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glug.

at first there was nothing but darkness. all that you could hear was but the song of water and the hymn of bubbles. you'd try to speak, but a simple glug was all that you could utter. your body, barely moving, felt as if it were being pulled upward toward a surface yet met with heavy pressure. as you gently opened your gaze, a white light would come to unveil itself above you.

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as you, Navy, found yourself floating in a body of water. you would come to be met by a man (@niclolas), a rocket grunt, unbeknownst to you. he had been sitting pretzel-style staring into vastly shifting sky above them. watching as there were others being transported into this plane of existence: THE INTERDREAM ZONE.

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beside him was his sceptile casually minding its own business sleeping and a pikachu resting in his lap. nicolas would look to the newcomer with a smile, "yo, you're up!" standing on top of the rock with a single hand in his pocket. nicolas's pikachu would come to place itself upon his shoulder. the electric-type would make a taunting face toward Navy.

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"cálmate, 'chu." nicolas told the pikachu, "sorry about that, he's not exactly friendly as you could tell."

nicolas would gesture to something that was not the area, but rather who were all in it. Navy was not the only one floating within the body of water. there were others, a majority primarily league cadets. they were all unconscious, some permanently unresponsive compared to others. with a simple yawn, nicolas would speak once more, "sorry about the bodies. boss's order and all that, couldn't exactly go easy on them." he sheepishly grinned while massaging the nape of his neck.

"i hope these people weren't your friends or anything, that'd be ass cheeks to wake up to."

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note: sorry for the wait, i wanted to add more/put more effort than this. but i'm a little tired, but i hope you enjoy the opener my friend. let me know if you want me to edit or add anything! ^^ i am but a simple person here to make you shine gamer.

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It’s a dive to blue. Michael Navidson doesn’t know how he got here. He slipped through a crack in reality, somewhere along the way. Slipped down into the still waters of a sea of dreams. [break][break]
He can’t breathe. [break][break]
That’s the first thought that springs to mind. It’s a desperate climb, a violent birth. A maddening rush up. He does not want to die here. Not like this. Not with so much left unsaid. Not with lingering hopes in his heart that he might yet make a dumb kid’s dream come true. [break][break]
He feels the pull upward. He is born into this new world under a sky of violent and irrepressible stars. Whatever the truth of this place is, those stars are eternal. They have stood vigil over the reverie of this pale blue dot since it was formed. They’re beautiful. It’s the same beauty you treasured with your brother. Dreaming of better days under the starlight. [break][break]
An unfamiliar voice pulls you to reality. A punk. It’s nothing but punks in Rocket. That seems to be their go-to. Thugs and wannabe executives. At least this guy has a tasteful team. [break][break]
“Nice team. Thought you wise guys went in for Raticates and Zubats.” Navy wades his way up. Covered in the water of the ultra sea like it’s afterbirth.
“Wonder who you stole the Pika-” The implications of the thug’s taunt dawns on Navy. His sharp eyes shift down to the water. There are bodies floating in the murky water. [break][break]
Navy rushes to the first kid he can reach. He places two fingers to the kid’s throat. He recoils as he feels no pulse. Turning the body over, he sees that it is Gabe floating in the water. [break][break]
Navy screams as he recoils. Turns back to face the thug. There is murder in his eyes and hate in his heart. [break][break]
“…how much?” He asks as he unslings a pokeball. “How much did your bosses pay you for these kids’ lives?”

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nicolas watched in awe at the newcomer's reaction. like a teardrop, blood fell underneath nicolas's eye. it was from a cut received from the early battle. nicolas would wipe the blood away with his thumb, sighing with relief as he had thought, that for a moment, he felt remorseful.

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but that all went away with a quick smirk. nicolas, chuckling, had little remorse for what he did. "ah man, you almost got me there!" a hearty laugh escaped him as he held his stomach at the male's reaction toward his fallen comrade. "...enough for me to pay for their funeral." with his response given. nicolas, simultaneously, revealed a capsule sized pokeball between his index and middle finger. enlarging it with a simple press of the button, he would toss the ball onto the battlefield. a flash of light, emerging from the ball, would then proceed to spit out a sceptile.

