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There was something to be said for their present situation, Jett understood it more than anything else right now. He tried to keep his breathing even, holding the pack over his back, now empty; they had delivered what they needed to. ”You’ve got the rest on ya own, yeah?”
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Jett waited up for a few second. ”I’ll go drop the report, handle the annoying paper work stuff, and you can do your ranger stuff. I hear there was a cave-in not far from here, a buncha Zubats were crushed, or something like that. Just words in the wind.” He said as if he hadn’t had something to do with all of that.
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So he opened his pack of chocolate cigarettes, and offered her one before he went to walk away. The sound of someone leaving, the bare open expanse of the inside of the cave, and the limited paths.
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It was a warzone, and Jett didn’t want to get involved more than he had to, anymore needed than to save lives.
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Which meant he was in it for the long haul.

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♂︎ Sniper | Lock On, Focus Energy, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Bullet Seed

⚬ No Guard | Sword’s Dance, Fury Cutter, Night Slash, Sacred Sword, Iron Head, Shadow Sneak

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Once again, Julia was grateful for Chester's stamina. While Julia breathed deep to gather her energy back up, Chester was totally calm, his middle head even reaching over to nuzzle his trainer encouragingly. That, combined with Jett's offer to do the boring paperwork for them, really helped perk her up.

[break][break]"Really? That'd be great, thanks!"

[break][break]His next words, though, sent a chill down her spine. A cave-in... She subconsciously shifted some weight off her prosthetic leg, hoping the color wasn't draining from her face or something dramatic like that. Of all the things, it just had to be a cave-in...

[break][break]This is why you became a Ranger, Julia, she reminded herself. Go help those poor Zubat.

[break][break]"Got it," she said, straightening up and looking a lot more serious than her usual bubbly self. "Thanks for letting me know. Be careful on the way back."

[break][break]She took the chocolate cigarette, smile starting to return, and watched as Jett headed onward, leaving Julia alone. Alone in the weirdest caves she'd ever dealt with. She took a breath through her nose and patted her cheeks. Nope, she wasn't gonna let this place freak her out! She had a job to do, and by golly, she was gonna do it!

[break][break]"Let's go, Chester," she said, determined.

[break][break]His left head, of course, looked worried for Julia, but the middle and right picked up on her conviction and squawked their approval. Together, they made their way deeper in.

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POSTED ON Apr 20, 2023 9:28:23 GMT

Zu-bat, Zu-bat, Zubat, that was the rhythm. At least in her head. Shizue obviously did not sing that out loud or anything. But inwardly, she made this grisly work more fun that way. Though, admittedly, the scientist – who had chosen to be out and about in a lab coat to signal that to anyone, much like a medic would with their apparel – was not doing much hard labour herself. Instead, she had her Electec out. The big lad was heaving stones and picking up the dead Zubat unveiled that way, putting them into a basket for transportation. The cave-in had done a number at them, but they could still be useful. The poison glands within, if not explicitly crushed, could still be used for research and production.

It was free resources, really. The League probably would not care too much about them, or so she though. Some of their scientist would potentially be interested in Zubats living down here, but Shizue figured they had bigger things to worry about. And if not she was willing to share these specimen, at least to an extent. Maybe even some of the live ones that Elektek had needed to shock so they would not get in the way. Having come here without spare Pokeballs, Shizue did not have much use for them. Sure, she could have just have her Pokemon kill them, but she wasn’t one to randomly murder for no reason. If she could not fill the basked, maybe she would fill it up with some of those. But until she could make a determination like that, she was just going to leave the low-level beasts lying there, knocked out.

Not like she was in much of a rush, as she watched her Pokemon work, picking up more Zu-bats.

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Luckily, the ground didn't start shaking as Julia made her way toward the reported cave-in. As she got closer, she realized someone was already there. The woman wore a lab coat, meaning she was probably some sort of scientist, and watched as her Pokémon picked up rocks, unveiling deceased Zubat to place in a basket. Julia's sorrow for the fallen Zubat combined with her confusion over what she was seeing made her stop in her tracks.

[break][break]"Uh..." Julia started, announcing her presence. "What are you doing with those Zubat?"

[break][break]At least it looked like some of them were still alive, albeit unconscious. But why was this person collecting the dead ones? Shouldn't getting the living ones out of harm's way be a higher priority?

[break][break]All three of Chester's heads stared down the scene before him, the left looking mournful for the fallen Zubat, the middle seeming just as confused as Julia, and the right narrowing its eyes in suspicion.

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2023 16:07:50 GMT

“What does it look like I am doing?” She did not even look at the newcomer as she said these words. They had not immediately attacked or anything like that. That meant she had a fool or a Samaritan here. Given that there was a hint of worry in their words, probably a combination of the two.

Shizue sighed. That probably would not fly as an explanation with this one. She could tell. Shizu was not quite as hopeless with people as others often thought her to be. Though it was probably hopeless to expect too much from this interaction. “The Zubat died. Their parts are still useful. So, I collect them while they are fresh. Simple as that.” Evidently, she had little to no compassion for these Pokemon. And why would she? There were millions of them across the world, each essentially the same as the other. If she was training one it would be different, but those were just animals. And when they died, they simply became parts.

