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POSTED ON Dec 23, 2022 6:07:08 GMT

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[attr="class","omgentop"]THE WILDS: THE BORDER

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ONGOING EVENT

EXPLORATION

MT. PYRE[break]✥ THE BORDER

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Northern Province - Area 2 (Riding) - Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
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THE BORDER IS A MOUNTAINOUS PURGATORY OF MUTED SEPIA SMOKE. By floating islands, translucent bridges soar through the realm toward the heavens. Tall stone spires jut out from the spiritual mist. In the sky, the wisps of spirits can be seen heading toward their final destination before the afterlife...[break][break]

Curiously, there are four broken seals embedded in four mountains. Though Adrian Malcolm and YVELTAL may have seen their location upon their unceremonious entry, the spirit realm has shifted since their last visit, rendering each broken seal far apart from each other.

PROMPTS

LIST OF PROMPTS

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03 examine the broken seal to the south, found in the middle of a cliffside.
07 offer coins to the gimmighoul ferryman to take a ride across a river.
08 experience immense grudgefulness, fear, envy, or hatred.
12 use the move 'infernal parade' or 'last respects'.
14 engage in battle with the vengeful and vestigial spirit of moltres or victini.
🗺️ utilize terastallization in an advantageous way.
🗺️ jayden cross and Alexandra Briarwood will encounter the spirit their late loved ones. lex will encounter her late mother who will then pass on, and jayden will encounter a late family member (if they are dead).
🗺️ Marza Volchitsa's expertise as a brawler or smuggler must be pivotal in some way.
🗺️ fern delaney must weasel a deal with the gimmighoul ferryman for a lower cost of traversal with or without the help of Marza Volchitsa, jayden cross or Alexandra Briarwood.

EXPEDITION TREASURES

AT THE END OF EACH EXPEDITION THREAD, all characters must ROLL for their final post. The HIGHEST FOUR ROLLS will be counted for what TREASURES are retrieved from the location. These treasures will be returned to each faction for future use...

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RULES

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. A more comprehensive list of rules will be published in each event thread. These rules are also subject to change.[break][break][break]

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Your character can only be in ONE EXPEDITION THREAD at a time.
You may participate with all of your characters; however, be aware of your ability to post.
If a thread partner has not posted in awhile, please skip them in this event. Momentum is important for engagement.
Since these threads may feature combat, please be reasonable with your battling. Discuss with your group if you'd like one move per post, how many Pokemon are allowed to be brought, etc.
Try to keep posts short for clarity and speed.
Please be trusting and open to communicating with all of your thread partners.
Please INCLUDE WHICH PROMPTS you are using in your expedition thread.
Please have at least FIVE POSTS PER CHARACTER in your expedition thread.

IN YOUR FINAL POSTS, PLEASE ROLL.

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They receive the report the night before, and set off at dawn. Jayden sends a text to all of them — fern delaney, Marza Volchitsa, Alexandra Briarwood — to meet him at the entrance of MT. PYRE at dawn. The SPECTRIER that he rides upon feels right at home as it gallops through the mountain's ghostly terrain; his own fingers wrap tight around the knotted reins as they skid to a stop just before the rift that they are all about to enter. Pebbles roll into the rift itself, teleported into the unknown.

[break][break] Knowing that they should prepare for everything that is to come, he has packed essentials in a black pack that is strapped to the side of his steed. The rest of the pokemon he has with him are clipped to his belt. As he awaits atop the chilly mountaintop, he watches as various spirits float in and out of the open gate, and psychic types wander abundantly across the wintry landscape.

[break][break] Once they all arrive they set-off.

[break][break] Inside the border, the temperature is about as chilly as it is on the outside. However, sepia smoke covers their entrance, Jayden hovers near fern delaney just in case something is to appear. Eventually, tall stone spires out from the distance, making the way for the arduous journey ahead.

[break][break] Jayden glances quickly at his companions, making sure everyone is in one piece.

[break][break] "We should head towards the riverbank," he advises.

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+ jayden arrives at THE BORDER [break]
+ for fern delaney Marza Volchitsa Alexandra Briarwood

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Alexandra Briarwood

POSTED ON Dec 23, 2022 18:23:59 GMT

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Lex seethed at the idea of being thrown into another world. What was wrong with there’s? It seemed just fine to her. Unnecessary risk. Hopefully, it would be rewarding.

