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Ro
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April 14th
Wyndon, Galar
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Grunt
Ex-Rocket Beast
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5'10 height
It's a long way forward, so trust in me.
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Rowan Wrynn
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POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 8:10:33 GMT
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[attr="class","rowwtw"]A sharp gasp for air alleviated with burning in Rowan's lungs as he dragged himself onto the shore at the other end of the path, attempting to push himself into a sitting position despite the near-death experience. "Fucking hell..." The first form his eyes searched for was that of his Ludicolo, looking drained and injured from the encounter as they sashayed into the campfire light. [break][break]

"You did good, mate." The Ranger assured them, reaching towards the inert Pokéball on his belt, returning the Pokémon to safety. In a flash of light, their replacement appeared. "Hey, Mistral." Rowan groaned as the Empoleon helped him to his feet, gently ruffling the feathers on his companion's belly in the process.[break][break]

"Aidan, you okay?" Rowan called out as he glanced around the area, the Rocket being dragged underneath as well the last thing he'd seen before his own encounter with the depths. Now, he turned his attention to the captives, locked in odd cages of unknown make and origin. "Interesting." He muttered to himself, gesturing Mistral alongside him.[break][break]

Considering the presence of Megalopolans, he was hesitant to release the prisoners, knowing the extradimensional beings had a penchant for glamour. "How'd you all end up down here?" Rowan asked as he approached, eyeing SPENCER MODELL in particular. Regardless if these captives were compromised, there was little risk to releasing a single one of them. Right?[break][break]

"Take a few steps back, Mr. Modell." He warned, moving aside himself as Mistral swiped a powerful METAL CLAW towards the entrance of the cage, hoping to shred the locking mechanism and free the man inside. "Any idea what the hell is going on?" Rowan asked the man, moving backwards to keep a healthy distance in case this was some sort of rude.[break][break]

A glance was shot towards , making them aware of his wariness of the situation. But, why? A strange feeling had overcome him since he'd pulled himself from the waters. A desire to make amends with the Rocket who'd gladly seen him killed in any other situation. What was this longing for FORGIVENESS that made his naturally steady hand shake, his stomach churn?[break][break]

DWMs2nZc[break][break]

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  • Returned LUDICOLO brought out EMPOLEON.
  • Check on .
  • EMPOLEON used METAL CLAW on SPENCER MODELL'S CAGE in an attempt to free him.
  • Is a lil sus of the situation, conveys this to wordlessly. (FORGIVENESS)
  • MORE SALACS AHHHHH


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Magnetic

Admin Fox
He/Him
28
May 9th
Rustboro City
Bisexual
Archaeologist
Rocket Admin
An observer of eons cannot feel the warmth of another.
Single
5'9 (with hat) height
5'9 (with hat) height
The future will tempt you, the present will indulge you, but the past will shackle you.
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howard slayte
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 8:29:51 GMT
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"I learned from more than books! It's how I know what to hide behind!" Howard shouted at as the Glimmora assault continued. He let out a blink of surprise as the Gigaton Ball actually worked, causing the Ursaluna to retreat into its gentle cradle. It was a reasonable decision, but Howard could feel the ball shaking. The traditional sign of a malfunctioning Pokeball, meaning it'd likely open soon.

Hopefully they could guarantee the bear's safety.

He didn't support 's suggestion to . Cussing out Howards wasn't good for the soul. Howard's soul, specifically, but there were a dozen old doctrines that prohibited cursing, but that hadn't stopped Howard from learning how to swear in dozens upon dozens of different languages. He was like... a sweartionary!

He needed to write a book one day.

As they progressed deeper into the tunnel, Howard felt a surge of guilt. A lot of people were looking worse for wear, while Howard had gotten away with minimal scratches. Maybe he was smarter than the average bear hunter, but what was the average person supposed to do? If Howard hid behind them, where were they supposed to hide?

Aaron, Grigori, Isaac. All three had been willing to protect him.

Stop thinking. Bravery gets good men killed.

