This smell, she knew it well. And that wasn’t good. It did rouse her from the glass that she had been half resting her head on in a bit of a daze. Megan knew that she shouldn’t drink too much, so she hadn’t. But that didn’t mean that she would leave this bar early. Or timely, for that matter. No, she had simply drawn out finishing her mug for as long as possible, before slumping over the table. Today was a bad day. She had those. Where she felt no motivation to do anything, not even train. Bars helped with those days, but they could get expensive and dangerous, so usually, she lt those be.
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Or, well, she cheapskated them, like she did today. It probably annoyed the bartender, but she was not going to come back here anyway. So, why bother? As long as he didn’t kick her out, that would be a non-issue. Plus, this place wasn’t full in the slightest anyway, so who cared? She certainly didn’t.
But that smell, she could not help but care. “Someone else smell burning?” She asked, no one in particular, but somewhat loud nonetheless. Who cared about how it looked anyway. But she didn’t like fires one bit, so she wanted to know, already looking around hazily, slowly sobering up.



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Ah, good, she wasn’t imagining things. Though, that did mean there was a problem, right? She was still a little bit beside herself and reacting sluggishly. But then there was a huge blast of light and fire. That got anyone to sober up in an instant. Or maybe that was just her? Not that it mattered. More important things were happening. So, naturally, her hand reflexively reached for her balls. One did develop reflexes like that when often sleeping in the wild on a journey. Though usually it was not fire, if she noticed something dangerous, that was her first impulse. Though the fire part did enter the equation momentarily after, for she forewent her first impulse to get out her Arcanine, and instead opted for one of the other balls. If there was fire, she needed water. Simple as that.
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Hence, she quickly released her Swampert even before fully taking in the situation. Which was good, because Swampert swiftly doused the chair that she had thrown off of – and partially herself – in his muddy water. Which yes, would be annoying to clean off. But it was better than being burnt.
Still in a light daze, she then got off and behind Swampert, one arm raised to cover her mouth and nose with the sleeve of her shirt, as she’d been taught. Then, she looked around, trying to see whatever she could do. But this was a completely new situation, so she definitely did look a bit uncertain where to go, even though she did not seem completely lost at the same time.



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Phew. This seemed to calm the situation down at least a little. Granted, she still kept a hand in front of her mouth to keep from inhaling too much of something bad. But at the same time, she inwardly exhaled somewhat, feeling like the most immediate danger was over. But not fully. Even she could tell that. Swampert had put out some of the flames, but she felt like there was more somewhere. It still felt too hot in there, though with the muddy water on her, she didn’t sweat as much as she usually would have had.
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But she was still a bit frazzled. It took the other man to talk in her direction for her to realize that this was directed at her. “A-yes. I guess I can,” she replied, even though she did not feel very qualified to do anything better than others in here. Still, she did have Swampert clear out some more of the smoke with muddy water towards the exit. It was probably wasteful to use it that way, but she didn’t care about getting stuff dirty or the like. It was better than the people she somewhat gently shoved out getting smoke poisoning as they made their way towards the exit.



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Life Dew. She heard that and once more realized that she was kind of lacking in utility Pokemon and the like. Even now, the best she’d had to offer to douse a fire was a bit of dirty water that probably was just as problematic to inhale as the smoke. Her Hydreigon which was her powerhouse and ace in general, would not exactly have helped matters today at all. Something she decided to keep in mind.
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But for now, she kept her mouth covered with one hand and helped the others move out with the other. There fortunately were not that many people around at this hour. The place had not been packed, though she still worried about missing anyone, even as fire-fighters appeared on the scene. Naturally, a few of them took over and ushered people out with her. The professionals were around now, which meant that she was allowed to leave, too, coughing up a fit. “If there is anyone left inside, they are probably incapacitated. Tried to get everyone else out,” she told these people in-between coughs, before walking away to the perimeter.
It wasn’t too long before that guy who’d taken charge appeared. “Nah, I am fine-ish. A bit sore of throat. You best ask the fire-fighters and docs. They can probably use the Audino at least.”



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She just shrugged. To her, helping out in a situation like this was natural, if one could. Really, why would someone choose not to help others in such a predicament? Maybe she just lacked imagination in that regard. There certainly were callous people in this world, after all. But she never really understood them. “Well, if you ask me, someone had to. And since I could, why wouldn’t I? Must have been the same for you.” Megan was kind of simple in this regard. But she was also quite certain that she was not wrong in this.
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She knew this just as well as that the light being shone upon her was helpful. That, too, was just a simple truth, so she leaned into it a little with a bit of a sigh, just letting it happen for the time being. “It certainly was tough, but at least all is under control. Could have been a lot worse, could have been better. Also, I definitely did not pass out. I was just getting a little sleepy is all.” Saying that, she leaned back a little and let out a full-bellied laugh, completely at odds with the situation. “Well, tough chance at getting some sleep anytime soon though. See ya around, stranger.”



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