The fellow names on the report were foreign to her: fern delaney and Marza Volchitsa. If having to venture into an unpredictable and dangerous world didn’t piss her off enough, half her party was people she didn’t know. By extension, she didn’t trust them.

The sharp knife of hatred drew a jagged wound down her back, carved deep by the distrust and hatred she felt for particular Rockets amongst the upper echelon. They were sending her to her death; she wasn’t surprised. What surprised her even less was that it was during the holidays. So much for a quiet Christmas . . . Hanukah . . . Kwanza? Whatever it was they celebrated.

Jayden, she trusted. After their intimate suffering in Littleroot side by side, a little seed of trust was planted and had since blossomed into a small, dark flower. Similar sentiments could be said for Elisabeth Fiorelli and Felix Gallagher. Why weren’t they part of their team? Likely because they had teams of their own being admins and all that.

Lex, always broody and cautious, sat stiff as a statue atop her own Spectrier. An always critical and judgmental amber gaze occasionally turned towards Marza Volchitsa and fern delaney as if she expected them to do something rash without warning.

War’s hooves scraped against the rocky ground beneath the sepia mist. This strange world made the Beast even more edgy, “Sure,” she grunted, shrugging her shoulders lightly. She didn’t have any better ideas. The Beast spurred the Spectrier forward, the ghost having little trouble navigating the terrain.

jayden cross & fern delaney & Marza Volchitsa

+ Feeling immense hatred and fear

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POSTED ON Dec 23, 2022 20:27:46 GMT

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Mt. Pyre. Decidedly, she hated this fucking place. [break][break] Considering it was literally the marker of her early grave, it wasn't hard to deny why she disliked it. Though, she wasn't going to object or complain, that would be pointless. If anything, it should have sparked a stubbornness in her to do better this time or dying trying (permanently, this time). By this point, she had worked with both fern delaney and jayden cross , the prior of which for the longest period. By now, admittedly, they worked together seamlessly. That had been the better part of the raid.
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The woman though, Alexandra Briarwood , she didn't know her. It didn't bother her, her trade required working with a lot of people. However, someone must have pissed in her bowl of cereal because she kept giving them sour expressions. She exchanged a glance at Fern, as the only viable reason being that he did something to piss her off, but apparently that wasn't the case (but looks could be deceiving). It was entirely possible that she had slighted the other woman. If Marza kept a list of all the people she'd pissed off, it would be extensive.
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All she knew was if this bitch gave her one more nasty look, she was gonna punt her scrawny ass off the side of the mountain. Kuru stirred behind her, nipping at the seam of her shirt to eagerly distract her and she gave the corviknight a scratch in response. It wasn't a big deal, she didn't matter. Her goal wasn't at the top of this mountain, this time, it was somewhere else. She gave a simple nod to the de facto leader as he glanced back. Then, into the unknown.
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+ jayden cross fern delaney Alexandra Briarwood [break]
+ marza is playing nice :3

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POSTED ON Dec 24, 2022 8:11:03 GMT

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[attr="class","fernpost"]Even Fern finds himself riddled with trepidation as he approaches the designated meet point. A lack of confidence is not something he’s accustomed to wearing, but he hasn’t been back to Pyre since that day. And though he had questions that demand answers, fear roils in his stomach over the concept of consequences. It’s the reason he’s not brought his beloved dragapult with him today—what if the rift demands her spirit back?[break][break]

He almost considered voicing the same concern for Marza Volchitsa , but Fern knows better than to try and tell her to do shit.[break][break]

The weight feels hefty on the new admin’s shoulders— don’t mess this up. It’s why he arrives early, nice and punctual. Or perhaps that is jayden cross ’s influence rubbing off on him. It doesn’t matter, either way. He’s here, they’ve agreed to follow the river, and there’s something weighty that settles over the group. Normally, chatty and charismatic, even Fern is uncharacteristically somber as he walks alongside Marza, a dreepy drifting just behind him.[break][break]

He catches her eye at one point, because he knows her well enough to know something about the rocket beast accompanying them has irritated her. His shoulders rise and fall silently. i dunno. It’s not his fault. He doesn’t know Alexandra Briarwood personally, save for her name and rank. So there’s literally nothing he could’ve done to her but exist, and Marza should know this. Duhh.[break][break]

Fern’s stomach turns over again, and his fingers flex with the itch to let them curl in the hem of Jayden’s sleeve where he lingers close. He avoids doing so, not wanting to betray the intensifying nervousness he feels over returning. Over what might not happen. This sort of anxiety feels misplaced under his skin, so he speaks to fill the elapsed quiet. “What do you expect to find along the river, exactly? A divergence?”[break][break]

tldr; fern is feeling that immense fear :’3

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POSTED ON Dec 25, 2022 8:21:34 GMT

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"Maybe," he says to Fern.