As they entered the new area, Howard let out a shout of delight. He rushed forward, before stopping to point at the spacecraft down the cliff. "That's just like the one from Brycen-Man 9!" Howard shouted. He wasn't too familiar with Ultra Megalopolis and its citizens. It was hard enough to keep track of one world's history. Forget another.

Yet the bowl called. It and the mallet were artifacts. Howard approached it with his Golurk cautiously, expecting traps. As he got closer, he scratched his chin, appraising the duo of artifacts with a professional eye. It was a bowl. Possibly a ritualistic vessel. Howard's eyes flicked to the body.

"Why on the bowl? Are you protecting it, or perhaps..." Howard's eye gazed over the mallet. His stomach threatened to churn. Was it sacrificial? It needed to be studied. "Grigori! I'm gonna do something stupid!" Howard shouted at his fellow grunt, waving him over.

"Grigori, get the hammer. Careful now. Can you lift it?" Howard snapped his fingers towards his colleague. "We're gonna need to verify the vessel's integrity. We gotta get this thing into a museum! Or my apartment!" Howard grinned, before peering into the bowl, past the body.

"What...?" Howard muttered as his eye adjusted to the darkness.

Waving over to lug around the hammer
Howard inspects the bowl, what's in it?
Haha Tsubaki these other people aren't insane r-right?

WRI1LKYk



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kodiak

Pokkenger
he/him
24
Nov. 25
Ballonlera, Galar
bisexual
vigilante
ex-elite four
single
6 ft 3 in height
6 ft 3 in height
victory is in the pocket!
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Kazimir Wynter
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POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 8:31:29 GMT
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As is freed Kazimir stands under him with large arms held out to hopefully catch him as or help him get back on his own two feet if possible. "Better late than never eh?" The ex-e4 apologetically chuckles as he and his Urshifu follow the rest of the group as they make their way out. He does his best to step over the fallen anchors that dot their path not wanting to risk being dragged behind.

Quickly does the light at the end of the tunnel grow even brighter that they spill out into a small campfire. On it is a sight that's both new and old to Kazimir. Eaten flesh. That fact will never not get under his skin.

His anger is only quelled when he notices the cages and one SPENCER MODELL within them and without a moment's hesitation, "Get them outta there Domon! And stand back folks!" The bear just grunts and leaps at the cages with his fists curled as he roars. A wicked blow tries to break off the bars of the cage with each punch to make sure that their prisoners can be out of this hell.

As he watches his partner get to work his mind wanders to the Megalopolans; they were complete bastards for doing this. Kidnapping more people and using them for food. Worse still was that they were still doing it just so they could have some road trip snacks for their trip home!

Wait...trip home?

He suddenly recalls the words shared between and one of the Megalopolans. They wanted to go home. They just wanted out of here. Yet they were using poor innocents to keep themselves feed for the trip. It wasn't ok. He knew it wasn't ok. He knew they didn't need to do this. He's seen it before.

So why do all this? Why? He just wants to save the people they kidnapped, but did that mean he could maybe help the megalopolans if they ultimately wanted to leave this place?

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RjRH8VxU
    - we kinda saved !
    - holy crap grilled arm!
    - tries opens the cages with urshifu's wicked blow
    - kaz remembers 's words and Xanthos (where is he now spiral is he ok. is he eating his yogurt)
    - kaz...feels sorry for the megalopolans?
    - like he's developing some kind of sympathy for even his enemies




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Baki
She/Her
18
December 21
Saffron City
Bi
Gym Leader
Officer
dead flowers
pressed against my lips
156 cm // 5'1" height
156 cm // 5'1" height
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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki
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POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 9:35:49 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu"]Sagi's sludge wave helps to clear the way, everyone's heightened emotions actually useful for a change. Usually these scenarios lead to panic, fear, an impulsive, stupid decisions that get people killed. But nobody's dead. Even if the hallway isn't short on perils to overcome, they're able to make it to the end of the hallway without stepping on piles of toxic debris. [break][break]

Probably good the expedition party doesn't consist of a buncha poisoned folks. Though, most of 'em seem to look worse for wear regardless... [break][break]

