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Smoke ran into his eyes and made it water, the heat was next to unbearable, his arms burned from lactic acid, and he was probably delirious from dehydration. But finally, at the end of a six hour hike, or rather a mountain climb, he was at the final stretch of the top of the mountain.

Mount Pyre, the dreaded practical.

Rangers were not just simply made, they were often born. It wasn't enough that you were skilled in battle, but you had to know enough about Pokemon to be able to handle every situation at hand. Extensive training in battling, healing, environments, faunas, and to be able to respond and give your life for the betterment of the pokemon world. It was not an easy task, to have to handle such dangerous beasts on an every day basis required only the best of trainers, and so, the exams were also stringent. Out of all those who take the exam, it was not likely that more than a handful every year were selected.

And it was just so fortunate that Callan had made it to the finals.

Just one more hurdle. He lurched over the top of the mountain and sprawlied ont the ground, for but a brief moment, as every muscle in his body burned like fire, but he forced himself up, pulling a flask of lukewarm water and spilling it into his throat to recover.

He was wearing a cadet's set of training gear, but after this, he'd be able to wear the orange and dark navy of Hoenn's rangers, even if it would be later in his life, he could say he finally made something of a trainer in himself, that it wasn't just all potential that was wasted.

Callan rose to his feet, his knees shaking, as he looked towards his final challenge. "Lars," He spoke, with a tired smile. The familiar face was a welcome one, but he could tell that he was about to get his shit kicked in the inevitable Pokémon battle. "I guess this is the final exam then."

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Thank fuck it wasn’t at Mount Chimney.

(As that was more on Sénon’s territory, not his.)

Although, while waiting for the next batch of trainees to come by, he’d managed to drop by a little quiet location where he’d left a candle burning, a little light in the foggy gloom.

And so now here he was, waiting for—

“Long hike?” he teased the other man, leaning backwards slightly. Ro the Metagross was already out, however the shining silver beast wasn’t going to be the other man’s opponent today.

“Last part of the test is a one-on-one Pokémon battle. Are you ready?”

However it wouldn’t be Ro, but his other Pokémon, Alpha the Lucario, that Callan would be facing off against today.

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POSTED ON Apr 8, 2022 5:51:35 GMT

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"Just a bit, Head Ranger. Remind me to never smoke again." Callan replied, smiling weakly. Still, stand up he did, even as his entire body screamed at him for doing so, it wasn't over just yet.

It was within grasp.

He knew exactly what this meant, of course, by the fact that he had arrived here. He had just never expected his examiner would have been the Head Ranger himself. "I have to be." Callan's reply came, his fingers grasped over the pokeballs on his belt. Despite the heat and fire of the place, the smoke and ash, the unforgiving landscape, and the threat of imminent defeat in front of him, every time he touched the spherical shape of a POkeball, he felt at peace. That was why he knew it was in his blood to be a Pokemon Trainer.

Callan unclasped the third ball from his belt, the blue and red striped orb expanded coolly in his hand, as he launched it out towards the field, unveiling his choice of Pokemon.

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The white like took the form of an owl, pacing itself in between its trainer, approximately fifty feet between itself and the Lucario. It's hooked claw feet lightly tapped against the dust ridden floor as it await for its master's orders. "Feather Dance." Callan spoke out. Without a single word of acknowledgement, Robin moved for the attack, it's wings spread as it swung in an arc, as a flurry of brilliant white blasts of energy in the shape of feathers were pelted at Alpha in a wide cone, aiming of course, to significantly reduce the sheer attack power of the Lucario.

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Much tempted as he was to pull out his vape at Callan’s statement, he decided not to—for the moment. Maybe after they were done with this little test.

“Go, Alph. I trust you to do what you can.”

Considering that there was an incoming feathery mass of down, it was wise enough of him to open with that move—however the Lucario was quick on his feet, switching gears and going into an unprompted Extreme Speed to avoid most of the feathery down.

While it was still there, though, some bits and pieces clung to his feet and paws—the jackal Pokémon then decided to go for a Nasty Plot.

There was a reason why Alpha wasn’t attacking—at least not yet, anyway. He was gauging the Decidueye in front of him, waiting for an opportune moment to strike.

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The eyes of Robin could perhaps make through the blurry movements of the Lucario before him, but Callan wasn't able to. He just watched as Laurence danced circles around the down feathers that went at his Lucario, nevertheless it managed to catch him, if just barely. A regular pokemon would not have been. His RObin's aim was astute, what may have seen as a shotgun spread of feathers was a meticulous fan of targeted points covering movements of the opponent, but the Lucario was fast enough that the calculations would barely be able to touch them.

If nothing else, it just showed to Callan that Lars was head ranger for a reason. The Lucario paused after its use of Extreme Speed to dodge. Robin also paused, its owl eyes surveying the Lucario before it with intense precision. Attempting to discern a plan of attack from the Lucario. It was a pause in movement, perhaps assessing a weak point, or otherwise, trying to formulate a plan? Callan had no clue, but it was clear his Pokemon didn't want to give it the chance to wait. Unveiling a shadowy quill from it's arm, Robin took an archer's stance, before releasing a blackened arrow, a Spirit Shackle, directly towards Alpha.

