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Her furious scream paves the way for the grunt's howl of pain as his wrist shatters under the strength of her grip. Skyler takes iron-scented air into her lungs, panting harshly against the pouring rain and she turns on the Rocket and kicks him against the wall of the nearby container.
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Lightning surges in the sky above, casting the scene in black and white for a single, fleeting moment. Catching Skyler as she spits blood onto the ground and grasps a fistfull of the Rocket's hair. Reaching hands grab onto her limbs, but the captain scarcely acknowledges them. Her snarl is swallowed by the rumble of thunder, but her teeth, bloody and bared to the elements, showcase the feral quality of her assault.
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"Goodnight, asshole."
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The Rocket's head makes a dull thud as it cracks against the container, and the man satisfyingly crumbles at her feet. Good riddance.
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When Angelo turns to her, she's skillfully tying the Rocket's hands. All wrapped up pretty to be shoved into the cargo hold to wait for the proper authorities in Ever Grande.
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"Is that all of 'em?" Other unconscious bodies litter the space between containers, and she pokes at one with her boot to make sure they're not about to spring up and attack them. Or worse, run away. Nautica had a reputation to build and maintain.
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The groan of the ship's hull catches Skyler's attention, followed by a violent motion that has the ship lurching starboardside. Sea legs barely keep her upright, and she scrambles to lean against a container as the ship tilts dangerously. Looking past the downpour, Skyler catches the crest of a wave climbing over nearby containers to crash against the deck.
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They weren't due any storms, not for a few days. Not unless-
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She doesn't have to look, intimately connected to the rising entity. But she still clambers forward against seaspray and howling winds to hold onto the railing and peer into the darkened, choppy surface of the deep ocean.
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Just in time to witness the infernal hues glowing underwater. Distant screams and shouts of alarm are muffled by a low, alien-like rumble echoed in her chest in time with her heartbeat. Like a siren song, it keeps Skyler poised - mesmerized - at the edge of the SS Purge.
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Until the colossal shape of Kyogre emerges from the depths to sink its teeth into the bigger boat.
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Steel bends and twists in a symphony of blind destruction. It takes no more than a minute for the enemy vessel to be sunk the under the waves, gone forever.
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[attr="class","notes"]notes![break]mission: x[break] angelo vestri

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