it's a mission. [break][break]

a mission like any other, so why does she hesitate when she hears a familiar voice in the distance? why does she cringe when she's told herself no, you can face your past again, and you will not falter? of course, it's ayame lying to herself again, and she'll always lie to herself when it came to the presence of the young man with his lucario dashing out in the open. she had hoped that she wouldn't run into him, and just her luck, he happened to be here, as well. fate was indeed cruel to her, lately, and she can't help but think that this is her karma finally collecting its debt. she's supposed to return these quick, erratic and obscure pokemon to bring back to the tech companies of which housed them, but as usual, rocket had their own plans with the glitchy monstrosities. she only hopes that she won't be seen pouching these pokemon (once upon a time, maybe she would have cared. nowadays, she finds it hard to shed a tear). [break][break]

at her side was a frosmoth, fluttering just above her shoulder. "tail wind," she commands the larger, white bug pokemon, and a wing begins to pick up from behind her general direction. it blows from behind and lifts the bangs of her hair, causing the free locks to whip around as did it make the looser folds of her cloth flap to the breeze. following up, she throws out a pokeball to release a beedrill into the air, and she points to the erratic pokemon that so kindly made itself available. "pursuit, and don't let it get away~" another smile and chime, and you'd never think that she was asking the bee to dive in to attack the poor, glitchy pokemon. with the speed gain from the prior tail wind, the bee pokemon slices the air to dig its stingers into the side of the petite pokemon, and you'd think that it expresses pain were not for the spazzing and incoherent beeps.[break][break]

the bee closes in, keeping a hold on the pokemon that struggles under the weight. ayame herself, however, slowly approaches the pitiful display before her, and waves her hand to the black and yellow pokemon. "stringshot, and make sure it can't escape" she wants to get this over with; but was she always this merciless? a somewhat empty gaze follows her as she glances to the other man, and she's sure that the breeze and fuss attracted attention from the other man. her smile betrays her thoughts. [break][break]

"you seem to be having a bit of trouble~."

Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]

Eyes ahead and attention matching. To say that he had been accustomed to working swiftly would have been a vast understatement in itself, though not a falsity, altogether, and such an idea would have been clearly supported as he continuously sprinted through the bounds of the streets all the same. Though the sound of his footsteps resounded confidently, the weight of them had been all but heavy; a light and deft touch to each and every movement that enabled him ease of shifting course whenever necessary and performed. Corner after corner, path after path; such had been minor obstacles that obstructed his path, all before a mere glance towards the Aura Pokemon had been all the communication needed for the creature to bound forward once more, lunging forth within another Extreme Speed to strike the Porygon before it seemed to note the enclosed distance. Following that had been another repetition of the move, and then an Meteor Mash to further weaken it before it finally fell, unconscious.[break][break]

In a quickened movement, he bounded towards it mere moments after the deed had been done; gently reaching out and pulling it a faint bit closer to check it for any other extensive injuries. Verdant voids shifted up every so often for sake of vigilance all the while, though found themselves settled and frozen upon a figure in the distance as a distant gust pushed towards him. Although he remained focused and wary (ready to act at any single beck), he instinctively narrowed his eyes and slowly stood back up as recognition gradually crept its way past his senses.[break][break]

He clenched his jaw lightly.[break]
He spared no time.[break][break]

Turning to his closest companion, he gave another, louder, ”Reiki!” over his shoulder; a call that the Lucario acknowledged for a moment’s time before disappearing for yet another time within another Extreme Speed, that time directed towards the Beedrill in the open in an attempt to, at the very least, fend him away from one of many mission targets needed within the hunt. All the while, he, himself, began to lean forwards within a lunging beginning of a sprint; making his way towards the woman.

