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Still seemingly aimless in his scouring of the deep sea, Lam had failed to successfully connect with any league operatives yet. Following the path that had been indicated by priam conrad, maybe he’d taken a different wrong turn later on down the line because he’d yet to encounter any fellow leaguers.[break][break]

Or anyone at all for that matter— until he caught sight of the man pursuing the bruxish. At the short distance, the strange barnacles went unnoticed—for now.[break][break]

Not wanting to take any chances out in the open, wordlessly he tosses a decently aimed scatterbang in the rocket’s direction to curry his attention. Might as well allow it to do the introduction for him. His shinx followed through the loud crack of the device, the dense air stretching out his strides as he darted forward intending to land a WILD CHARGE against their opponent.

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clash [1/2] // noodle uses wild charge![break]

SPOILER: Click to show

+ thread participation (50mp) + ic post x1 (10 mp) + use of scatterbang (10 mp) = 70mp

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Lam drew closer as the initial impact of the fight took hold. “Maybe you shouldn’t hang around here,” he called out warily, finally eyeing the mutations that littered the man’s arms. “You might become part of the scenery before long.” Absorbed into the fleshy, cavernous sea walls that seemed to breathe with bizarre, inhuman life.[break][break]

As the bruxish chomped on the shinx’s hind leg, he screeched and thrashed—attempting to pull away. A plume of blood rose and fanned around the two Pokémon, but the faintly glowing feline wasn’t deterred. Twisting and swiping at colorful scales, he let out a pulsing SHOCK WAVE in an attempt to stun the bruxish.

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clash [1/2] // noodle catches the psychic fang on the leg! He retaliates with shock wave[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

+ thread participation (50mp) + ic post x2 (20 mp) + use of scatterbang (10 mp) + reference deep sea mutation (10mp) = 90mp

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Leg freed, his shinx twisted back around, only to be blasted backward by the crash of waves from the bruxish pushing him away. Tumbling through the dense air with a growl, electricity began to crackle around him. Charging and licking from his fur in bright bursts before the heavy bolt of THUNDER cracks forward toward the bruxish.[break][break]

“No thanks, I’ll pass!” he chirped back, ensuring he kept his distance from the man. He’d definitely prefer to go home at the end of this. Though he made no effort to retreat, either.[break][break]

Backing off was the last thing he intended to do.

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clash [1/2] // noodle is pushed back, directs Thunder at the bruxish[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

+ thread participation (50mp) + ic post x3 (30 mp) + use of scatterbang (10 mp) + reference deep sea mutation (10mp) = 100mp

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“What others?” he called back, frowning as he tried to make a mental note of what the guy looked like and what he was saying. If he’d pose a greater threat elsewhere.[break][break]

Though the bruxish was zapped by his shinx’s attack, it was quick to lash out again–pulling close again with more aggressive intent.[break][break]

It was like he could see the twinge of fear that shifted the shinx’s demeanor. “Noodle, back to me!” But it was far too late for that. As psychic fangs latched onto his side again, the smaller pokemon let out a screech and pulled down another blast of THUNDER that was far more chaotic and less controlled than the first move in the little cat’s panic.

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clash [1/2] // noodle is is bitten again, panics and uses Thunder more aggressively[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

+ thread participation (50mp) + ic post x4 (40 mp) + use of scatterbang (10 mp) + reference deep sea mutation (10mp) = 110mp

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It seemed the pulse of thunder worked a bit too well. As the bright light cleared, Noodle darted back toward him, keening as his wounds remained open and bleeding. Lam scooped him up, hand smoothing over golden yellow fur as he fumbled for another pokeball on his belt.[break][break]

Not that it was necessary–looking beyond what was right in front of him, he could see the bruxish drifting lifelessly. A pang of guilt twisted his stomach into knots even if the killing blow hadn’t been intentional. Even if the bruxish had been used against him. The last thing he’d wanted to do was kill someone else’s pokemon.[break][break]

But the Rocket didn’t exactly seem bothered as he took the turn in their battle to use as a moment for escape.

“Hey! What’s that supposed to mean? Hey!!” he yelled back, cradling the injured shinx close as he looked about frantically. The man was gone, though, blocked by the strange outcropping of ore that erupted from the ocean earth below. Lam’s attention uneasily turned back toward his shinx so that he could heal him using his togekiss to close up the wounds.[break][break]

Though it didn’t stop him from looking back over his shoulder every few moments. Wary of the shadows surrounding them.

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clash [1/2] // noodle escapes and lam feels massively guilty about that dead bruxish[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

+ thread participation (50mp) + ic post x5 (50 mp) + use of scatterbang (10 mp) + reference deep sea mutation (10mp) + kill an opponent’s Pokémon (10mp) + complete clash mission (100mp) + win a battle (200mp) = 430mp