ears perking, he turns to face the the familiar figure, his heavy hand finding comfort on the plane of his shoulder.
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"matias."
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he returns the friendly smile, so too does the comfey around his wrist.
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"that's been making waves, huh? he very much deserved it."

[attr="class","ooc"]MATIAS SILPH[break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-comfey"]

"it has. league officer punches civilian, is what the tabloids are calling it."

it's funny how easy the truth of a story can be twisted to fit whatever sells best.

he sighs, letting his arm fall off greyson's shoulder as he steps away.

"it was a good hit. punk looks like he deserved it."

their walk on the beach is interrupted by a florges and its GRASSY TERRAIN. normally, matias would just save them the trouble and down the florges with one attack, but he's recently had a change of heart.

so, he pulls out a berry, offering it to the florges as it approaches.

Greyson Connors
catching florges

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his comment forces a chuckle out of him.
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"does it? yeah, well, it'll blow past eventually. but, trust me, he definitely deserved it."
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while matias handles the fairy-pokemon, he catches the streak of a blur zoom past his peripheral and the thunder clap of the water's surface breaking. before he could even understand what had happened, a small fish lands in front of him, courtesy of one corviknight.
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greyson sighs.

[attr="class","ooc"]MATIAS SILPH[break]catch attempt on FEEBAS.[break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-corviknight"]

"i heard you opened up a minor league gym recently."

not really a rumor anymore as he's seen some pictures of it. it looks impressive, to say the least.

"you free next week? i might drop in."

chandelure's CONFUSE RAY strikes the wild mantyke as it hovers its way out of the water. it returns a SUPERSONIC, screeching sharp noises, but it's to no avail. its WATER PULSE is easily dodged before chandelure fires back a SHADOW BALL only to be followed by an actual pokeball.

Greyson Connors
catching mantyke

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matias's attack on the mantyke is enough to force the other observing pokemon to flee back to safer waters. greyson barely gives it a passing glance.
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"you're more than welcome. it's a bit different than most gyms, minor or not, however."
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he tries to catch sight of the corviknight, but gives up quickly.
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"how's it work on your end? any special elite four stuff you're required to prepare for challengers?"

[attr="class","ooc"]MATIAS SILPH[break]skip.[break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-corviknight"]

"yeah. i think it's a good idea."

training people for disasters, he means. hoenn seems to have an abundance of those.

"you'd be surprise how little people actually challenge the elite four. but when they do, i suppose it'll just be a six-on-six battle."

a wild huntail flops out of the water, splashing over their way with its FEINT ATTACK. its ICE FANGS crunch down on chandelure, but with a smart SHADOW BALL that knocks it up into the air, chandelure fades away, creating distance.

"think you'll be giving us a challenge eventually?"

a pokeball is thrown after.

Greyson Connors
catching huntail

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"the steps to get to the elite four might be the reason. not so easy getting eight badges, especially between all the nonsense hoenn gives ya."
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as matias works to combat the flopping eel, greyson's arm goes flying up to shield himself from a rain of TOXIC SPIKES. some puncture the skin, and he curses as he picks out the prickly needles.
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half-hoping zee would swoop in, he's left disappointed and forced to rely on himself.
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"help me out here."
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he grunts, releasing a leafeon from it's ball. it pounces, back arched as the leaf blade on it's arm makes short work of the cloyster. he grunts, annoyed, and tosses a ball to encapsulate the thing.
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"why the hell are they so aggressive today?"

[attr="class","ooc"]MATIAS SILPH[break]capture cloyster.[break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-leafeon"]

"tell me about it. i have four, don't think i'll get eight any time soon."

once again, chandelure's SHADOW BALL is what takes care of the wild morelull. it's more aggressive than usual, which only proves greyson's point.

"no idea."

as he throws a pokeball at the morelull, he pulls out another to call out his blissey.

"help greyson out a bit. i think he got stung with TOXIC SPIKES."

they can't have greyson dying on them here, can they?

it's with a hop in her step that blissey approaches, keen on nursing greyson back to health.

Greyson Connors
catching morelull

☉

"just two here. i'll probably try for noah faber's gym, next. speaking of, how's things since the raid ended?"
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while leafeon works to dispatch the blubberous seal, he gives a smile to the blissey. the air is cut cleanly by a LEAF BLADE, and soon after that, it's over and caught.
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"thanks. ellie wouldn't be too happy if she found out i was poisoned."

[attr="class","ooc"]MATIAS SILPH[break]capture spheal.[break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-leafeon"]