"you wanna play hero so bad? i'll make sure to write 'hero boy' on your tombstone."

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…a hero, huh?[break][break]
Navy looks down at the bodies. Does it make him a hero, to wish dumb kids hadn’t died? Is that the world they live in? That the simple act of wanting kids to not die in old men’s wars was something worthy of praise? That he wanted a world where there were no more Gabes?[break][break]
“How messed up can you be?!” Navy shouts. He’s met pieces of shit before, but most of them at least tried to pretend they were better than this – better than the slaughter of the innocent.[break][break]
To his credit, in the throes of his rage, he chooses the better angel of his nature. No two Pokemon on his team represent Michael Navidson better than Roland and Vortigern. A Gallade and a Garchomp. A chivalrous knight and a dragon. Odd that they’d end up working together.[break][break]
Roland flies free of his Pokeball and stands across from the Sceptile. His footsteps across the water are easy. Light. Calculated.[break][break]
“Zacian.” Navy says. He steeps the maneuvers he has taught his Pokemon in code phrases and jargon. Roland’s are themed after chivalrous figures. The hero of a thousand battles is a warrior many could seek to emulate. Roland strives to follow his example.[break][break]
He seems to teleport across the battlefield to the Sceptile, delivering justice unto him with his hand-blade. Wading through the water to deliver retribution for the deceased.[break][break]
“These kids had their whole lives ahead of them!”

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POSTED ON Apr 17, 2023 22:36:05 GMT

sceptile's DETECTion would allow for the pokemon to clash with Navy 's gallade. blade to blade, they would come to be locked in place. "hey, i left some of them alive!" though, he would ponder for a brief moment, adding, "and the others don't have to worry about that now. considerin' that was cut short and all, right?"

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he'd let out a laugh. "quit playin' around, sceptile." nicolas ordered.

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as Navy 's gallade and nicolas's sceptile remained bound in place, blade to blade. sceptile's grass-like blades began to glow a green color. this was a tell sign for gallade to react as the pokemon saw fit, for it was an incidcator that sceptile was preparing his next attack: leaf blade.

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while that was happening, nicolas would say, "you seem a bit broken up about all of this. it's just a hunch, but..." he'd impishly grin, "this ain't your first time losin' a losin' a friend?" mist born from the interdream realm began to slowly form, gathering in the middle of both their battle and discussion.

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“The hell’s that supposed to mean?” Navy asks with righteous indignation. Their Pokemon will be the ones to decide that, but both he and his opponent are still free to shout at one another, to talk about truth and ideals and what might be.[break][break]
“Everybody’s lost someone in this war.” Some of them are alive, the kids floating. Some aren’t. It was a roll of the dice. The trainer before him is powerful. No one gets a Pokemon like this without knowing their way around a battlefield. Still, Navy can’t say he’s heard of him. He’s not part of the file he started trying to build on Team Rocket and their activities.[break][break]
“But yeah. I lost somebody” He admits while he watches Roland. He pulls himself free of his doubt to try and direct his Pokemon. He’s been in a slump. He hasn’t directed Pokemon, hasn’t trained them, in almost six months. It’s a miracle he even had his Mons on him when this whole fiasco started – and his A-team at that.[break][break]
“The hell are you doin’? Mordred.” A knight who betrayed others. Roland teleports. It’s a short, controlled burst. He teleports to Sceptile’s back as the tail would have struck him, engaging in close combat as his own psychic energy coalesces into a scythe made of fighting spirit.[break][break]
“I lost my brother. Just some dumb kid like these punks who thought they could make a difference. …man, why the hell am I tellin’ you this?” He asks out loud. Maybe he just wants to talk, shout it into the void.

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sceptile would receive the powerful from gallade. raising his guard, sceptile would block his face to prevent it from receiving any detrimental blow. though, he would be met with ferocious assault.

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the gras-type would not let up though.

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as their battle proceeded, so would their trainers. nicolas, absorbing the information, would take notice of the mist that slowly began to gather. with a cheeky grin, he knew what he had to do next. "maybe because you want someone to understand you," nicolas casually spoke. "maybe now i get it, i understand why you're so torn over these corp--..." he would pause, before rephrasing himself, "...these friends of yours." nicolas's tone became melancholic...

