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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2022 7:01:03 GMT

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There is a sense of déjà vu to it all.
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It’s the maiden voyage of Cillian Quinn’s new boat, and with a fishing contest having just begun due to the Slateport Splashfest, it seems like the perfect opportunity for both underbosses to relive the events that took place when they first met (sans the dead body, of course).
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They’re going fishing, and even though Mars is the one who makes a hobby out of it, at least this time he doesn’t have to tell Gavin how to put together his fishing rod. Is it strange that he’s somewhat proud of him for it? Maybe just a little bit, but Mars doesn’t mind it.
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”I have to hand it to you, it’s a really nice boat.” A slight smirk brightens his expression when looking at his friend from behind yellow aviator shades, his golden gaze then fixing on the water. The thin line goes straight down to a lure that bobs around in the waves. He just had set it up, so there have been no bites yet.
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”Have you thought of a name yet?”
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That’s the most important part, is it not?
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At least it sure mattered to Mars when naming both of his boats.

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🎣 15.08 | MAGIKARP (3) - AVERAGE SIZE (35) [break]

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2022 7:23:50 GMT

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Who'd have expected he'd buy a boat?

Certainly not Gavin, and yet here he stands on the deck of his very own vessel.

He laughs when Mars asks about the name. "The Codfather. Couldn't resist."

He'd asked for Mars' advice when buying the boat, and it had been his fellow underboss to suggest a vessel to suit his needs. It was fast, it was fancy, and it was fucking expensive, but that wasn't a problem for a wealthy criminal.

His line tugs gently in the water, and Gavin snaps to attention.

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Tempest Quinn

POSTED ON Aug 16, 2022 2:54:57 GMT

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Temp was lounging. While Martín del Mar and Cillian Quinn were galivanting around the Splashfest, Temp had been laid back on a pool chair. While they were getting dunked, he was dozing in the sun. While they diving, he was eating popsicles. While they were on the stage shaking their asses, he was listening to TERRAVOLT's (Callan Young, Adrian Malcolm, @sebastien) hottest new single on the build-in radio. Since he was injured it was the best he could do. His Riolu, Skipper, was laying next to him on a pokemon bed. Raphael Pryde's Riolu from the Bond Study was standing at attention but distracted, unsure what to do with this offer of comfort and rest.

Temp hummed and flipped through a magazine, his fishing pole next to him. His Medicham was guarding it, her legs hanging over the side of the boat as she watched the water.

"Hey babe, can you toss me another juice?"

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POSTED ON Aug 16, 2022 5:12:35 GMT

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The Codfather.
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”Ha! That’s a good one. I approve.” Of course he does, but that much is to be expected when his own sailboat and yacht had been named Reel Nauti and The Liquid Asset. As Mars sees it, what’s the point in having a ship if you won’t give it a hilarious name? He’s sure skyler dross, captain of the Sotally Tober, would agree with his statement, and he’s glad to know that Cillian Quinn does as well.
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A Magikarp bites, but noticing that it’s just an average Magikarp with nothing special to it, Mars is quick to carefully remove the hook and let it back into the ocean. It’s one of his favourite species of fish, and the main branch of P.O.G Bank is notorious for its beautiful pond filled with Magikarp of fancy patterns, this one, however, can return to swimming freely in the ocean water.
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”How are you doing over there? Caught anything good?” He asks both Tempest Quinn and BARNABY FINCH, the latter who Mars is sure doesn’t know a single thing about fishing. Which, admittedly, is kind of adorable to him.

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POSTED ON Aug 16, 2022 8:14:53 GMT

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"Yeah, I've got you."

Where he might've previously taken Tempest Quinn literally and lobbed a juice at him from the cooler, Gavin carefully untangles his catch from the line before going to hand-deliver the drink to his husband.

"Nice catch," he remarks, before turning wide-eyed to the behemoth of a Magikarp that Martín del Mar has hauled in. "What the fuck are they feeding these 'karp?"

Shaking his head, Gavin returns to his fishing rod.

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15.08 — AVERAGE MANTINE (74,26)
16.08 — AVERAGE WISHIWASH (19,53)

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BARNABY FINCH

POSTED ON Aug 17, 2022 3:04:31 GMT

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Watch out, boys, you're in the presence of a certified fishing master.

Or, that's the air Barnaby was trying to give off, anyway. In truth, he knew absolutely nothing about fishing except that it involved handling long rods to catch what you wanted, which Barnaby felt he could commiserate with.

How hard could it be, right?

Still, he didn't want to look like a complete dumbass, so he dressed the part. Or, he tried, but most of the fishing vests he found online were a super ugly taupe color that did not jive with him. Luckily he'd eventually found a cute pink number that matched the floral cotton shirt beneath it.

