[attr="class","mainbox"] the sight of frost-blue is the last thing he sees.
mint frost running for him, a sharp commanding cry.
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'melt chien pao!'[break][break] stone and fire burn in the air before
declan walsh strikes his judgement, using
DARKRAI to commit both man and monsterkind into forced slumber. the admin falls, crumpled, as his unlikely guardian protector is mislaid by the efforts of countless rockets, protecting them from the very thing that would have - once upon a time - laid down his life for them.
[break][break] the death of one sort of rocket, the birth of another.
[break][break] perhaps in another life, in another reality, the cruelty of dmitri's hand would have never succumbed to such a cruel fate.
[break][break] but that reality was not this one. this reality had tied him - inexplicably - to a cursed path, the same path that those like
Elisabeth Fiorelli and
PENELOPE LIVY would walk, although jayden would not learn it in full until later.
[break][break] the minute the leopardcat falls, so does the influence on the cursed. eventually, as the cave of origin returns to the state it was before the cat's explosive entrance, jayden rises from deep slumber. he lets out a groan, pain striking true through him, as he hears familiar voices echo through the cavern's walls.
[break][break] he sees ocean teal and frosted mint swarm in front of him, blurry sights eventually focusing into crystal clarity.
'fern..? mint..?' ice crystals still consume his skin, burning like frostbite as it mixes with bruised purple skin and open cuts. cold wind sweeps through his torn shirt, keeping him awake.
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"i —" when his voice comes through, it is cracked from disuse. his head throbs viciously as he looks between the both of them.
"what happened?"[break][break] jayden looks at the both of them, their expressions all frenzied concern. he frowns.
"are you both okay?"[break][break] unaware of his own tortured state.
[break][break] his eyes turn towards
THEO BECKETT and
Cillian Quinn both, relieved to see them in one piece. later, he'll ask for a more detailed account of events from his mentors.
[break][break] he pushes himself into a sitting position, leaning on
fern delaney to do so, until his eyes turn towards the sleeping cat by his side. alarm slices through him, but along with that, a sudden thudding of his heart.
chien pao? the fuzzy bits of his memory try to piece themselves together, but it is like forcing a key into an uneven lock. it causes pain to slice through him, unbidden, and a hand slaps against his head, slipping along a mixture of wet snow and blood.
[break][break] instinct tells him to move away. instinct tells him to move closer.
[break][break] his tongue is heavy in his mouth as he shifts, one hand shifting to entangle in the fur there. the slow beating of the sleeping creature's heart. numb fingers reach for a pokeball at his side, seizing the slumbering creature within it's source.
[break][break] at the same time, those galarian birds of lore take to the skies and escape the cave's interior. with one beast captured by rocket, three more escape to the sootopolis sky.
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tldr;
• jayden wakes up and goes UWU FERN? UWU MINT? [break]
• he's like wow! is everyone ok? :CATTO: [break]
• then he capture chien pao long bao [break]
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