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the general store was gutted in a break-in a few nights ago. [break][break]the door is splintered and the inside looks like a tauros charged through it. the worst part was meeting the old couple that runs the business and seeing the pain in their faces as they described the early morning realization that their life's work had destroyed. in a small town like this, an attack on one of their few stores is crippling.
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the door swings on broken hinges as they let themselves in to assess the damage. glass crunches under annalise's heel as she takes in the room.
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"this is terrible," she says quietly, reiterating what boruta maher might already be feeling about this situation.
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POSTED ON Sept 9, 2022 0:26:10 GMT

glass crunched under his boots, despite any effort to avoid it. the place was a disaster.

”yeah, it’s pretty sad,” bo sighed.

he had to wonder: had team rocket done all of this? it wasn’t a question he’d voice immediately, if at all. he tended to skirt around the issue—but that avoidance would perhaps be drawing to an end soon.

once inside, he walked over and bent down to lift a broken counter back to its standing, but now off-level position. watching it rock to one side, his eyes then scanned over the ruins of the store.

”some of it almost looks like destruction for the sake of destruction, y’know?”

beyond stolen merchandise, there was a certain heartlessness in trashing and scarring a small business itself.
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POSTED ON Sept 10, 2022 18:24:49 GMT

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while boruta maher tries to fix one of the counters to the best of his ability, annalise beelines to a door near the back of the store. beyond the scarred wood is a trashed backroom. the vandals had no interest in the cleaning supplies, it seems, as she returns to the sales floor with brooms and dustbins and a trash can as old as the store itself.
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"yeah," she says, disheartened. "it's probably supposed to look like that."
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annalise sweeps, glass clattering across the floor as she begins to make a pile of debris and unsellable goods. [break][break]"it's so they can spin this as, like, 'look, the league can't even protect you from thieves!' or whatever."
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POSTED ON Sept 11, 2022 4:36:38 GMT

he figured annalise was right.

”sounds like something rocket would pull.”

once the counter was set back up and at least stable, he went to hoist the cash register onto it with a small grunt. a heavy, vintage piece, with its drawer stuck out.

”guess the heavier it is, the harder it is to run off with…” he brushed his hands off and then went on to fix shelves.

”so how’s working in mauville?”
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annalise finds herself thinking about how grateful she is that boruta maher is here as she watches him lift the register back into its spot on the now-crooked counter. he makes it look sooo easy, she thinks, turning her face away to finish sweeping up a neat mound of debris.[break][break]
"did they get the money out of it?" [break][break]
considering the state of this place, she feels like she already knows the answer to that. grabbing a dustpan, she starts brushing debris into it. [break][break]
"honestly? i love it." [break][break]broom bristles scrape over wooden floor onto hard plastic. [break][break]"mauville's my hometown though so i might be a little bit super biased."
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even as she turns away to dump the contents of the dustbin into the trash can, her smile can be heard in her voice. as the conversation is led away from the situation at hand, she perks up like a withered plant in rain.[break][break]
"how's rustboro?" she looks at him, smile shrinking, troubled. "are you guys having problems with team rocket there, too?"

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POSTED ON Sept 15, 2022 23:08:46 GMT

”yeah, i think so, unfortunately—unless the storeowners took it out before we came in.” he doubted it, though.

bo smiled at anna’s response, and then chuckled about her hometown appreciation.

”i understand that.”

he’d been picked on once or twice for being small-town, having grown up in rustboro and remained there his whole life. the farthest he’d moved was across the city to get away from his criminal family. people told him rustboro was ugly, and that it was just a bunch of rocks—but bo liked rocks, and he thought it was very beautiful.

”not many, surprisingly.” it wasn’t surprising. in fact, he was pretty sure it was set up that way as a courtesy, which probably wouldn’t last for much longer. ”mostly, our calls lately have been about wild pokémon. mega evolutions and variations from the spacetime distortions… and with both rustboro and petalburg understaffed, it’s been plenty to keep up with.”