“If you want to help with that, feel free to make yourself useful.”

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2023 19:04:25 GMT

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The cold, uncaring way this woman described harvesting the deceased Zubat left a bad taste in Julia's mouth. Sure, there were more Zubat in the world than most people wanted anything to do with, but treating them like this was still horrible.

[break][break]"No way," Julia said to the woman's "offer." "Some of them are still alive; I'm gonna help them."

[break][break]She slid off Chester's back and started to approach, but something made her stop. She looked up toward the ceiling. "Do you know what caused this cave-in?" It was an innocent question, but it opened a horrifying possibility that Julia hoped wasn't true.

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2023 20:25:32 GMT

Ah. A philantrope. Probably league, judging just by that. Sure, some in Rocket also deeply cared about Pokemon. But most of them knew better than to possibly endanger themselves just to help some Zubat. That was something for the naïve and foolish. Fortunately for the girl, Shizue was also not the kind of Rocket that got annoyed by something like to the extent that they wanted to teach a stranger a lesson.

No, she just wanted to do her job here. Still, when asked a question like that, she could not help but answer. In an abrasive way, of course. Because it was a stupid question. “Know? No. But I can make an educated guess. There is a war of sorts raging. Even the League talks a big game, but they are not going to hold back just to make sure they do not cause cave-ins on Zubats. Probably because they know they have fools to clean take care about the collateral damage. Then they can all pat each other on the back for being the quote unquote good guys.” She sighed, but did not stop her work, still not acknowledging the girl enough to look at her.

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2023 21:38:19 GMT

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Julia had been taught not to judge people based on first impressions. After all, you never knew what they were going through, a lesson Julia had learned firsthand after her post-accident depressive period. That didn't represent her at all, but if that was all anyone knew about her, they would think she was just some miserable kid. But this person just kept rubbing Julia the wrong way, like sandpaper was being ghosted over her skin. It pressed down just a bit harder with every word Shizue said. Julia didn't have to rely on these bad vibes for long; Shizue's words made her realize something.

[break][break]"You're with Rocket, aren't you?" It was mostly a rhetorical question at this point. Who else called people in the League "fools" and "the quote unquote good guys"? At the word "Rocket," Chester's right head glared and let out an angry caw. This time, Julia didn't hesitate when she stepped forward. Her voice lowered into uncharacteristic seriousness:

[break][break]"Leave those Zubat alone. I don't know what you're planning to do with them—" Julia refused to think of them as just "parts," dead or not—"but I know it can't be anything good." Her hand hovered over the end of her Poké Ball belt, prepared to release a specific Pokémon. She had a feeling this woman wouldn't just give up and walk away because Julia told her to.

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2023 21:57:51 GMT

“Well, ‘with Rocket’ is maybe a bit too strong a phrasing in my opinion. I am with whoever is willing to let me do my job and pay well,” she responded, frankly. Not being an idealogue, Shizue was simply with whomever fit her best. And Rocket was much more flexible in that regard. Ironically, they seemed to be less stringent about the whole ‘you are either with us or against us thing’ as the league was.

Case in point: this young lady. Just the mere possibility of Shizue being Rocket was apparently enough to threaten violence. She sighed. Sometimes it was exhausting to always be in the right. However, this did earn Julia the dubious honour of the other finally acknowledging her proper, turning towards the girl. However, her Electivire continued with its work for now. “Or what, precisely. Are you going to sic your Pokemon at me. Maybe kill me for now doing what some random stranger demands of me? One who, by her own admission, does not even know what I am doing? Pathetic.”

She shook her head, then pulled out a Pokeball and released her Swalot. “Well, I do not intend to just let you harm me, frankly. Swalot, release poison gas if she tries anything. Her choice to fight in the middle of the injured.” After all, quite a few Zubats were still alive. But that was mostly Shizue testing the other’s knowledge of the type, more than anything. And their haughtiness. After all, she put the focus on how the Zubat might take it, but if that girl was fresh, she would not realize that she, too, stood in the path of the attack.

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POSTED ON Apr 25, 2023 19:59:49 GMT

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Wow, this lady didn't give a straight answer to anything, did she? Okay, to be fair, most people wouldn't just admit to being in Rocket in front of a Ranger. But she had also admitted that she worked with them, so it wasn't like she was trying to hide her involvement.

[break][break]Ugh, Julia was thinking too hard about this. These poor Zubat were probably going to be used for something bad, and she couldn't let that happen.

[break][break]Her eyes widened at Shizue's questions. Kill her? "What? No! I just—"

[break][break]A Swalot was sent onto the battlefield and told to release poison gas if Julia tried anything. Julia gritted her teeth when fighting in the midst of the injured was mentioned. She'd have to be careful and make sure any violence didn't end with the remaining Zubat in the crossfire. Wait, was she implying the poison gas would be the cause of harm? Zubat were Poison-types, weren't they? So they'd be immune! Was this some kind of bluff? Well, Julia wasn't going to fall for it.

