a sigh escapes natalie fairchild's lips. it's one of irritation. of regret. and finally, of resignation. syfus coiled around the trunk of a nearby cedar, head hovering dangerously close to an artificial hole. "i will take a sample first," she demands, sliding her tongue across her lips. with a flick of her wrist, the command is given and the arbok's moves to obey.

natalie watches with interest as her snake COILS it's body tighter, and tighter around the tree. splinters break off and cracks form in the bark. as if it was struggling prey, the tree begins to shake violently. but it's enough. a much smaller pokemon pushes itself free from it's den, rolling on the ground as it does so. when it's compound eyes look up, syfus is looming over, a god of death. hood engorged and INTIMIDATING, eyes pierce the venonat with a bloodlust filled GLARE that turns it's blood cold and leaves it unable to move.

natalie watches, checking the time on her wrist. she moves forcefully to the paralyzed creature, two layers of gloves already on delicate hands. one reaches out for leverage, while the other begins to cut away and file samples of it's fur into a plastic bag. satisfied with her collection, natalie moves to swab the poisonous creature's skin directly before she too places that away. "make it quick. we still have much work to do."

the sounds are revolting, but necessary. turning around, satisfied with her handling of the samples, she finds an imprint of the venonat still travelling down to syfus's gut. there's an unmistakeable purr of delight.


notes + if only syfus wasn't hungry. venomoth are neat.

natalie continues her walk, attention consumed by the theoretical. she flits through thoughts like a single man swiping right on one of their dating apps. utilization of the new venonat's poison would likely take up a number of days. she would need to document her findings. figure out a use. the poison was stronger in the coats of their young. a natural defense mechanism that grew less required as they aged. at worst, it could paralyze a fully grown human in less than a minute.

not bad.

her focus was pulled from her thoughts at the sound of syfus's GUNK SHOT. a cold stare followed, landing on a wild pokemon in mid leap. the branch where it was formerly cat-napping was in smoking shambles. the liepard gave natalie an aggressive hiss, splittle flying from between it's teeth. but, it's instincts took over and soon it disappeared.

"nuisance." she spat, eyes snapping to the arbok. "don't interrupt me again unless you're dying.. understand?"


notes + avoids battle. natalie is lazy.

syfus spotted the last irritant she would allow to bother her today. regret filled her briefly, wishing she had captured the venonat instead of feeding it to her gluttonous viper, but she brushed it off quickly. regret was for the weak.

he struck the flower-esque pokemon, wrapping his body around the creature and placing an immediately GLARE in it's direction. when it went limp, a prisoner in it's own body, her hand went arcing in a back-handed swing at the poison-type. his attempt to consume it negated.

she tossed a lazy ball at the creature.

"i grow tired of this. come."

a waste of her time this all turned out to be.