useful?[break][break]

it's almost a blanket term with how wide one's skillset can be, so he seeks to narrow it down, and what better way to do so than through a question?[break][break]

"how so?"[break][break]

his blaziken makes quick work of the zorua, able to see through its ILLUSION to BLAZE KICK it back towards theo. the dark-type lands on the ground, skidding to a halt before a pokeball is dropped on it.

[attr="class","ooc"]blue murtagh[break]
dark/normal[break]
catching zorua![break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-blaziken color-shiny"]

Blue shrugs.[break][break]

“Dunno. Sort of didn’t think it would be this, though.” Blending in, gathering info when it’s needed of her. Accessing private files for drops and operations.[break][break]

She was a brawler spit up in Slateport as soon as she managed to leave Johto. One of the grimiest pennies in the city’s underbelly. Shouldn’t be any sort of use. Though—[break][break]

“Good at following orders, I guess. She’s never been a free-roaming mutt. Only a chained one.[break][break]

Her chaos is often contained and reserved for the fighting rings. She’s not totally unhinged like Richard, who turns his STEEL CLAWS on the next available target to fight and catch—this time a nickit literally minding its own business.

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] THEO BECKETT | catching nickit! [break]


[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-lucario"]

"i agree. i find you to be underutilized."[break][break]

a brawler with years of fights under her belt assigned to espionage work and information gathering. there's conflict there and he's not sure why she's here or who assigned her, but as head of personnel, he has the power to change that.[break][break]

"would you rather not be doing something more...familiar?"[break][break]

blaziken's CRUSH CLAW slams a porygon2 into the ground, and though it attempts to RECOVER, it doesn't heal nearly enough to avoid the damage from the following SLASH.[break][break]

it stills into a pokeball.

[attr="class","ooc"]blue murtagh[break]
dark/normal[break]
catching porygon2![break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-blaziken color-shiny"]

Her head tilts, “Huh, I guess you’re not wrong. Though I’m not sure what you’d think me to be better at.”[break][break]

She has a love hate relationship to the brawling rings she keeps crawling back to in the Slateport underbelly. She doesn’t want to be there, she doesn’t know where else to be.[break][break]

“I’m not sure.” It’s the most honest answer she can give. A part of her craves the andrenaline and the anger, but another part finds some solace in being far away from it. Even if she inevitably caves and returns, for a little while, she can pretend she’s other. Though she’s apparently not all too good at it, and the PD is a bit stifling.[break][break]

Her attention is not fixated on the Pokémon that wander around. She simply observes him.

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] THEO BECKETT | skipping! [break]


[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-lucario"]

"something that allows you to use your fists, perhaps."[break][break]

a rare joke comes from the underboss even if he says it without any indication that it is. not even a fluctuation of his tone nor a quirk of his lips.[break][break]

with SERENE GRACE, a happiny hops over to them, bumping into theo's leg only to be scooped up into his arms. another rare sight of what some may call affection. he reaches for a pokeball, then bumps it into the happiny.[break][break]

"i don't mean to send you back to the pits. rocket needs more...enforcers, let's call them."

[attr="class","ooc"]blue murtagh[break]
dark/normal[break]
catching happiny![break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-blaziken color-shiny"]

Her gaze turned downward, staring at her feet as they walked. “That’s true. Maybe that would be good.”[break][break]

She’s so angry. Almost all of the time. Her emotional dial for any sort of feeling always seems to be turned to eleven. Using her fists helps. It’s the only way she knows.[break][break]

But she’s tired too. Exhausted.[break][break]

“Will that work, though? Or will it make me..worse?” It’s the only word she can draw. A more terrible, loathsome creature than she already is, left unchecked.[break][break]

A vulnerable conversation is not what she expected of her day, and it turns her surly, hands shoving in her pockets and feet kicking at pebbles as he scoops the happiny up. Tenderness seems odd for him.[break][break]

She can relate.[break][break]

“What do those do?”

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] THEO BECKETT | skipping! [break]


[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-lucario"]

"speaking professionally, making you worse would be in our best interest. anger is a powerful motivator."[break][break]

he recalls saying exactly the same to Lulu Flint not too long ago.[break][break]

"but things have changed for us. we offer support, should you need it."[break][break]

and again, another sentiment he shared with nagi miwa.[break][break]

"enforcers, brutes, whatever you want to call them keep our personnel in check when they step out of line. they take up the more brutal assignments ranging from extortion to assassination."[break][break]

a loudred's HOWL calls for their attention. it makes happiny act up in his arms, forcing him to tap a pokeball against it while blaziken rushes off to deal with the loudred.[break][break]

after a short battle, a pokeball is thrown.

[attr="class","ooc"]blue murtagh[break]
dark/normal[break]
catching loudred![break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-blaziken color-shiny"]

“Yeah, I guess you got me there.”[break][break]

Her words are a bit begrudging, but she doesn’t know how else to argue. Or if she should. It’s not like she’s ever felt much peace in her life. She wouldn’t know where to start. She’s aggressive and distrustful like the fearow that flies overhead, ignored for the better lest it lash out.[break][break]

“What sort of support? Only ever needed myself.” That’s a lie. As independent as she acts, she isn’t. Always isolated and cagey but terribly dependent on whatever person or group picks her up and decides to make use of her.[break][break]

It’s the unbreakable cycle of her life thus far.[break][break]

“Maybe that would be good..” she agrees tentatively, though the uncontained aspect to letting her anger and violence run wild on jobs outside of the fighting pits makes her stomach turn.[break][break]

But she’s useless at this mole job, she’s under suspicion at the station. Shinra Moro confirmed that in the evaluation he was sent to do.[break][break]

She’s not good at anything, she has no real merit or value except for when she’s being a mean, bitey dog. Worthless, as her old handler would say when she did poor in her matches. It echoes back now under the scrutiny of her admin’s assessment of her current position.[break][break]

Worthless. She knows better than to beg.

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] THEO BECKETT | skipping! [break]


[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-lucario"]

"counseling and psychological services, mainly. i can send you more information if you're interested."[break][break]

yet another initiative he's taken up since assuming his role as head of personnel. it's something they never offered in kanto and he imagines it's why their retention rate was dreadful. well, that, and the war.[break][break]

"it would be good, yes. i will start the transition later today."[break][break]

he leaves a few things vague on purpose, curious to see whether she would bring them up herself.[break][break]

a fearow flies by, casting its large shadow over them.

[attr="class","ooc"]blue murtagh[break]
dark/normal[break]
skipping![break]

[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-blaziken color-shiny"]