[break][break]"What are you going to do with the Zubat, then?" Julia asked, hand moving away from her belt. Chester's right head turned its glare to the Swalot while the other two kept an eye on Shizue and her Electivire, but he didn't move yet.

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POSTED ON Apr 25, 2023 20:32:53 GMT

“Nothing. I am simply an opportunist collecting parts that I can see. Those are of no use to anyone like this, after all. Might as well.” The girl did seem to stand down, partially, but she also did not seem too perturbed by the involvement of the Zubat. At least she was smart enough to know. Incidentally, that put her up a notch or two in Shizue’s estimation. “Last I checked, that was only a crime in nature preserves. Though down here, just not being explicitly with one side or another is the greatest sin, I reckon.”

Shizue smirked to herself for unknown reasons, then straightened up. Electivire had finished loading up. Those poison glands would be sufficient. Sure, they would probably be used against the friends of this girl. But that was not Shizu’s problem. Her job was to make the poison. Both sides used it. At the end of the day, the choice to use it or not to – and who to use it on – was not made by her. Hence she saw no reason as to why that should be much of an issue between them. “Now, that being said: are you going to let me leave, or is this to become dangerous after all? That choice is yours.” She, the load-bearing Electrivire and the Swalot would now all be facing this girl, waiting for her move – or lack thereof.

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POSTED ON Apr 26, 2023 17:21:58 GMT

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"Nothing?" Julia echoed, bewilderment plastered all over her face and tone. "Then what's the point of collecting them?" The woman had said she was just an "opportunist," but you didn't do something like this without some kind of purpose, right?

[break][break]She did have a point, though: What she was doing wasn't technically illegal here. As long as she hadn't killed the Zubat—which Julia still wasn't totally sure on—there wasn't any rule or law that said you couldn't collect deceased Zubat. Would that sort of law even apply in this dimension? It wouldn't be the first time Julia had worked outside of her jurisdiction for what was right.

[break][break]The Electivire finished collecting the corpses, prompting him and his trainer to join the Swalot in facing Julia. Either Julia could let them leave, or things could get "dangerous." Julia hesitated for a moment. Chester, too, seemed to be debating with himself. Soon, she came to her answer:

[break][break]"I need you to promise me their 'parts' won't be used against the League. Otherwise, I'm sorry, but I can't just let you leave with them."

[break][break]In the end, this was still a warzone. This woman may not have exactly "been" with Team Rocket, but if she was willing to sell whatever services she had to them, then it was a risk that Julia didn't want to take.

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POSTED ON Apr 27, 2023 21:40:01 GMT

Shizue groaned, unabashedly. This was getting slightly annoyed. “I am a scientist, young lady. I do not do blanket promises like that. Especially when you are casting such a wide net without proper definition. What does constitute ‘being used against the League’? A Zubat’s poison gland can be used in a number of ways. It can be used for poison but also for antidote. There is also a way to make a reasonably useful wound dressing. Poison is rather straightforward, but if I use it as an antidote and that counteracts poison utilized by a member of a League, does that stipulate a breech of the verbal contract you are proposing?”

She shook her head, half-saddened. “Of course you did not. You are a bright-eyed idealist type. I could just lie to you here as well. Only I do not care for it. The choice is yours. Turn this into an even worse situation for these Pokemon or just let me leave and help them. Your priorities. But know that if you assault me, I will hurt you to defend myself. That is not a threat. It is not a law of nature, either. But it will happen.” Shizue transfixed the girl’s eyes as if trying to stare her down, saying that. Because it was necessary.

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POSTED ON Apr 27, 2023 22:09:59 GMT

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If Julia were a Pokémon, she'd definitely have those little Confusion birdies floating around her head right now. Why couldn't this woman just be straightforward? This would be so much easier that way!

[break][break]"You're just being...!" There was a word for people who took everything way too literally, but Julia couldn't remember what it was. She settled for, "You're being roundabout!" More than confused, Julia was getting frustrated with the woman's insults toward her. She narrowed her eyes and popped open Snaily's Poké Ball. Once she'd formed, the Hisuian Goodra opened her arms for a hug but stopped, confused, when she saw how stern Julia looked.

[break][break]"Snaily, make sure she doesn't get away." Julia wasn't well-versed in being serious, but she did her best here. Then, to Shizue: "I get it, it's complicated, but the point is I don't want Rocket to have another weapon against the League. So just put the Zubat down."

[break][break]Snaily understood even less than Julia, but she knew there was a threat in front of her that she had to protect Julia from. She bent her hug-ready arms into a flexing pose, showing she was ready for battle. Behind them, Chester scratched a foot across the ground, ready to charge at a moment's notice. To Julia's credit, at least, she didn't "assault" Shizue. That wouldn't be right, even if she was a potential danger.

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