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all but for a brief moment that is.

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with a widened grin, he'd say, "it's because you feel like you failed to save your brother all over again." sceptile would use DOUBLE TEAM to split himself into two. with confusion, they would continuously move about whilst encircling the gallade. with LEAF BLADE active, the "pair" would cut gallade all over his front and back with haste. as their battle proceeded, the focus would return to nicolas, "you're a nice guy, so i'll be real with you. what happened to your brother is natural. he wanted to play hero, to change the world. like them," nicolas would gesture over to the many bodies, "they lost the game. isn't it exhausting trying to play the hero when the world is just so unfair?" nicolas's tone would come to be somber once more.

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"it wasn't fair for you to lose your brother, so let me ask you this: who do you blame? the league or yourself? i mean you all put yourselves on the line for this region so much, but who's willing to put themselves on the line for you?" suddenly, Navy 's vision began to feel hazy. as nicolas spoke it was as if Navy could hear him from one location to the next, it was like an echo. "who protects the heroes when it all just becomes too much?"

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“What are you, a therapist?” Navy responds with typical masculine bravado. It’s so like a man to do that - to deflect. To look away from the mirror the other man tries to hold up to his soul. He’s trying to force the detective to see the most pungent thing in the world: reality. That terrible waste land he has been avoiding since the death of his Gyarados. [break][break]

Roland senses the turmoil in his trainer’s heart. It was Roland who has held the team together today. As the mad realm has sent Navy tumbling from scene to scene, drowning him, not letting him breathe, Roland has picked up the slack. He’s healed the wounds of the other Pokémon. Roland has tended to their needs, not letting them faint. [break][break]
Now, it’s just him left. Roland and two sleeping dragons. It had to be him that jumped out of the pokeball. Navy needs a knight, not a dragon. The knight resolves to stand tall. [break][break]
But he is confused. Surrounded by shadows and specters. The other Pokémon is faster. Creating a blur. There seem to be two of him. Roland’s heart beats fast. His steady eyes search through the rolling mist for the correct foe. He strikes out with his bladed arm… [break][break]
And he chooses poorly. He is stricken by the leaf blade. The swordsman falls to one knee. An eye closes. He almost slips into the water. [break][break]
But he stands up. The blades on his arm reform as if to say that he didn’t hear a bell. It will take more than that to kill him. Roland howls and does a wide, arcing cut. The fatigue is finally getting to him as the psycho cut goes wide. [break][break]
The knight grits his teeth. [break][break]
“You know the awful part? I can’t stand the League. The individuals are fine, but this isn’t about individuals, is it?” [break][break]
He sees a shadow in the mist. Smiling at him. Waving. A scene out of place, out of time. A familiar voice calls to him, ready to step out the door. [break][break]
“I’m not gonna let Kyle get there first, Navy! I’m gonna be the Champ! I’ll see you in a few months.” The shadow departs through the mist. That was the last time Navy ever saw Gabriel Navidson alive. [break][break]
“They’re just a gang. Rocket, too. The purples and the yellows. I tried so hard to keep Gabe off the street, and he still joined up with one. So it’s my fault. But…” His hand balls into a fist. [break][break]
“It’s my job to do what the heroes won’t. I’m gonna be Hoenn’s champion. I’m not gonna lose to anyone. And you know what that means? If I want to keep this place safe, that means I gotta kick your ass. Roland, you with me?” [break][break]
The Gallade stands tall and nods. They’re in perfect sync.

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"tch."

how annoying. nicolas watched as the mist once surrounding them began to dissipate. all thanks to Navy's resolve winning against the negativity. "yo, sceptile!" with the snap of a finger he would return to nicolas' side. "i'm bored, we'll count this as our loss." he would wave goodbye to his opponent, "this was fun, but let's mix it up for real if you survive! can't waste anymore time here." he would climb upon his sceptile's back, "get us out of here." and in a flash, via quick attack, they were gone.

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