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”you guys seen team rocket in mauville much lately?”
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"oh, yeah?" she doesn't know much about boruta maher, admittedly. she isn't sure if he's just saying that to make conversation, either. still, it doesn't hurt to try and get to know her fellow ranger captain. "did you grow up in rustboro or, likeee?"
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another pile of swept-up debris is dumped into the trash can. the floor is starting to look better, but she doesn't think it'll look good until a mop gets involved. bo's contributions — the counter, the cash register, the shelf — build up a skeleton of what the room should look like.
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"if you guys ever need, like, any help, i can send over some rangers to fill the gaps." with a hand broom, she brushes broken glass and damaged merchandise off a shattered display. "but i'm glad team rocket isn't bothering you too much, at least."
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and in mauville?
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"i've seen reports of petty stuff but otherwise no, nothing crazy, thankfully. mauville is kind of a weird city so maybe it puts team rocket off or something."
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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2022 3:31:32 GMT

”yup,” he confirmed, of rustboro, ”born and raised.” it was an underwhelming origin to many, but he claimed it happily. rustboro was a beautiful city, in his humble opinion.

”i appreciate that, henderson, and i’ll keep it in mind.”

more items were set on shelves as he did his best to match them with the labels, although some proved more difficult than others in the damage. any broken merchandise was set aside, of which there was plenty.

team rocket put off by mauville?

”huh.” the city had formerly been occupied by rocket, in a way that no one had known at the time. Katherine Fairburne had been their gym leader. and in fact, he knew many rockets had an affinity for ghost-types, for whatever reason.

”maybe. or maybe they just know better than to mess with you guys.” he smirked, eyes still on his work.
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the way boruta maher says he'll keep that in mind makes annalise feel like she's being softly rejected, but she lets the subject go with a nod. she busies herself with the broken display while he stocks the shelves, casting glances at him as they talk about team rocket activity in their respective cities. [break][break]
the suggestion that team rocket knows better to mess with them — with her — draws a small laugh out of her. "yeah, i am pretty intimidating, aren't i?"
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she turns a product over in her hands, delicate, looking for damage.
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"whatever it is, i'm glad it's working. i can't imagine juggling that primal crysal plan and team rocket right after my promotion." and school. and life. with her biggest stressor hurtling ever closer to her home, she can do little else but try and compartmentalize her stress and have more frequent wine nights with her roommates.
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"this place is looking better already," her hand stills over her own pile of broken merchandise, appraising the room. "it might take a few days or a week or whatever, but i think these guys will be back in business before the end of the month."
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her mouth opens and optimism speaks with her tongue. she probably wouldn't have been able to do half as much on her own, but with bo's heavy lifting, the store begins to look less pitiful.
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POSTED ON Oct 21, 2022 5:01:12 GMT

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”well, i haven’t seen you battle, but i wouldn’t doubt you.” he looked over at her from his work again, smile on his face. ”can’t get to where you are in this region without bein’ some kind of a decent trainer, right?” captains held desk jobs essentially, but they’d all worked in the field.

juggling the primal crystal plan and team rocket would definitely be a lot, and it was coming. perhaps as bo fought in littleroot, he would wonder how annalise was faring—if he didn’t die himself before his mind wandered that far. but he was big strong, so hopefully, he would live.

bo also needed a wine night.

”yeah, that definitely sounds like a lot for anybody. fingers crossed you won’t have to; but, same to you, if mauville ever needs extra help, let us know. rustboro’s got your back.”

the store was coming together, starting to vaguely resemble its old self again.

”hope so. i hate when they pick on old people.” they being rocket, of course.

one more cabinet lifted, several more things placed, and soon enough, they might've been finished. looking around with dusty hands on his hips, bo nodded, ”looks about done to me. what do you think?”
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annalise's face feels warm. it's nice to hear that boruta maher has faith in her abilities because she often wavers between optimism and self-doubt. she's been training with Greyson Connors so she must be improving, but she doesn't know if all this practice will translate well in an actual fight.
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"you're right," she concedes, mirroring his smile. a laugh peppers her voice as she continues: "i hope i'm at least, like, kinda decent like you say."
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he flips the script and offers her aid in case mauville ever needs it. it's a kind gesture, one she hopes she never has to take him up on. "thanks! i hope i won't need it but — i'll def keep you guys in mind, too!"
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with the floor mostly cleared and the furniture set back into their rightful spots, annalise can squint and imagine what the store must've looked like in its prime. at the mention of finishing up, she nods her head in agreement. "yeah, it looks great in here now! let's wrap up for today."
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