[break][break] Normally, he might have even sought to comfort the other by sliding their palms against each other. The thought was tempting, but what was more overwhelming was the brooding sensation of fear in the air. Jayden was not often fearful — his upbringing had prepared him for that — but there was something unsettling about the atmosphere that set him on-edge.

[break][break] The back of his knuckles brush against fern delaney's own, but that is the only comfort he provides, before he sets his gaze on the foggy river in the distance.

[break][break] "It's the only clear location for miles," he says, maybe a littler shorter than he meant to. "We should head forward."

[break][break] The mist lingers around them as they set off towards their destination and Jayden is so focused on his goal that he doesn't even noticed the exchanged glances between fern delaney and Marza Volchitsa regarding the beast. A bond forged in war and blood, Jayden respects Alexandra Briarwood as much as he does any Beast, and does not notice anything amiss with her demeanor — she was a little perturbed all the time anyways, and he'd never bothered to ask her why.

[break][break] Something like self-hated crawls up his throat as they continue to navigate towards the uncertain mist, wisps of the after-life echoing all around them. Jayden had heard, both from fern delaney and the reports, that Mt. Pyre's raid had included people being brought to the afterlife. Having spent the last few years wondering the state of his own parents...

[break][break] He grits his teeth, forcing him to not look for the ghosts of his past that he'd spent all the this time avoiding.

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+ feeling FEAR and HATE (self-hate) as they head towards the RIVER[break]
+ for fern delaney Marza Volchitsa Alexandra Briarwood

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Alexandra Briarwood

POSTED ON Dec 26, 2022 20:23:04 GMT

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As they moved deeper into the haunting mist, it became more and more clear that the three of them were familiar with each other; exchanging glances, walking closely, whispering.

An itch of conspiracy lingered, and she couldn’t quite shake it. Were they all here to conspire against her/Was this strange world to be her final resting place. An unfamiliar fear gripped her gut, she wouldn’t stand a chance against all three of them, especially @kayden, an admin and ex-beast.

Paranoia was unbecoming, but they thick malevolence in the air was suffocating and those negative thoughts were given new life. The red head slipped from atop her steed, essentially slowing herself down to let the other walk ahead of her. To keep an eye on them, untrusting as always.

The soft bubbling of flowing water became more clear as they pushed forward. The scent of crisp, fresh water hung in the stale air. She could see the glimmer of the water shining in the dull light that illuminated this place. It seemed much wider than she expected, and it wouldn’t be easy to cross. Her amber eyes peered across, searching or another bank but she failed to see just how wide the river was, “Does anyone see a way across?” her gaze goes right, then left without much luck. Perhaps she should send out Aubie to scout for way across.

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Were she not already an aggressive person, she might have noted the atmospheric shift, the weight of fury and paranoia in the air. Despite her nature, she felt like she was at least tolerant to emotions like these, but that hardly was the actual case 80% of the time. Still, she ignored the barely guarded fury of the other woman in the group. Instead, she focused on their honorary leader and his judgment to head to the only logical place left to go.
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However, there was no way across so maybe it wasn't logical. Having Kuru fly them across would be a long, arduous process. He wasn't a fan of carrying anyone, even her. So, she would need to bribe the bird into doing so and she doubted anyone had the kind of snacks he would like (unless they didn't value their pokemon that much).
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"Why don't you wave a boat down?" She snorted, a somewhat derisive attempt at a joke. Only... there was a boat. In a blink. One second, a vacant river and then a rickety old boat floating over the turbulent surface. "Well that's lucky." The question remained, how did they get to it? The thing in the boat, however, was even more questionable.

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+ sees a random boat??

