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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 6:41:32 GMT

Recently Hoenn had been subjected to a series of strange hurricanes appearing around the region, seemingly random and never able to be traced to a meteorological source. Route 113 was the most recent victim of the destruction caused by these spontaneous storms, and he was being pressured to discover the cause. “Excuse me.” Quinn approached the reception desk of the Littleroot research facilities, acquiring the attention of the secretary behind the counter. “I’m here to meet with Aria Collier, is she in?”

“One moment.” She tapped at the keyboard for a moment before looking at him once more. “Doctor Riley?” Quinn nodded with a friendly smile, reaching forward to accept the visitor badge from her. “Her office is down that way.” He made his way down the hallway, eventually locating the office with her name, knocking on the doorframe with the smile still plastered on his face. “Hello! Hope, I didn’t catch you at a bad time!”

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 8:03:22 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]"not a bad time at all, doctor riley."

she peels her eyes away from her screen and shifts it to her visitor by the door. she stands, offers him a friendly smile, and gestures towards the chair by the side of her desk.

"make yourself comfortable. would you like anything to drink? we have water, some alcohol, and some juices. no apple, unfortunately."

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 8:27:42 GMT

“I’ll take some water, thanks!” Quinn walked inside and closed the door behind him, setting his messenger bag down on a nearby surface. “Does Professor Jabami really let you guys have alcohol on the job?” Wasn’t exactly pertinent to the reason he’d come, but he couldn’t imagine getting away with that at the Weather Institute. “I wanted to see you because of your dissertation about weather-changing Pokemon.”

Quinn took a seat opposite his colleague, searching through his bag for the specific file he’d brought along with him. “Have you heard about the hurricane that appeared on Route 113?”

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 8:36:14 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]she steps away to a little table by the window. it doesn't take her long to pour water into a glass but she lingers for a little and simply peers out the window at the visible tranquility littleroot's known for.

"the professor lets me do a lot of things. but the alcohol is meant more so for our guests." she turns, returns with a glass of water. she sets it down in front of him. "guests like you, doctor riley."

she circles around and finds her chair.

"a little. i hear there have been others like it."

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 8:48:10 GMT

“Ohh, that makes sense.” Quinn nodded slightly, hoping the question hadn’t inadvertently offended her. “You can call me Quinn, by the way.” Only a few months had passed since getting his doctorate, and it was still strange to hear others call him ‘Doctor Riley’.

“You’d be correct.” A manila folder was slid across the surface towards her, detailing information about the weather patterns moments leading up to the hurricanes that wouldn’t have made the event possible. “I’m thinking that a Pokémon may be causing them.” Should she explore deeper into the folder, data was gathered about the strength of the storms as well. “It’s stronger than any application of Rain Dance I've ever seen, and couldn’t possibly be attributed to Drizzle either. I was hoping you might have some insights.”

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 17:41:13 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]"is quinn what you prefer? if so, quinn works with me."

she reaches for the manila folder, flicks it open, and starts scanning through the pages.

"i'd normally agree with you but that doesn't explain the others. i believe they're too scattered to be the same pokemon. don't you think so, quinn?"

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 18:41:46 GMT

“Yeah, not really used to being called ‘doctor’ yet.” Quinn admitted, with some embarrassment.

“Originally, I thought the same but I don’t know of any one Pokemon that can generate a storm that strong, let alone multiple existing of the same species.” A new document was produced from the messenger bag, set atop the one Aria already had. “I did some crawling through social media using the locations as tags and found this.”

In the uppermost cloud above the storm, a set of crimson eyes stared back from the darkness. What could be made out was the shadow of what appeared to be wings in the cloud formation, as well as a tail, though it was difficult to discern with the shadows of the cloud itself.

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 19:45:29 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]no matter how much she might want to believe the genuineness of the photograph, logic overrides anything else. she sets it back down, slides it away.

"have you checked if it's edited?"

still, she decides to entertain it. she points an index finger and places it on the photograph.

"what do you think this is?"

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POSTED ON May 25, 2021 21:47:39 GMT

Quinn nodded in response to her skeptical question. “That was the first thing I did.” He didn’t want to take any chances on passing along false information, especially with something of such importance. “This is the original and unedited image, taken from Fallarbor Town”

There was a moment of hesitation as he inspected the image once more, before offering a small shrug. “I was hoping you might have an idea.”

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POSTED ON May 26, 2021 9:43:51 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]"to be honest with you, quinn, i don't."

her finger taps against the photo, then traces its outline as she speaks.

"there are no pokemon out there that i know of that are capable of summoning storms like these, let alone ones that match whatever this is."

she peers down at the murky-red that cuts through even the darkest clouds.

"could be a legendary, but it's difficult to prove."

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POSTED ON May 26, 2021 18:18:26 GMT

“Legendary…” The thought hadn’t crossed Quinn’s mind until she mentioned the enigmatic Pokemon. “It could be!” Fumbling through the bag once again, he placed a laptop on the table and began to frantically type, the shine of determination in his eyes. “There are a few associated with storms…”

Quinn was silent for a few moments while he compiled a list, making sure he cross checked everything before speaking again. “Thundurus, Tornadus, Kyogre, Raikou and Lugia.” An eyebrow raised as he went over known depictions of the legends, suddenly turning the laptop around to show an ancient carving of the one known as Lugia on his screen. “The shape is similar, don't you think?”

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POSTED ON May 28, 2021 9:17:28 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]there are a few associated with storms. she runs through them in her head and quickly eliminates some that don't match the description. she lands on the same conclusion as quinn does.

"eerily similar."

the thought is exciting. she bounces her leg as she thinks.

"but we need proof. i'd suggest starting with storms that have similarities to these odd ones. date them back, map them out, then we can try and track its location. ideally, we'd be there before a storm starts."

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POSTED ON May 28, 2021 19:29:12 GMT

    “I’m supposed to have an interview with a courier who was at Route 113.” Quinn closed the screen of his laptop before sliding it back into his bag. “Locke Jamison of Delibird Deliveries. I’m hoping they’ll be able to confirm our theory, though we’d still be working off anecdotal evidence.”

    Excitement was beginning to get the best of him as well, chewing his bottom lip out of a nervous habit. “I think you’re right. Should we manage to determine a pattern, then we could use that data to predict where this Pokémon will appear next.” It took a moment for Quinn to realize that he’d been using ‘we’ instead of ‘I’, glancing towards Aria with a sheepish smile.

    “Would you want to work on this with me? I don’t know how busy Professor Jabami keeps you.” He didn’t want to assume, she likely had many of her own projects to occupy her time.

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POSTED ON May 29, 2021 13:27:13 GMT

[attr="class","aria"]to be fair to quinn, she said 'we' first.

"not to worry, quinn, i'll make sure the professor understands just how important this is."

she flashes a smile, a wink.

"this is exciting. thank you for bringing it to me, quinn."

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