AYAME FUJIWARA
mission: data leak

☉

he responds with silence.[break][break]

after all, she did this to herself. she's here, standing on the opposite end knowing full well that he of all people would never fall into the hellish depravity landed at rock bottom. he recognized her, didn't he? it would explain how he looked at her like a deer in headlights (it was brief, and followed by the sudden lunging, but she can tell because she was there). her eyes are dulled and empty, ever the watcher as she takes a step with her back against the wind. it's only natural that he would set her sights on her; knowing who she is - knowing what filth she has become - was plenty reason enough, so she understands. she won't hold it against him (but seeing the cold glare and hearing nothing but silence in return creates a sting that she hasn't felt in a while, and it hurts if she focuses too much on it).[break][break]

for the job she tells herself, hands hovering over the belt that held the remaining four pokemon she's brought along. it's a split second decision as the man runs towards her. ayame should be bringing out a pokemon to attack him as he was; continue to be merciless and plow over everything that gets in your way (it's a motto she's learned to live by in her short time in rocket, and how far that's gotten her. how far it's helped her to survive in a region where she's nothing but a wanted woman in another). since coming to hoenn, the warmth and compassion of a blunt force is brushed aside, with nothing but a pincer or a needle to be held hand in unlovable hand. [break][break]

bring out the galvantula and surround yourself in electro web; that's the usual strategy, isn't it? there's an even larger advantage, knowing the opponent as well as she does (though that assumes that he hasn't changed as much as she; somewhere in that distorted and crooked heart does she hope that he's not the latter). hurting him is easy. killing him is difficult, but slowing him down and brushing aside her obstacle was but a meagre task for enma. slow him down, and make sure he stays slowed because it's never stopped you before, enma. [break][break]

"icy wind, yuki" empty eyes maintain their gaze, yet she stands still as the ice moth flutters above her head to spew out chilly wind, pushing back against the man who runs towards her and quickly piles the path with a thin layer of snow. in the meantime, she narrows her eyes to the beedrill, dealing with the lucario she assumes-- then confirms, seeing their struggle. the bee pokemon holds the pokemon close with one stinger-like arm, whilst the other is raised shortly after beingrammed against by the aura pokemon. its stinger lights up, preparing to jab the fighting pokemon with poison jab.

Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]

He’d expected some means of resistance, and upon seeing the hand hook around towards the array of capsules within her arsenal, he found himself grateful to have assumed as much. Constant had his steps remained; a repeated, rhythmic symphony of light, swiftened alterations within his midst that carried him ever forward. Upon catching sight of the display before him, he’d instinctively leaned forward a faint bit more; a means of tucking himself inward as he pushed himself as quickly as he could before she could do whatever it was that she planned to do. He had to close the distance as much as he could. He had to get as close as possible.[break][break]

And yet, he found himself at a standstill, even then. The sight of a familiar, snowy creature met his gaze before long, and although he found himself tensing and bracing for whatever would come, a light, silent gasp escaped his lips as he trekked on; the frost of condensation forming from within the heat of his breath as the cold hit him. With an arm lifted to shield his forefront as best as possible, the breath he gave escalated into another, and his body shuddered instinctively beneath the weight of the cold while he attempted to fend the sudden decrease in temperature away, all as it rushed directly into him.[break][break]

This was an open space. Aside from the companions that he had, he only had naught more than his own skills and talents, for anything more would be an obvious point of skepticism to those of lawful statures. With another shudder and his arm continuously raised before him, he clenched his jaw prior to continuing forward; tilting his head faintly in an attempt to glare through the frost with a viridian tenacity as he pressed on.[break][break]

Quick. Quick, quick, quick- even if his legs found themselves heavied, and even as the chill shook him to the core. From the corner of his eye, he peered through the frost for however long it lasted; searching with an air of vigilance for the sight of a familiar. Where are you…? he thought to himself. Close… Knowing you, you should be well on your--[break][break]

Way.[break][break]

As if on cue, a distortion within the air rippled violently towards the black and white insect afar within the form of a somewhat distant Psychic. Upon noting the grating sound that came with it (as well as the psychic-type that had found its way into the fray, some ways away), the aura Pokemon had swiftly glanced over his shoulder and towards the direction from whence it came, and soon afterward, averted its attention towards the moth creature that had been attending to his trainer. Taking the cue to swap priority, he leaned away from the Beedrill for all but a moment prior to vanishing from sight, only to reappear by the Frosmoth with another Extreme Speed rush of intended blunt force.