Attached to the vest was this weird woolen thing that he had no idea what to do with (was it just decoration?) and clips for... bait? Lures? Cute charms? Yeah, definitely the third one; at least, that's what Barnaby used it for. Pink Pokémon pendants, including the likes of CHERRIM, FLAAFY, CLEFAIRY, etc. hung from the clips on either side of his vest.

Truly, if his fishing skills matched his fashion taste, he'd be catching shiny MILOTIC after shiny MILOTIC.

"Nothing yet!" Barnaby called back between sips of his canned margarita. Just as the words left his lips, though, something tugged on his rod (which he was only holding with one hand because this was Splashfest and he was obviously trying to get his buzz on). He nearly lost the damn thing to the ocean, but was quick enough to snatch it up before that happened. "Shit!"

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Tempest Quinn

POSTED ON Aug 17, 2022 3:32:49 GMT

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"Thanks, cutie." Temp winks at Cillian Quinn when he takes the juice. Mango flavor- one of his faves. Gavin really knew how to treat a guy. "I got a Huntail!" Temp held it up over his head, still wriggling to show Martín del Mar. His thumb was popped in it's mouth; some people would thing that stupid, but he knew where the jaw hinge was so it couldn't bite the fuck out of him.

In the end, he handed it back off to his Medicham to toss back. He already had a really cool and cute Huntail.

As he was baiting up his next hook, Temp got a look at the spicy number that BARNABY FINCH was wearing. A wheezed laugh left him. "I like the sparkle, dude."

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POSTED ON Aug 17, 2022 4:52:13 GMT

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It sure takes some effort to reel in his next catch, and when Mars gets a look at the Magikarp, he can see why.
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”Damn! Look at the size of this thing!”
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Cillian Quinn is right: what are they feeding these fish?!
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At least Gavin catch seems to be more average in size, a Wishiwashi like all those Mars himself has. Tempest Quinn, in turn, caught a Huntail, and Mars can’t help but laugh lightly when seeing it wiggling around. ”I’d leave it to you to catch a deep sea fish up here.”
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That sure is an achievement in its own right.
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As for BARNABY FINCH…
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Mars looks at him while releasing the enormous Magikarp, and when doing so, a slight smile tugs at his lips. Barnaby had caught a Magikarp too, but this one is miniscule – barely more than fry, if Mars were to take an educated guess here. Adorable.
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”Need some help there, Bee?” He smirks, and it’s then that his gaze falls upon the pouch attached to Barnaby’s vest. ”... Are those fly fishing lures?”
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Yes, he’s judging. Harshly.

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POSTED ON Aug 17, 2022 7:54:35 GMT

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Both things Gavin has fished up have looked relatively normal in comparison to the hulking behemoths and diminutive catches of his husband and their friends. He's letting the Wishiwashi off the hook when he catches Martín del Mar's comment to BARNABY FINCH.

"I'm guessing nothing we're doing counts as fly fishing."

He's not very good at fishing himself, but he'd brought along a tackle box full of all different kind of lures and was prepared for any occasion. Of course, preparation doesn't save Mars from fishing up another 'karp.

Gavin casts his line back into the water. Softly, so that only Tempest Quinn can hear, he says, "This is kind of nice, actually." Only Temp was privy to the reason that Gavin's avoided fishing most of his life: like most traumas, it can be traced back to his father.

Something bites, and Gavin starts to reel it in.

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15.08 — AVERAGE MANTINE (74,26)
16.08 — AVERAGE WISHIWASH (19,53)
17.08 — SMALL MANTINE (72,11) 👑

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BARNABY FINCH

POSTED ON Aug 18, 2022 2:19:47 GMT

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To Tempest Quinn he gave a warm, proud smile, even going so far as to swipe his free hand over the charms so they made a jingling sound. "Thank you, Temp. I always knew you had a stylish eye."

The tugging at his rod goaded his attention away from Tempest Quinn, but it turned into quite the anticlimactic battle in the end. With barely any elbow grease needed, Barnaby was able to reel in possibly the smallest MARGIKARP he had ever seen. Truly, it looked only just out of the egg. When compared to Martín del Mar's gargantuan catch, the thing was downright pitiful.

He tossed it back to the sea, but before casting his next line was interrupted by the fishing king himself. "... What the hell is fly fishing?" Deadpan, completely serious. "You're telling me there are different kinds of fishing?"

The offer for help was categorically ignored, for now. "And what's wrong with my lures? I bought the shiniest, most attractive ones I could find. The fish are drawn to sparkly things... right?"

Cillian Quinn was apparently in the know about whatever the hell fly fishing was, too. All Barnaby could imagine was him casting his rod from the back of an airborne LUGIA. Surely that wasn't what the two had in mind?