"Huh. Where'd you get that ball? Pretty convenient, ain't it?" [break][break]

Tsubaki marvels at 's solution, prioritizing the bear over himself. Whether it's out of the kindness of his heart, his rabid desire for grant money, or something else, he sure cares about this bear. And she thought it was gonna eat her ten minutes ago. [break][break]

"See what happens when all that brain power isn't wasted on escape routes and places to hide behind?"[break][break]

She smirks and walks ahead, to the cliffside. Her Gengar sticks out its tongue one last time at Howard, and slips back into her shadow.[break][break]

Immediately, Tsubaki's gaze is fixed on the ship below them. Contrary to Howard's excited reception, a dark mood comes over Tsubaki as she looks at it, memories of the Ultra Deep Sea rushing back. Make no mistake, it's of the same make as that ship, though ever-so-slightly less nightmarish. [break][break]

She shuts her eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath to steady herself, frantically searching for a distraction. Just on seeing something that reminds her of the sea, it makes her feel like she's submerged in a dream again, like she never left. She can almost hear the constant voices, the abyss calling her name.[break][break]

Hadn't told her it's all psychosomatic...? [break][break]

She looks down at the body. Howard is more concerned with the bowl the body's sprawled over, but Tsubaki distracts herself from the nightmares of the deep by examining the dead.[break][break]

"... Koyo," [break][break]

She starts, and her trusty Zorua emerges from his ball, staring at her with amber eyes.[break][break]

"Think you can tell me what happened to this guy? Beyond the, uh, thing around his neck. Just like before."[break][break]

Just like the remains of Minako Sato, right...?[break][break]

"Who was this... person?"[break][break]

The kitsune yips sharply, turning his attention to the man slumped over on the ground. The ghostly tendrils of Koyo's fur begin to glow blue, channeling a bitter malice of the departed and cloaking himself in an effigy of the deceased with his illusion, to mimic what the dead megalopolan was doing in his last moments. [break][break]

Whether suicide, homicide, or some ritual, maybe they'd find answers in this reenactment, using Zorua as a spirit medium to commune with the dead.[break][break]

That is... if this alien was still dead in the first place. [break][break]

Death didn't seem to stick in this swamp.[break][break]

mIzWeGSt
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+ Baki's on Path 2.[break]
+ Baki teases for being a coward, but she's impressed by his quick thinking. [break]
+ Baki suffers PTSD at the sight of the ship, and distracts herself with the dead.[break]
+ Baki's Koyo (Zorua) uses Bitter Malice and Illusion to cloak himself in the lingering resentment of the deceased, to try and piece together this strange body's last moments - just like he did for Minako Sato's presumed remains.


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rosie
she / her
14
October 14
Vermilion City, Kanto
unknown
demolition expert
Civilian
Come back to me
A million miles away, come back and stay
1410 height
1410 height
But I still believe, someday this lie will set me free
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Eris Halla
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POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 9:45:42 GMT
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[attr="class","adrie-lyric1"]To the monster you became
[attr="class","adrie-b"]
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[attr="class","adrie-lyric2"]I'll be your CONTRADICTION
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[attr="class","inner-finally"]Try as they might, people still get poisoned and the Ursaluna gets hit in the midst of all the chaos. Thankfully, seems to be able to draw it back into the ball before things get much worse, but still...[break][break]

If only she knew more about this place, about what was going on here.[break][break]

"Fuck!"[break][break]

With one telling her not to half-ass it and the other egging her on, she really sees no reason to pent up her stress: Thus, culminating it all into one singular, sharp-ending word and a scuff of her heel against the ground. Time seems to slow in Chloris' eyes, horror causing the flowers on her vines to tremble at just how much power the child's been given.[break][break]

Surely, these adults won't live to regret it, right?[break][break]

Well, they won't have time to regret it for the moment, at the very least. The room they stumble into next is quite the doozy - A big bowl? A dead Megalopolan with a strange chain wrapped around his neck? Yeah... She's had enough of getting jumped by dead bodies and the like.[break][break]

