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POSTED ON Aug 14, 2023 14:42:46 GMT

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]The bright, sunny beach stood in stark contrast to the deep, dark secrets each competitor harbored.[break][break]

Isaac had initially planned to just use the day for some much needed levity. Piecing together a treasonous rescue plan that put him in a metric fuckton of danger, surprisingly enough, was stressful work. All work and no play would make Isaac snap under the pressure. It was important to enjoy his life, and if that included joining the silly little butt fight, so be it.[break][break]

That was still his plan. But something gnawed at his guts, and he wasn't quite sure why. Ugh. Whatever it was, it better not interfere with his performance.[break][break]

Watson came put first, hefting a boombox over his head to blast the crowd with the best surf rock hits the internet could pirate. As he balanced the box against his shoulder with one arm, he waved the other up and down, letting out little rasps to try and amp the crowd into a chant.[break][break]

Compared to how twinky he was at last year's swimsuit contest, Isaac was rocking a hell of a beach bod. Skin and bone gave way to tan and tone. Better yet, all that running meant his glutes were in killer condition. The hot rod flames on his swimsuit didn't need to frame his ass so perfectly, but Isaac knew a good first impression was the key to throwing an opponent off their game. He was pretty sure Sun Tzu said that.[break][break]

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Isaac called, the sea breeze carrying his voice far into the cheering crowd. Who needed a microphone, really? "Are you ready for some carnage? 'Cause with all the booty me and my opponent are gonna break out, this ain't gonna be a fight. This is gonna be an ASS-ASS-INATION!"

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 5:05:45 GMT

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Participating in the Swimsuit Contest from last year's Splashfest hadn't been the worst thing in the world. Competing as herself, advertising flowers for her own floristry services, had been a surprisingly enjoyable diversion from her day-to-day life.[break][break]

So when BARNABY FINCH asked her, innocently enough, to participate as an informal swimsuit model on behalf of HNN for an upcoming event, she'd not seen any good reason to refuse him. He'd arranged for her to arrive under a pseudonym -- 'Lisa,' she noticed with wry amusement, as she read her old Kalosian moniker back to herself -- but the exact details of his ask were intentionally left vague.[break][break]

Now, as Isaac Merlo sauntered onto a watery stage with a boombox blaring about his ass to all and sundry, she understood why.[break][break]

"Ah."[break][break]

Several slow blinks took in the sudden influx of information before her, before her lips pressed into a flat, displeased line. A visible vein throbbed in her forehead, and a hand massaged her temples as a sigh hissed through her teeth. Behind her, a Tentacruel floated and loomed with ominous intent, equally unsure what to make of the sight.[break][break]

"...Why do I still let myself be surprised."[break][break]

The fact that her opponent was none other than ana fell's beau, Isaac Merlo, was the proverbial cherry on this shit sundae.[break][break]

...She was going to fucking murder BARNABY FINCH.
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"Let's get this over with," she said, tossing a disdainful glance over her shoulder. She'd spent enough time in Rocket's training quarters to have gained an athletic tone to her own body -- one showcased in the curves of her own black swimsuit, although a gauzy sarong covered the burn scars of her upper left thigh from view.[break][break]

She figured if she could survive an attack from Eva Morales's Rayquaza, she'd be able to handle whatever an 'ASS-ASS-INATION' was.[break][break]

Arceus, this was idiotic.

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 13:33:23 GMT

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[attr="class","skullbody"]"Hey, c'mon, this whole thing's stupid," Isaac whispered to the bundle of cold disdain that had taken up ranks behind him. Their demeanors couldn't be more different right about now. It was like Isaac's mystery opppnent was taking a pit stop before a funeral. "Don't gotta be so serious. C'mon, live a littl-"[break][break]

The disdainful glance she tossed back took the words right out of Isaac's mouth.[break][break]

"Lis?" Isaac whispered, encouragement giving way to disbelief. "How the heck'd mint frost con you into this one?" And how the hell had he not immediately put 2 and 2 together? Okay, sure, he wasn't in the habit of staring at Lis' ass. But still![break][break]

Maybe that explained the crawling in his guts, even as they refused to die down.[break][break]

Still! Isaac couldn't get slowed down by his old friend slash love's mentor slash maybe nemesis? slash number one snail handler in the region. He had an ass battle to win. Isaac squared up, countering Lis' disdain with a bright "Good luck!" tossed over his shoulder.[break][break]

Never the type to play things straight, Isaac pressed forward just enough to try and goad out some initial resistance, then shifted his hips out to the side. It was a classic tug of war tactic; goad an opponent into overextending. From there, it would be time for the first proper butt-bump of the battle.[break][break]

All the while, Watson tried to keep the crowds amped up. His tail swished cutely back and forth as he tried to shake his own hips on the beat of his claps. Now that's a Dragon Dance![break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 16:50:42 GMT