AYAME FUJIWARA
mission: data leak

☉

she should have just run. [break][break]

it's not because she doesn't think she can win, no. if she were to be merciless and embrace what monster she's become, she knows she could make quick work o the lucario and kadabra she's found herself being so close to once upon a time. damn emotions. they create the pit in her stomach and poke the holes in her stone heart, just as she thinks that she's been desensitized enough to carry on her work. ayame, you aren't capable for this line of work, because you let your heart speak in place of your head (but will you ever stop? no, you won't, because redemption is something far too out of grasp. you lost your chance when you slapped the hand away). [break][break]

the window is shut the moment she feels the whoosh of a lucario, dashing past her person and ramming against the frosmoth behind her. the chilled breeze is gone, however the frost and snow remain from the cool autumn breeze, combined with the lingering tail wind that still persists. it'd be easy for her to recall the pokemon and run for it, but he'd doubtlessly close all possible avenues. shit. [break][break]

the leaf piles have been blown away with her ice pokemon's attempt, however it lets out a soft cry as it's rammed into by the canine-looking pokemon. he's familiar. she doesn't like how familiar he is when she sees the dark blue and black fur. there's the second sting and the countless ache when her eyes meet the man, covered in her own made cold. the moth groans as it eyes the lucario, and there's reluctance as she's pushed away from her trainer; but not without some form of resistance, as a greenish glow emits from the white insect's mouth, spewing out a struggle bug[break][break]

yet still, she grits her teeth and turns her attention to a bee black and yellow, thrown off and setting out a scream into the air at the attack. he's thrown a few ways from the porygon he's secured in string shot, and his semi-transparent wings make a soft buzzing sound as he picks himself up. "hatchi!" her voice is raised. she's impatient, and she wants to leave. her voice snaps the pokemon out of its momentary daze from having its guard down, and he rushes to the kadabra, mindful of his surroundings that time, with stingers at the ready for twineedle.[break][break]


[break][break]
tl;dr--[break]
turn 3/4 of tailwind[break]
frosmoth used struggle bug (lucario)[break]
beedrill used twineedle (kadabra)

Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]

He clenched his jaw while noting the situation, breathing another, slower exhale as the frost (ever lingering, even if the winds had ceased) diminished from around him. With one last sigh, he brought himself from the ground, once more, his calves instinctively tensing as he shook them prior to moving in again, however heavied his feet may have been. With a silent prayer to none other than himself, he immediately shifted his attention towards the golden Pokemon afar as he sprinted forth.[break][break]

”Tamashi, take care of yourself!” he called out, pulling an arm to his side as he placed the other hand upon its forearm. He rubbed along it as a means to further thaw himself from the earlier barrage of frost,flexing his fingers all the while, as well. ”Reiki, Laser Focus!”[break][break]

Such directions were swift to be followed, and as the eyes of the aura Pokemon harbored a brief, sharpened glint within them at the honing of the aforementioned Laser Focus, the remaining took care to move back a few paces. With a watchful gaze, the spoon within his grasp danced between forked fingers as he paused briefly, allowing a sheen of gentle light and relief to envelop him within the midst of the prior onslaught with the use of a Recover.[break][break]

(Roll x1: Twineedle poison, hit one)[break]
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(Roll x2: Twineedle poison, hit two)[break]
[break][break]

ACTION TL;DR:[break]
Lucario used Laser Focus.[break]
Kadabra used Recover and got poisoned.

AYAME FUJIWARA [break]
mission: data leak

☉

the hunt wasn't over yet. [break][break]

she doesn't have time to be wasting on him, but he just had to make things difficult, didn't he? he had to make her job difficult, he had to make her emotions difficult, he just had to make everything difficult. there's a slight glare to her eyes as she eyes the man, still watching as he gradually recovers from the frost as made from her frosmoth. there's a brief moment of thought, and ultimately, a decision as she reaches to a third pokeball to her satchel. a large, centipede pokemon (one that he might have recognized as a small beetle of the same colour once upon a time) stands by her.[break][break]

"rollout." cold as ever, the woman gently pats the centipede pokemon as it coils up into a ball, and begins to barrel towards the kadabra whose left to fend the beedrill, diving in to diminish the recovery with endeavour. meanwhile, the frosmoth eyes the lucario silently, before perking up hearing "yuki, attract." [break][break]

with a wink, a flurry of pinkish hearts float towards the lucario, with a slightly quickened pace due to the tail wind, that she feels peering out.