While others may flock to investigate that body and bowl, Eris' attention immediately flutters to those strange plants. Wriggling free of 's grip and letting go of 's hand, she wanders over with thoughts in mind. How in the world do they manage to grow here? Underground without much sunlight? Do they feed off the energy in tera crystals, much like how crystablooms fed off infinity energy? And their colours are rather weird... Nature often points to bright colours being poisonous or the like. Should she really touch it?[break][break]

How do you find out if you're too much of a coward to try?[break][break]

A frown crosses her lips, one that Chloris soon mimics as Eris begins to pluck the herbs: A handful of each colour that she'll wrap up in a torn piece of her clothes and safely tuck away. Those sleeves have already been shredded by those nasty Megalopolan teeth, destroying it just that bit more won't hurt.[break][break]

What might hurt though is her daring to pick yet another red one, plucking a few leaves and folding it slightly to take in the scent. It looks pretty, just like fire, or one of those flowers that Chloris has on her vines. And in the moment, that funky little thought crosses her head -[break][break]

Just what does it taste like?[break][break]

Offering a leaf to Chloris, she'll take a good bite of it, chewing for a bit as she waits for the flavour to set in. And oh, uncertain as her Comfey may be, she won't let her trainer be the only one doing stupid things. With one brave inhale, Chloris eats what she's given and readies herself for the worst.

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BU4TM34j[break][break]
✧ Comfey still fairy-type terastallised[break]
✧ Wishing she were way smarter and knew way more about this place so they wouldn't be this kerfuckled[break]
✧ Taunted by herself into investigating those strange plants cos WHAT ARE THOSE? She needs to know... Maybe they run off tera energy? Similar to crystabloom fuckery??[break]
✧ Picking handfuls of Herba Mystica of each colour and tucks it into a piece of cloth. Maybe it can be brought back to the surface to be analysed and catalogued in the future...[break]
✧ Picking red herba mystica and sniffing it, then her and Comfey are biting into it[break]
✧ 1 salac
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KAY OF PIXEL PERFECT[break][break]



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Having survived the onslaught of dhelmise elliot felt a wave of relief wash over him. Despite the soreness of his limbs and ache in his muscles. He felt he would be able to forge ahead despite his current issues. His whimsicott whom he decided to nickname "Asuka" looked more out of it than before.
[break][break]
"You did so well, rest now." He muttered gently to the tired grass type. Recalling it to its Pokeball he threw out his third and final Pokemon that he had brought with him. His Wigglytuff. In a flash of light the Pokemon appeared. Looking around with its wide, expressive eyes. It locked eyes with its trainer before giving a semblance of a "thumbs up". "Alright, let's get going. We got to see what's at the end of this cave."
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He explained to the bunny Pokemon as it gave out an affirmative cry before following it's trainer. And thus the rest of the group further down Path One. Despite their best efforts, Elliot felt slightly woozy. A light sweat appeared against his brow as his sight became foggy before it cleared up. He breathed in deeply the damp air as he calmed himself.
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Centering his thoughts he would continue the long trek down the underwater caves' passage way. What greeted them surprised them greatly. A burning spit with a human limb was roasting under a merry flame. The revolting scene made Elliot turn his attention elsewhere. As he noticed something also off.
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There in a strange steel cage of some sort was one of the missing victims. The elderly man seemed desperate to get out. As the other used their Pokemon to try and get the prisoner free. Elliot stood to the side, staring but not seeing as his thoughts of longing captured his mind.
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Memories of his life as a child, often being unable to do as much as he liked because of his health problems. And even though he has gained somewhat of a control over them with medicine. It wasn't the same as being completely and utterly healthy and fit. His fragility held him back from achieving what he wanted in life. A realization that made him resent himself when he was younger.
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"...?" Shaking the nostalgic thoughts away. He ignored the slight tang of bitterness he felt. Before moving away the others noting the scattered paperwork. [break][break]Returning to the here and now, the papers and journals catch his gaze. Curiosity piqued. And hoping they would be a distraction from his bitter feelings. Elliot would then attempt to pick up and read one of the scattered journals. Hoping to get some sort of clue of what was going on here.