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Considering that Decidueye was part-Ghost type, this rendered about half of the Lucario’s attacks effectively useless—Lars would give Callan points for that.

However, there was one tiny little snag he noticed—Lucario were also dual-type, and in this case he had a few moves he could use to flip the situation around.

Taking the Spirit Shackle attack, the jackal Pokémon stood his ground, as if allowing himself to get battered—although this was going to be risky, before attempting to Counter the force that was holding him down back at the source!

Should that work, the Lucario would then close the distance and attempt a powerful Meteor Mash slugging punch attack.

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The Spirit Shackle had hit its mark, only not in the way that Callan had anticipated. The Quill struck, but bounced off of the Lucario in a wave of energy, as its Counter blasted the arrow out. Nevertheless, the Spirit Shackle had done its job, dealt some damage to the Lucario, and also, would give Callan some leeway into the next attack.

The Counter's energy had unshackled the Lucario. Normally, Robin would have assumed that the Spirit Shackle would bind the Pokemon in place, but this was the Head Ranger's Lucario, and so it came to little surprise that a surfeit of power could overtake the shackles themselves. "Oh f--" Callan growled, as he saw the telltales signs of a meteor mash, the fist glowed as it charged forwards, and Callan had no doubt this attack was going to hurt. The Meteor Mash would connect, as the Decidueye moved its wings to protect itself, the fist would connect against the Decidueye's torso.

Thanks to the previous Feather Dance, the power of the Meteor Mash was lessened significantly, Robin would take damage, but it would not finish her yet. But that was when she too, returned the feint. As the blow struck and Robing flew backwards, a black and purple void split behind her, opening up behind the Lucario. Using the force from Lucario's punch, Decidueye bulleted through the void gate, teleporting behind the Lucario and striking with an ephemeral purple energy by swinging an arced wing, attempting to use Phantom Force on the Lucario.

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At this point a vast majority of the Lucario’s attacks were either not going to work due to typing match-ups (a constant bane in anyone’s side), however, the jackal Pokémon was crafty.

Not as crafty as the Metagross who was watching the battle with much interest, but still smart enough to pull off a few unexpected tricks.

While he knew that most of the other attacks would be not very effective at all, the partial silver lining with this was that Decidueye was also a dual-type; so here was the Lucario leaning into catching the other Pokémon off-guard.

Ooh, Phantom Force?

The Metagross let out an amused noise, which was interpreted by all familiar parties present (namely, Lars and Alpha) to be one of snarky laughter; and the Lucario made a face right as the burning red eye of his long-time companion caught his stare.

Lars couldn’t help but smirk at Alpha’s direction too, and gave the jackal Pokémon a shrug before chuckling himself.

And that was enough time for the Lucario to get walloped from behind with the Phantom Force attack.

But no, oh no, he wasn’t going to go down like that so quickly. Swinging around in an attempt that looked like it was a Low Sweep attack (but it was just him maneuvering his footing, really) the Lucario then charged up a Sphere of Auric energy between his paws, and concentrated—

Before letting it fly at the Decidueye.

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The Phantom Force connected, and Robin felt a surge of joy as it did, only to realize the Lucario hadn't been downed yet. Clearly the lucario was made of sterner stuff than it anticipated, as it watched a surge of energy move between its palms, the Decidueye moved to block the attack with its hands, perhaps it was a flash cannon or--

And then nothing. The sphere or energy passed through it. Robing took the time to space itself back multiple paces, readying itself to draw for close quarters combat, until a sudden bell rang in the background. "TIME!" Yelled the announcer, indicating that the battle was now over. Callan breathed a sigh of relief, it was over then. "Good job Robin." He replied, drawing out his pokeball to return his Pokemon to the capsule. "Cadet Young, please report to the Mt. Chimney office for your final assessment within 30 minutes."

So it was over then. Callan thought, sucking in a breath of ashy air, uncapping his bottle of water and drinking the remainder of it. He needed a shower, a damn good one, and a cigarette. "That was the toughest fight I had in a while." Callan spoke, grunting as he pulled out his pack of cigarettes and a cheap, plastic lighter. "I was always sure of my battling abilities, this is one of the few times I ever put myself into question." He smiled, turning towards Lars, "Thanks for that, I enjoyed it."

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Okay, one thing was for sure—he needed to get Alpha some new moves, because not everything could hit or reach a Ghost-type…

“You really backed my Lucario into a corner there, I’m not surprised the Aura Sphere attack missed completely,” he said with a chuckle as the other pulled out a packet of… oho.

“You smoke too?”

Fuck, finally.

Now that this part of the examination was over, he pulled out a slim little object before flipping the switch and quickly taking a vanilla-scented drag.

“That hit the spot,” he said between a puff and a drag, releasing a small cloud of vanilla-scented vapor. And speaking of which…

“Fastest way to get to Mount Chimney is to Teleport. Good luck over there, because that’s Sénon Game’s territory—red-haired man, very easy to spot. Always accompanied by a Chimchar. Monkey boy.”