[break][break]
tl;dr--[break]
turn 4/4 of tailwind[break]
frosmoth used attract (lucario)[break]
beedrill used endeavor (kadabra)[break]
scolipede used rollout (kadabra)

Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]

To say that he was thankful for the trust he’d had between himself and the Pokemon with him would have been an understatement. At the end of the day, he recognized that these two creatures were intelligent forms in themselves; capable of using their instincts and judgment to do certain things without being directed. It was apparent as he rushed in, lunging forth through the remaining distance towards the opposing trainer before long and giving an intended open palm strike towards her. All the while, the commands she’d spoken hadn’t gone unheard, and at so much as a surface registry of the command given to the moth Pokemon in front of him, the Lucario had given both her and her trainer a cursory glare before immediately absconding with an Extreme Speed, just before being affected by the attack directed towards him.[break][break]

His sights had been set on the Beedrill afar, and upon blurring into common vision again, he’d slammed his body into the bicolored creature, promptly rushing it, and simultaneously settling itself between his golden companion and the newcomer rushing him. With a low, growling grunt, he’d taken the blow instead, amidst the interception, that same creature gave his spoon a few more spins within his hands before blasting another Psychic, that time towards the crimson insect, before grimacing lightly and taking a weighted breath.[break][break][break]

ACTION TL;DR:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

Lucario uses Extreme Speed, distancing himself before Attract.[break]
Lucario lands a critical hit on Beedrill (Extreme Speed).[break]
Lucario takes the Rollout hit in Kadabra’s place.[break][break]

Kadabra uses Psychic on Scolipede.[break]
Kadabra takes poison damage.

AYAME FUJIWARA [break]
mission: data leak

☉

don't get carried away, ayame. [break][break]

your task is to bring the porygon back to headquarters, and there's nothing that he can do that will stop you (but he's always been the clearer headed trainer, and you never did so well with an adrenaline rush). she's lucky that her pokemon knew to act on their own, and knew to stay aware of their surroundings. she's wasting her time, trying to fight him here. it was a pointless battle, and she prefers to run (even if she doesn't feel like she should, and maybe she should face him head on. she pulls the pokeball from her belt to recall the beedrill who falls to a critical extreme speed, and she turns her attention back to the man rushing at her. we'll pretend that her cold glare doesn't soften as she sees him trekking through the frigid breeze wanting to strike. [break][break]

we'll pretend that there wasn't a hitch in her breath nor hesitation when she jumped back, trying to move away from his strike. because usually it'd be effortless, and she'd be able to counter without much a problem (but ayame knows she wouldn't be able to do that; not when it's him of all people). she groans as she narrowly evades his strike. she's grateful that she's nimble and agile, so evading additional strikes wouldn't be too difficult as she's pushed back. [break][break]

in the meantime, her scolipede winces at the hit from the kadabra, but still stands its ground after unravelling. a quick screech from the frosmoth however, and it immediately glances over, ultimately using rollout a second time, and boasting a speed boost to dash towards ayame with the intention to pick her up onto his back. as it runs, however, the frosmoth begins to flap its wings all the more aggressively to the two pokemon now together, hoping to distract them in the frigid glaciers of a blizzard.

[break][break]
tl;dr--[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

beedrill fainted![break][break]

tailwind peered out[break][break]
speed boost activated! (x1.5 speed)[break]
scolipede used rollout to NYOOM at ayame[break]
frosmoth used blizzard (lucario + kadabra)[break][break]

rolling for blizzard accuracy (anything above 70 won't hit)[break]
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Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]

More. He wanted to do more. He needed to do more, lest he allow himself the opportunity and leisure to think more deeply about the matter at hand. Level headedness had always been one of his strong suits. It had been something that he’d taken pride in behind closed doors, but this.[break][break]

...Even he’d be a bit tired from this.[break][break]

Follow up. Such had been his intention, to close the distance and try once more, but at the sound of friction against concrete, he found himself glaring towards the side in time to see the megapede rush over. Narrowing his eyes, he thought for but a moment before bounding backwards, intending to put some distance between him and the others. He glanced towards his companions as the frost gathered once more, clicking his tongue quietly as they each rose their arms in defense, bracing themselves and hunching forward just as he had, earlier.[break][break]

During such, he dropped his hand to his belt, quickly unclipping one of the capsules and recalling the Kadabra following a quick Recover while also calling the remaining creature to his side. After giving a quick, advisory suggestion once within common earshot, the Lucario gave a low breath and shook the frost off while preparing another Laser Focus.[break][break]