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Elly, El
she/her
24
December 24
Hammerlocke, Galar
Bisexual
Galarian Ambassador
Rustboro Captain
Cadeyrn Osmond
Dating
5'7" / 170 cm height
5'7" / 170 cm height
i long to stay where the light dwells to guard against the cold that i know so well
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Elise Calcifet
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 14:25:38 GMT
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Luckily, she and her Mismagius were able to weave through the toxins that the wild Glimmora release and with help from and his Charizard, they both assist in protecting them both. However, it came with her bodyguard and his Charizard risking their life and getting themselves badly poisoned as the ambassador tells Cinder to let her go in a fit of worried panic. When she is freed from the reluctant female Charizard, the purple-haired royal runs over to the side of her poisoned red-headed bodyguard. [break][break]

“I know you risked yourself for me, but now I am worried for your well-being and Cinder’s…” She starts while stumbling Into the section of the swamp cave and she could make out the glow of the Herba Mystica plants and other objects of interest though the royal continues and calms herself down from her worried feelings. “Please wait, I’ll find something that’ll heal both you and your Chariard.”[break][break]

Mana follows her trainer when they would go over to the Herba Mystica plants growing in abundance and Elise would take a handful of each color of the Herba Mystica plants before taking an extra couple of the Spicy Herba Mystica plant to bite into it. Her experience as a ranger cadet would have her attempt to figure out if this one cured poison as she returns back to ’s side. [break][break]

She takes out the Spicy Herba Mystica from her mouth and casts a worried look over her ailing bodyguard. “Are you doing alright? I will take care of you and ensure your well-being.” The feeling of longing for self-confidence in herself overtakes her before she tries to shake the longing away.[break][break]

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- Came from Area 1[break]
- Elise takes a handful of each color of the Herba Mystica to take back up to the surface for research and takes the extra Spic Herba Mystica plant for testing.[break]
- She bites into the Spicy Herba Mystica to determine if it's enough to cure Cade and his Charizard's poison.[break]
- She also gets the feeling of longing for more self-confidence before she pushes it away from her mind.






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the crimson dragon
he/him/his
29
january 19th
pyrite town, orre
asexual
assassin
associate
6’7” height
6’7” height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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ryker hayes
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 16:02:12 GMT
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The ploy wouldn't work, he realized that. Despite appearing to give in before suddenly fighting back again, he could feel himself starting to get pulled under. Now, he had stopped struggling because he had wasted a lot of energy fighting back. Just as he thought he was going to be pulled under, a younger man and his Hisuian Goodra saved him.
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Now freed, he turned his attention to the blue-haired man. "Thanks," he commented, feeling his energy coming back now that he wasn't struggling. He was used to a bit of a workout, so recovering energy from something like this wasn't hard. Though he had a feeling it would be an entirely different matter if he had been pulled under. Speaking of which, he really should get out of the water.
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Giving a curt nod as a way of saying thanks again, he returned Fenris to his Pokéball. He didn't want to risk Fenris being grabbed again either. With that out of the way, he made his way to the other side of the water. Once out, he turned to see how everyone else was faring.
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Not everyone had been as lucky as him. Some of the group hadn't been freed from the trap in time. Of course, these people only looked like they had had their energy drained. He supposed as long as nobody died, everything was fine.
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He was about ready to join the fight, but as soon as it started, it was over. And soon, others were joining him on the shore. Turning away from the Dhelmise, he started heading towards the light. From behind him, he could hear a move being used to push back the Dhelmise, but he didn't turn around to see what happened.
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Upon reaching the campfire, he looked around. The first thing he noticed was the cages. They had people in them. Prisoners for the Megalopolans, he assumed. They didn't seem like Megalopolans to him, so he didn't think it was a trick this time. But that didn't mean he was about to let his guard down.
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Seeing that people had already made their way over to the prisoners, he decided to turn his attention somewhere else. Making his way to where the ground dropped off, he looked down. He thought he could see what looked like a ship down there, but it was kind of dark down there.
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Frowning, he released Apollo from his Pokéball. "Use Flamethrower so I can see a bit better," he told the Charizard as he picked up a rock off the cave floor. When his companion used Flamethrower, a bit weaker one, he dropped the rock and listened for it to hit the ground. He didn't hear anything, so he figured it was a pretty long drop. Someone could get pretty hurt if they weren't careful.
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He supposed they could fly down, provided enough people had flying Pokémon. His Charizard could at least carry two people. But if not enough people had flying Pokémon, that idea was out. Scaling the walls would be impossible. With what little Apollo had provided, the walls had seemed smooth.
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And even if that wasn't the case, he didn't fancy getting caught on the cliff face if they were attacked. That would be disastrous. There had to be a safe way down, though.[break][break] 8Uueeh|H