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[attr="class","fernpost"]Wariness continued to mount, broiling under his skin the longer they walk. The negativity in the air hangs as heavy as they mist they push through to make their way toward the riverbank in search of a way across. The brief spark of warmth from the brush of jayden cross ’s knuckles against his own is short-lived, but it is just enough of a little burst of light in the dark, swirling fear swallowing up his thoughts to prompt Fern the reminder that this feeling is familiar. Chilling and ominous like the spirits that had passed him in the skies at Mt. Pyre the day of the meteor impact.[break][break]

But maybe he’s only overthinking this? Perhaps the fear and loathing and suspicion that percolates among the group is a legitimate thing, and he is only fabricating a justifiable excuse for it. So for right then, he bites his tongue on mentioning the connection—allowing his worrisome notions to get the better of him.[break][break]

The boat appears seemingly out of nowhere. It’s almost like Alexandra Briarwood speaks it into existence. Large and maybe a little rickety. And perched on the helm, the tiniest of little fellows. “Oh it’s a gimmighoul.” He’s encountered one recently, belonging to THEO BECKETT .[break][break]

Taking the initiative to step closer, Fern is intercepted from stepping on deck itself when the gimmighoul shakes its head voraciously with irritable sound. Well that wouldn’t do. “How ‘bout a trick?” he asks it with his smarmiest of smiles. Lucky for him he’s wearing the same coat from the other day. He pulls the coin that Theo’s own gimmighoul gifted him and twirled it over his knuckles, then made it ‘disappear’ only for it to be pulled from behind the obviously delighted Pokémon’s antennae.[break][break]

He offers the coin, and it nods, but when he looks at his group to say it’s all clear, it begins to protest again—itty bitty hands held out and expecting more.[break][break]

“It wants more coins to let us all on the ferry boat,” he murmurs as he turns back to the rest to form a huddle. “I’ve got some fakes in my pocket that I was testing, but not enough.” His glance flits to Marza Volchitsa . “You’re the pro— if I keep bartering with it and use Morrigan, here,” with a pause, he releases his mimikyu—her fake, lopsided doll head staring up blankly at the group, “do you think you can sneak the rest on?”[break][break]

Do the finger guns he waggles at her help? Fern sure hopes so.
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tldr; fern is feeling that immense fear :’3[break]
+ barters with the gimmighoul ferryman

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In her profession, Marza had boarded many different boats all manned by various people (usually scumbags). However, she’d never seen a boat before that was manned by what had to be the strangest little pokemon she’d ever seen. fern delaney seemed at least familiar with it.
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A gimmighoul, apparently. It could only be assumed that it was a Paldean recent arrival. Things were getting weirder and weirder lately, but Marza wasn’t the sort to ask questions. She preferred to grumble her complaints and get on with it. Silently, she humored Fern’s little game. The least she could do was allow him his personal flourish and that was fine.
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But then the little bastard (the gimmighoul, not Fern in this instance), had to be greedy. Rule number one, never barter. She didn’t pay for shit unless there was no other way. What was he wanting her to do, stick them in a barrel? She sighed, a touch dramatic perhaps. “This is taking too long, just get on the boat. I’ll give him what he wants.”
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She strode forward, digging through her pockets. The gimmighoul watched, maybe in anticipation or wariness. She wasn’t exactly a calming presence. Yet greed got the better of it, didn’t it always? This pokemon wasn't much different from those same scumbags she worked with. So, she treated it the same exact way, by kicking it off the side of the boat. “We’re illegally commandeering this boat, thanks.” With a squeal, it skipped across the surface of the river like a stone before sinking into the depths.
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Looking back at Fern, she added with what might have been a smile, “He agreed to a discount.”

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+ picked a fight with a gimmighoul and won, illegal transport of foreign idiots (aka used her skills prompt)[break]
+ helped fern acquire a discount :3
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If he's impressed by fern delaney's quick success, he doesn't show it. There is a bit of spark of pride behind his eyes as observes the interaction between the new admin and ghimmighoul, however.

[break][break] At Marza Volchitsa's interjection, he blinks.

[break][break] "Okay."

[break][break] Returning his Spectrier into it's pokeball, Jayden makes quick work of sliding into the boat while it's attendant is distracted.

[break][break] SPLASH!

[break][break] Whatever it was that he was expecting the new Beast to do, it was not that. Even as Jayden climbs onto the boat, he is curious as to what the other beast has planned. When he hears the splash and squeal of the ghost-type, however, he knows to kick it into high gear. Jayden's quick to pull the engine. It crackles the boat to life and soon they are speeding quickly down the river's edge, while the Ghimmighoul swallows it's last breath of air.

[break][break] The river leads them down a winding path down the mountain, towards a sprawling cliffside. Even with the Ghimmighoul far behind them, Jayden can't help but ignore the feeling of restless in the air that lingers. He's tense. A mixture of begrudging fear and hate mingles in his lungs as he looks out for anyone else that might disrupt their journey.

