Captain Dross looks up at the looming tree like she wants to end its existence. For a moment it feels as if the rest of the festival ceases to exist, muddled colors and indistinct chatter bowing down before the eager pounding of her heart in her ears and the edge of a slowly widening grin. Bloodthirsty.

"That's unfair, Celly." Blond curls whisper over exposed shoulders as her head tilts to face Celeste Abbiati , looking entirely too self-satisfied. "My blood hasn't been completely replaced by alcohol." Calloused digits tap over the crystalline glass of the bottle briefly, echoing in the halfway empty bottle. A sharp grin blooms on her face. "That's what this baby is for." 

A scoff follows in the wake of Laurence Anderson 's comment. "I don't know who you're talking to, spiky. No lady here. But since you're scared - here, I'll go first. I'll even hold your hand if you ask nicely." The captain is, clearly, talking out of her ass. The veneer of confidence, however, seems genuine. There isn't a drop of hesitation as the roughness of tree bark bites into Skyler's palms, muscles tensing with effort as she starts inching her way up the tree.

Bold. Fearless. Foolish.

The sound of a familiar voice calling out to her (challenging her?) has the captain uttering a single, but deeply heartfelt curse. Something wild and untethered peeks out from under the surface, ever so curious, and Skyler's helpless to resist it. Doesn't really want to. 

Her head cranes back carelessly, teeth glinting with moonlight as she bares them at Lulu Flint . Of course.

An ominous crack stops whatever words the captain might've said. Calloused fingertips desperately dig into the bark, searching for some sort of purchase. Yet the sudden loss of a foothold is enough for gravity to greedily take the captain into its jaws. Vertigo briefly settles into her stomach, turning it, and there's an odd ripping sound as she's pulled down, and she is gracelessly-

"Motherfu-!"

-falling.

The impact doesn't actually hurt Skyler as much as it does her dignity. Breath knocked out of her, the captain doesn't move for a few seconds, silver eyes focused on the canopy above. Slowly, as if in slow motion, she raises one of her arms to give the tree the middle-finger.

"Hey Celly." If Skyler is aware of her disheveled state, yukata only loosely wrapped around her form with a large, newly-acquired slit running almost the entirety of it, she doesn't appear to care. Given what happened in the last event she participated in, she figures disrobbing herself is becoming somewhat of a theme. "I think I'll need that bottle now."

Captain Dross doesn't give Celeste Abbiati enough time to actually do anything; greedy fingers already wrapped around the bottle and pouring the contents down her throat. The back of her hand reaches out to catch a rebellious drop of tequila sliding down her chin, just as she spots a familiar figure through the crowd (angelo vestri ). 

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Laurence Anderson Celeste Abbiati angelo vestri Lulu Flint Sabine Calcifet

Cotton followed after Chunhua, giving a wave to Chu-e over his shoulder as he went. He was positive that his trainer would be okay, after all! He had a bunch of other pokemon out right now, after all, and none of them would let him get hurt. So, when the other, NEW human called out another pokemon, he decided to pitch in and help, too! He wanted to help keep his new friend safe and also just... wanted in on the action. For a grass type, he was kind of a spitfire on the inside. Fluffing himself up, he unleashed a Grassy Terrain around @zhao and his pokemon, which would boost his same-types moves and make them all much stronger. It would also help to tangle up any Tauros who came their way!

Meanwhile, Chu-e couldn't hide the surprised snort and clapped a hand over his mouth at what Raziel Beckett said. He was pissed! Hell yeah! Seeing Razz even a little properly cross was pretty funny. But, he seemed to have things sorted out in his own way. Chu-e, true to his nature, was a bit more forceful in his own attempts. "Well, I guess this is almost as good as you winning me a Miltank!" He called out to the other, not letting him get away for now. Chu-e had found a life's purpose in riling up the other.

Muse, the Machamp, was busy with another Tauros. She grappled it tightly, her four arms wrapped around it's middle, then bent backwards harshly to slam the bull pokemon face first into the ground. The result was the pokemon mostly got hung by it's large horns, wiggling and unhappy but of no danger to itself or anyone else.

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After ushering the civilians to safety, the Machamp turned towards the ringing bells. Her lumbering form sprinted to Eva’s side, skidding to a halt as she and the Gallade watched in awe as the trainers attempted to calm the Tapu Bulu. The fighting-type shuddered in anticipation, a part of her craving a piece of the action. Eva gently rested a hand on the Machamp’s arm. Their duty was not in the battle, unless absolutely necessary. These trainers seemed to have enough fire power to wrangle the rampaging beast without their help.

A familiar voice cut through the chaos, one she wouldn't be able to miss even in all the chaos, “Simone!” she called back, rushing to close the distance quicker by jogging a few steps towards him. There was a mixture of emotions. He brought Eva a sense of comfort but she was more worried for his well-being, “Are you alright?!” he looked a bit roughed up, like he took a good tumble, “Simone, you should really get out of here,” her voice was heavy with concern as her emerald eyes traced the more visible damage on his skin from his effort to save the Cyndaquil.

A loud crash behind the group caused Eva to flinch, spinning around to see another Tauros crash into a wooden stall. The boards exploded on impact, splinters raining down and a sharp board wedged itself into a Tauros’ side. The pokemon screamed in agony, falling onto the ground.

Fuck.

Eva hesitated to leave @simone 's side, but he chose for her by releasing Atlas to join the fight. It was a side of him she was unfamiliar with. Syah was quick to react, using her four strong arms the cover the beast and hold him down while Eva and Blade rushed over to kneel beside the wound. A quick look revealed it was mostly superficial, Eva didn’t suspect abdominal trauma.

“Get ready to pull it, Blade,” she instructed, unraveling gauze from her med pack to put pressure on the wound, “Hold ‘im steady, Syah,” Eva nodded, Syah braced herself, Blade pulled, and Eva came with the gauze, practically sitting on top of the struggling bovine to apply enough pressure to the wound.

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