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[attr="class","flynn"] evening officer!

[break][break] he bites into the ice cream bar - on accident. like an aboslute psychopath.

[break][break] aw fuck.

[break][break] grimacing at the frost bite, he wipes his mouth. "what's up? y'need somethin'?"

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[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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[attr="class","matias"]did the officer even flinch after taking a bite of the ice cream bar? no? just grimaced? okay, maybe matias should just turn around right now.

"been looking for you. you free for a battle?"

[attr="class","noodles"]kris flynn-edwards

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[attr="class","flynn"] what?

[break][break] "me?" he asks in disbelief. immediately after, he scowls. though, that's not much a scowl as his general attitude. it's not personal. "you sure?"

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[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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[attr="class","matias"]"officer edwards, yeah?"

that's the name he read somewhere; maybe on his phone?

"it won't take long."

matias is sure of it.

[attr="class","noodles"]kris flynn-edwards

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[attr="class","flynn"] "yeah."

[break][break] damn. he'd thought he'd been keeping a low profile. then again, he supposed it was difficult keeping a low profile when you were nearly 6'4". "ok, fine. let's go."

[break][break] with a click of his tongue, his mightyena heels obediently. flynn leads the way further down the beach.

[break][break] his eyes are narrowed. "where'd you hear of me? you part of the precinct?"

[break][break] he didn't think he'd seen anyone like him anywhere — could be wrong, though. he didn't pay attention much to those things.

[break][break] had matias been that dude he was supposed to cover the shift for last week, and had just ghosted him?

[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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[attr="class","matias"]"i don't think i'd make a good police officer."

even if sergeant comes after officer, being in the military is definitely different than serving a city or a precinct. he can't imagine being tied down to one place.

well, he's tied down to hoenn.

"someone just floated your name my way. they say you're a decent trainer."

[attr="class","noodles"]kris flynn-edwards

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[attr="class","flynn"] "fair 'nough."

[break][break] flynn was the last person to try to convince someone to take his job. hell, sometimes he didn't even want it some days. most days. but hey, whatever kept the money coming in, right?

[break][break] his eyes narrow as matias mentions someone floating his name his way. the fuck? "was it skyler dross ?" he remembers the captain from the impromptu paintball tournament from a few days ago. "she's just mad i shot her."

[break][break] more than once, actually.

[break][break] they reach the field. "okay. how do you wanna do this?"

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[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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[attr="class","matias"]matias stops.

"you shot skyler dross?"

and after a moment, he continues:

"should've shot her twice."

the field comes into sight and matias calls out a gyarados that hovers on land.

"simple one on one should do."

[attr="class","noodles"]kris flynn-edwards

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[attr="class","flynn"] "actually, i did." there is a rare grin on flynn's face at the memory.

[break][break] he shrugs. "in my defense, she shot me first. and then her boyfriend."

[break][break] the gyarados that appears before flynn is intimidating -- he's got to admit.

[break][break] "right, blue. you're up." the mightyena at his side gives a short bark before running forward. her expression is serious as the battle begin, hackles raised as she sizes up her opponent. a shadow falls across her face as she uses scary face.

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[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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[attr="class","matias"]"she shot her own boyfriend? actually that sounds about right."

regardless, matias turns his attention to the battle, focusing on it instead of the drunkard of a captain.

"start off slow, gyarados."

a HYPER BEAM roars towards the mightyena.

[attr="class","noodles"]kris flynn-edwards

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[attr="class","flynn"] "yeah. fucked up, ain't it?"

[break][break] though in skyler dross defense, angelo vestri did shoot at her back. they had a weird relationship.

[break][break] it briefly occurs to flynn that it might have been better to give MATIAS SILPH some context. then again, this was funnier.

[break][break] "dodge!" the beam comes her way and blue is nimble on her paws. she darts to the side and lets out a snarl, zephyrs of dark energy flashing towards the larger beast.

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[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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[attr="class","matias"]it's funny how such a simple move like DODGE could render a powerful HYPER BEAM useless. it leaves gyarados hanging there, forced to take a turn to RECHARGE.

so there's nothing to counter the SNARL.

[attr="class","noodles"]kris flynn-edwards

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[attr="class","flynn"] the attack buffets against the larger beast, crashing into it. it's almost enough to make her swell with pride.

[break][break] not that there's time for it.

[break][break] "right. hone in!" using the momentum of success, the mightyena bounds forward. electricity crackles along her teeth as she aims to clamp her jaws around her opponent's tail.

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[attr="class","noodles"] MATIAS SILPH

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