[break][break] In the distance, there is something smoky and bright, bright blue eyes staring out at them.

[break][break] What was that?

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+ feeling FEAR and HATE (self-hate) as they head towards the CLIFF[break]
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Just their luck – a boat decides to show up through the thick fog. Of course, Lex finds it annoyingly convenient and immediate suspects an underlying ulterior motive. Her amber eyes narrow on the small ghost and fern delaney barters with the little thing. She keep the name ghimmigoul tucked away in her mind of future use.

The Beast grows impatient with the whole ordeal. When Marza Volchitsa goes to finalize any sort of transaction, she had half a mind to just capture the ghost and take the boat. The other woman seemed to have read her mind, but instead of catching the Ghimmigoul, she merely tosses it overboard.

That’s one way to get things done. A sliver of respects blossoms beneath her cold exterior.

If there’s one thing Lex knows, it’s ghosts. Being thrown overboard won’t stop the pokemon for long. She doesn’t have to be told to hurry. The Spectreir disappears into it’s pokeball and with a few careful leaps, Lex is on the boat, sitting beside jayden cross while he cranks at the engine to get them going.

She doesn’t trust this world, so she releases another pokemon. The large Basculegion sinks below the depth of the dark water, lurking beneath their boat as a means of protection from below.

But it’s not from below that they need protection . . .

The bright blue eyes hold a sense of lifelessness that Lex is familiar with. The creature isn’t living, it’s dead, a shell of what it used to be, “Shit! Duck!” Lex encourages the others as a burst of a bright INFERNO sails over their heads. Lex reaches over the side of the boat to smack the water. The pokemon responds, a burst of speed creates a wake large enough to lift off the river’s surface. The WAVE CRASH arches high, washing over the ghostly Victini. An eerie, echoing cry comes from the pokemon, one that scratches like nails on a chalkboard against your soul.

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"Marza! What was that for?" he scoffs, mouth open as he turns back toward the other once she's chucked the little gimmighoul across the water like a stepping stone. Tutting and clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth, he recalls his mimikyu, because she won't be needed for the time being. "No sense of panache, whatsoever," he huffs as he climbs aboard as well. But when he cuts his glance toward her, there's a hint of a smile at the corners of his mouth. He's aghast, but for the time being, the heightened, churning emotions of negativity seem to have dissipated for a bit.[break][break]

At least for him, anyway.[break][break]

"You're gonna get yourself cursed like that," he adds after a moment, once they're in motion again and he settles back for the ride - however long it might take. Yeeting a ghost like that? Honestly...[break][break]

The blue eyes peering out at them through the mist as they float down the river, go unnoticed by Fern initially. It's not until Alexandra calls attention to it, that he spurs to life again. Flares of bright flame shoot above them, and he ducks on instinct, even without the command. "What was that?" A furious, spectral victini pursues them despite the setback that comes with the WAVE CRASH trying to wash it away.[break][break]

Fight fire with fire, yeah?[break][break]

Calling out his hisuian typholosion, the tera orb slips out of his pocket and into his hand before lighting the pokemon up with a crystalline sheen. It coats her fur and bolsters her further when and another blast of INFERNO comes sailing their way. The typhlosion bites back in a phantasmic burst of ethereal violet flames that churn and whoosh toward the victini in succession - a spectral, INFERNAL PARADE.
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terastralizes his typhlosion and sets it on the victini's spirit with INFERNAL PARADE

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"Quit whining and get on the damn boat or I'll put you in a barrel." She grumbled, pulling up a mooring line that was half-hazardly thrown over the side. Truthfully how the damn boat appeared there was still a mystery to her, but she wasn't one to examine things too closely for fear of what weird shit she might find.
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Checking the rest of the boat over, Jayden quickly put the boat in gear and accelerated. Of course, there was Fern reminding her yet again of curses. "No the hell I'm not." She was not afraid of curses, goddamn it. Though, in hindsight, maybe she should have considered that better and would do so in the future.
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With a shrill whistle, she could see the looming shadow of Kuru slipping back down towards them. The corviknight had taken to scouting the rear, making sure they weren't being followed by a surly ghost type. Only he had unfortunately managed to miss the looming threat until it was too late. A wave of Inferno lashed across the air above them, crashing into the dimwitted bird.
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Kuru squawked under the impact of flames. The corviknight crashed, rolling over the rear of the boat in a heap of steel feathers at Marza's feet. There, he stared up at her bewildered.

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