and his staff, and the guard pokemon. There would also be competition.

"The fact that the entire pack is already this close is worrying...something else could be going on and they're just using the livestock as quick and easy meals...even more so at the moment.." Skids replied, pausing as the gears in his head turned. "We need more information before we go ahead with confronting the pack, if we just walk toward the spot they're all at, they'll have the advantage. I haven't been in that treeline in years, while this mightyena have a habit of roaming it. They know it better and could easily have ambush spots."

But...at the same time, was something else drive them here? Forest burning maybe? The route got downsized for more farmland? Looking around, the farm still seemed the same size it was when he was younger. But was it? Shaking his head, he sighed.

"What do you suggest? We're working together on this, I voiced my thoughts. I want to hear yours on this." SKids asked.

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"Mightyena are pack pokemon, so a challenge of leadership would have to be answered. If the alpha ignores it, it could make the pack think they're weak and then cause those within the pack to challenge him. Even if it's from a outsider pokemon, leadership is valued in many pokemon species that travel in herds or packs. They need to know their leader can provide and keep them safe from any threat." Skids replied. "The problem with that, we'd be sending one of our own into the wolf's den..."

And that alone would prove a bad idea. Glancing to the treeline, Skids narrowed his gaze slightly. Trying to spot something, anything that could give him a better idea on what to do. Reaching into his pockets, he gave a small blink and recalledhe had Salemn still in their ball. He pulled the pokeball out of his pocket and glanced at it, letting his attention linger on it before looking back to the treeline.

"You know what....let's try to scare them off. Not many pokemon would be brave enough to challenge a dragon type, the alpha might though. After all, he's tasked with protecting all of them, if he can't fend off a older dragon or get it disinterested, the rest of the pack may turn tail and run." Skids suggested. "We'd just need your taloneflame to lead the way to the rest of the pack and we can follow at a safer distance?"

It was the only other idea Skids had. While not quite going into the fray, it still was.
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That was another pokemon he didn't know. It was starting to be a tad displeasing to not know so many things. Still, he gave a nod.

"Do you have any other large pokemon that can take to the sky? Maybe another large pokemon even if not a dragon, can still put fear into them?" Skids asked.

He knew the young man wasn't from Hoenn, so maybe they had a pokemon that he didn't know of? Either way, more than one pokemon could certainly help with the scaring. Even better if it wasn't native and the Mightyena's didn't know what to do in order to handle the fight. They would know the weakness to a Salamence, but if they were smart they wouldn't try to take a older one down unless it was near the end of it's life or sick. Skids would follow along, taking care to not mistep and to follow the other's lead.

"Right." Skids replied when they mentioned taking their partner out.

Releasing the salamence form their ball, the dragon tilted their head. Taking a moment to recognize the area and glancing back the way the two trainers came. Skids gently patted them.

"Easy my friend. We'll go visit when we're done, right now we got a job. You okay with scaring some dogs?" Skids asked.

Salemn seemed to ponder it but they soon nodded in agreement.

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