Asahiko, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes at the other three. Though he relaxed slightly, he clenched his jaw lightly in some means of pensiveness while maintaining vigilance.[break][break]

”...We don’t have to do this, Ayame.”[break][break][break]


ACTION TL;DR:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

Lucario + Kadabra were hit by Blizzard.[break]
Kadabra used Recover and was recalled.[break]
Lucario retreated to his trainer and used Laser Focus.[break][break]

AYAME FUJIWARA [break]
mission: data leak

☉

we don’t have to do this, ayame.[break][break]

indeed, they didn't. it was her stubbornness that made it necessary. she knows that she doesn't want to, and she knows that she doesn't have to, and she knows that there would be no repercussions if she returned empty handed; so why was she so determined? the scolipede unravels itself once again, circling around the trainer with a watchful eye towards the other. he's smart to back away. [break][break]

did he see the weakness in her eyes? he may as well have. it never seemed to fade with time, and it's in these moments where she realizes how much of a thorn he was in her side. she smiles. she's tired. "we don't" she agrees, maintaining the lucario in the peripheral of her vision "but it's our job, is it not?~"

[break][break]
tl;dr--[break]
speed boost activated! (x2 speed)[break]
scolipede is on standby[break]
frosmoth is on standby[break][break]

Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]

He narrowed his eyes.[break][break]

So that was her response. If he had to be entirely honest, there hadn’t quite been much of an alternative for him to expect, and yet despite that, he stood there for several moments; a verdant glare meeting that of amethyst for a while more. Before long, however, he found himself inhaling deeply, and after giving the three before him a cursory, pensive glance, he closed his eyes and moved a hand over towards another of the capsules on his belt.[break][break]

”...Return.”[break][break]

Though he hadn’t seen the momentary shock upon the aura Pokemon’s face, he could imagine it fairly well, and it had only been when the command in itself drew the creature back into its compartment did he open his eyes again. With a hand on the respective Pokeball (holding it amidst its rustling, lest its inhabitant be forcefully freed), he lifted the remaining while peering towards the woman for yet another time. He gestured to himself, narrowing his eyes.[break][break]

”...If it’s part of the job, then finish it,” he said simply. His brows furrowed lightly, and his fingers curled around the capsule by his flank all the more tightly to keep it in place. ”If it’s so important to the job, and if you’re as much of a monster you’d claimed to be before, then it should be no issue.”[break][break][break]


ACTION TL;DR:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

Lucario was recalled.[break][break]

AYAME FUJIWARA [break]
mission: data leak

☉

she expects him to attack her again, like earlier.[break][break]

she expects him to dash at her again, seeing her lull in activity. she expects his lucario to dash in with extreme speed a second time, to stop her in her tracks as she mounts herself upon the scolipede. she expects him to attack her, knowing their past, knowing that he'd sooner put his emotions aside to tackle this problem objectively likes he always does. he's going to. he has to.[break][break]

there's silence in response as she watches the lucario return to the pokeball, and maybe she's a bit too surprised for the words. here he presents her a choice, and it should be so obvious for the woman she's become. it should be so obvious for the sake of rocket, seeing that he stands between her and the god damn porygon. it was just a single life (and it's not like you haven't taken those before, ayame), so isn't it obvious? [break][break]

dulled, amethyst eyes stare at the man, pensively. she shouldn't hesitate, but the longer he lingers in her view, the more she feels her heart ache in her chest. ah.. what has she done? [break][break]

her gaze lowers, unable to look him in the eye. if she stares any longer, the stone crust around her heart will erode and break. the scolipede feels the trainer's hand tremble against his carapace, but remains still and silent. "and yet you recalled your pokemon, knowing full well you're now defenceless~.." she's in disbelief, masking the clashing her heart and pit in her stomach. [break][break]

she sighs, pulling out the pokeball of her frosmoth before it ruturns to the capsule.[break][break]

"... you can't tell me to attack you~."

[break][break]
tl;dr--[break]
speed boost activated! (x3 speed)[break]
scolipede is on standby[break]
frosmoth returned[break][break]

Asahiko Hakuryuu [break]
mission: data leak

☉

[break]