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While Watson started subtly with a DRAGON DANCE, Elisabeth had no such desire to play to subtleties.[break][break]

Inhaling deeply to center herself, she allowed her competitive spirit to smother what residual indignation her current predicament had inspired, and threw a sharp glance to her Tentacruel to begin.[break][break]

"Nothing personal, Merlo -- but you have to die."[break][break]

They'd play dirty with a SURF, seeking to rock their opponent asunder with tumultuous waves. As they sought to throw him off his game, she struck with her first attack, swerving as if engaging in some kind of dance rather than a blunt, "bump-to-bump" technique.[break][break]

Time would tell if this approach would prove fruitful, or... fall flat.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 17:01:52 GMT

Zev Harcourt likes this

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]Either Lis was getting into the spirit of things, or Isaac was going to have to look over his shoulder during the walk home. It concerned him that he couldn't tell for sure.[break][break]

Then the waves went a-rocking and the butts went a-knocking. Did dropping into a martial arts perfect horse stance just the way Zev Harcourt taught him feel ridiculous in a situation like this? Yes. Did it make him much better equipped to handle the churning waves? Also yes.[break][break]

Beyond that, their heads were in the same place. The circular movement of their butts was almost graceful to behold, sending their floating platform spinning in a little twirl. Their game of cat and other cat hadn't lead to either of the two making much headway,, but that was okay. Right now, they were just feeling each other out.[break][break]

Isaac looked to be continuing their tit-for-tat circle bumps, only to make a jarring shift against momentum and strike from the other side. Would going against the grain give him more power, or simply leave him wide open?[break][break]

Watson, stratrgic genius he was, simply continued his Dragon Dance. He was now spinning on his wide, flat noggin, little feet kicking in excitement all the while. Was he ever going to join this brawl? Or was he just fully leaning into the role of #1 hypecroc?[break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 17:20:44 GMT

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This cheeky motherfucker.[break][break]

Elisabeth glared daggers at him as he shoved her further towards the edge of the floating platform, deftly dodging the trap she'd hoped would slip him up (literally).[break][break]

"Careful," she warned, changing to a stance she herself had also learned from the same Harcourt. "Wouldn't want to lose your center of gravity, now would we?"[break][break]

A SUPERSONIC sought to interrupt the soundwaves of his music, evoking a confusion that might make him stumble out of rhythm. Meanwhile she took advantage of his moment of distraction, whirling about to try and wield inertia against him.[break][break]

A back-to-back strike, indeed.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 17:38:07 GMT

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[attr="class","skullbody"]Watson stopped in mid spin as his precious music short circuited before his very eyes.[break][break]

He toddled over to the boombox, poking it a few times to check for signs of life. All it could offer was a pathetic little spatter of static before falling silent.[break][break]

The croc's heart stopped. His eyes watered. His shoulders shook. And then, with a single clench of his claws, he fell still.[break][break]

Turning over his shoulder, Watson shot Elisa the mother of all death glares.[break][break]

It turned out all that dragon dancing paid off. Watson shot off like a bullet, skipping across the water's surface as if he was a stone. As he passed the platform, he hit one last graceful spin, his Aqua Tail smacking into the platform at full force. The halt to his momentum lead to him sinking beneath the waves, but not before he sent the platform whirling around like a carnival tilt a whirl.[break][break]

The earlier distraction from Lis' Supersonic had already let her push Isaac onto the back foot. Adding in this sudden hurricane was not helping. Their stances were wide. Their visions were blurred. The platform was rocked up and down by Surf waves and spun to and fro by Watson's tail. At this point it felt less like a butt battle and more like a rodeo.[break][break]

Of course. Center of gravity![break][break]

Isaac's stance deepened. He held his arms out to balance himself. For a moment, they looked like a pair of surfers awkwardly sharing a board. But Lis' head remained far above his. So, too, did her butt. Lis was Kalosian nobility. Isaac was a short king. "Good thing mine's nice and low!"[break][break]

Isaac put everything he had into an almighty upperbutt.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 15, 2023 20:26:00 GMT

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"Did you not like that change in music?" Elisabeth asked, feigning shock as she reveled in Watson and Isaac Merlo's indignation. A wicked smile spread across her lips. "What if we try this instead?"[break][break]

Obediently, her Tentacruel's piercing SCREECH cut through the premises, destroying the hype-up music in a desperate bid to slow the other competitor's inevitable victory.[break][break]

Alas, the course of these star-crossed competitors never did run smooth.[break][break]

A splash announced her descent into the water, soundly defeated by the far more enthusiastic, far more prepared Isaac Merlo as Elisabeth sulked at him through a curtain of wet, tangled hair.[break][break]

"I hope you drown next," she hissed as she dragged herself upright, like an unhappy Persian caught in a downpour.[break][break]

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