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POSTED ON Aug 18, 2022 4:22:42 GMT

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"You're telling me there are different kinds of fishing?"
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There is an audible sigh, because see, Mars didn’t come here to embarrass BARNABY FINCH, but he also wouldn’t want him to live his life having completely mistaken notions about something that Mars himself considers a hobby.
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”Alright, so… If you grab one of those lures, it’s almost weightless, right? Fly fishing uses a special kind of fishing rod to cast a really light lure as far as possible. Like if it were a bug falling on the surface of the water. That's why it's usually done in rivers, lakes, or inshore, and you’re up to your waist in the water. It’s not really my kind of thing. Too messy and cold.”
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While talking, he reels in another Magikarp. This time a regular one. Just as before, this one’s released, but Mars notices that the gigantic one from before seems to be staying close. Is it hoping to get a free meal?
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”What we’re doing counts as spin fishing. It uses live bait or weighted lures, meant to go deeper in the water.” With that said, he smirks at both Barnaby, Cillian Quinn, and even Tempest Quinn, who he expects does know about all this. ”That’s it, boys. Some fishing knowledge for you.”
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Just as he says that, the line tenses, indicating another bite.

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🎣 15.08 | MAGIKARP (3) - AVERAGE SIZE (35) [break]
👑 16.08 | MAGIKARP (2) - DYNAMAX SIZE (94) [break]
🎣 17.08 | MAGIKARP (5) - AVERAGE SIZE (61) [break]
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Gavin Merlino

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POSTED ON Aug 18, 2022 7:45:51 GMT

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"Consider us schooled."

Yes, that was a fish pun.

Smirking, Gavin takes a moment to admire the beauty of the Milotic that Martín del Mar had hauled up before returning to his own line.

"I'll take this over the diving any day. You know I cut my hand during that shit?" He holds it up to reveal a thin line of red along the inside of his fingers, where he'd grabbed for a mega shard a little too eagerly. "And don't even get me started on the Mantine."

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FISHING HAUL

15.08 — AVERAGE MANTINE (74,26)
16.08 — AVERAGE WISHIWASH (19,53)
17.08 — SMALL MANTINE (72,11) 👑
18.08 — EXTRA SMALL MANTINE (71,8) 👑
00.08 — FISH SIZE (0,0)

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BARNABY FINCH

POSTED ON Aug 19, 2022 2:04:09 GMT

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Martín del Mar wasn't trying to embarrass him, and truly he didn't now, as Barnaby's ego wouldn't allow for it, but still.

"Wait... fly as in the insect?" His dejected surprise was almost palpable. They weren't going to get to fish from the back of LUGIA? Bummer.

Speaking of LUGIA, her patron's pun earned Cillian Quinn a groan of displeasure. Puns. The lowest form of humor. It was a shame Martín del Mar liked them so much. Perfection was a tough bar to reach, Barnaby supposed.

"Alright. You've impressed me, del Mar. I guess you can come teach me the deep, intricate sport that is..." Barnaby had to pause and recollect for a moment. "Spin fishing."

He patted the seat next to him, smiling.

If the Underboss took him up on his offer, Barnaby would then lean in and whisper in a more serious tone, "So you're telling me all my beautiful lures are useless for this?" There was a touch of sincere disappointment to his words. He wanted to use his cute shiny things!

"Not the Mantine." He added more loudly, shaking his head at Cillian Quinn. "That shit was impossible."

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🎣 08.18 | MAGIKARP (6) - AVERAGE (68)
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POSTED ON Aug 19, 2022 6:31:13 GMT

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"Fintastic." Is the answer Mars gives to Cillian Quinn, pun matching pun, and when this is said, the most wicked of smirks tugs at his lips, his gaze meeting that of BARNABY FINCH. After all, Mars is well aware Barnaby can't stand puns, which makes it all the more hilarious.
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Then Barnaby asks for his assistance, but he doesn't really, so the answer he gets should perhaps be expected:
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"Only if you say please." He winks, and yet this gesture is followed by a laugh, grabbing his fishing rod and putting it in a holder closer to where the journalist sits. Once that is done, Mars sits by his side, and it's when leaning in that he reveals the sad truth about all this in a whisper: "Out here? Absolutely. Though I'd love to see you chest deep in water while trying to fly fish."
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That's all he says before reaching to help Barnaby get a better grip of the fishing rod, calmly moving his hands so he won't get pulled into the water when he manages a bigger catch.
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"I swear the Mantine here aren't trained to surf, I've never struggled much when doing tricks with my own Mantine. I've always loved diving, but it kind of sucks with all those people around and all that shit scattered all over the sand."
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Aren't amateurs just the worst? Well, some of them, at least.

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Gavin Merlino

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POSTED ON Aug 19, 2022 7:36:23 GMT

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