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may 3rd
pacifilog, hoenn
big homo
housewife
beast
you are my
church tonight
6'2" height
6'2" height
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Tempest Quinn
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 17:47:41 GMT
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Skipped slams into the Dhelmise with his Blaze Kick, helping to fend off one of the many anchor pokemon as they attack. He ends up slipping and falling into the water- completely engulfed.[break][break]

Tempest rushed for where his pokemon fell, kneels down so only his head is over water as he reached into the water to help the puppy up....[break][break]

Only for a small flash of light under the water, followed by his hands pulling a Lucario up instead of a Riolu. The two of them eye each other for a few moments, equally perplexed by the change, before Tempest lets the newly evolved pokemon go. Skipper blinks and makes to try and crawl on Temp's shoulder, realizes he is much too large for that now, and reluctantly follows after on his own two feet.[break][break]

The scrambled to the dry land, crawling out with some trouble. The water seemed to cling to the skin worse than the mud did.[break][break]

The campfire made Tempest wrinkle his nose. People in cages, too... Tempest wondered if they would have put and the others in cages like this if they hadn't been rescued. The cages themselves actually reminded him of something, too.[break][break]

"Stackataka." Muttered, just loud enough that someone could overhear him. had one, a great and shy creature who hated being ridden. Sometimes it would try and hide behind Cillian, folding into a rectangular shadow as one singular eye would peek out over his head. It was cute.[break][break]

The cages weren't, though.[break][break]

, @kazamir, and some others already seemed to have saving or questioning the civilians covered. Others he didn't recognize (@elliot) were going through papers.[break][break]

A look was shared with . Temp couldn't decipher the other's meaning, but he did leave the man alone to take charge in helping the rescue. So, Tempest moved towards the cliff instead. The ship gleamed under the odd low light of the crystals below, making his place his hands on his hips and whistle low.[break][break]

"How the fuck have they been hiding this shit?" Is spoken absently to . Tempest doesn't have any flying types so he wouldn't be able to get down on his own. His pokemon were.... hmm....[break][break]

"Hey, step back back, okay? Skipper?" The Lucario trotted over, ears perked up. Tempest pointed at the edge of the cliff below them.[break][break]

"Think you can hit this hard enough to break it? Maybe we can create a makeshift ramp on the rocksllide."[break][break]

Skipper chirped, nodding, as Tempest stepped back. The Lucario focused on the ground before slamming a Force Palm at the edge of the cliff, trying to break enough off to walk on.[break][break]

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🔗 path one gang[break]
🔗 riolu evolves into lucario![break]
🔗 makes it to shore. recognizes the stackataka-like configuration vaguely[break]
🔗 leaves the nerd shit and hero shit to other people tho[break]
🔗 goes to cliff[break]
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🔗 goal is to try and cause a small rockslide they can maybe walk down on


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Ina, Yu, Yuyu, Yui
She/Her
Twenty-Five
February 21
Petalburg City (?)
Pan
Historian/Anomaly Ecologist
Elite Ranger
I don't want
To imagine a past, that doesn't have you in its future
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Yuina Higashi
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 19:27:45 GMT
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Fighting within the tunnel, it was utter chaos, attacks were flying in every direction and it was everything Yuina could do not to get hit by anything flying around that was meant for the strange flowers that had flocked to attack. Daikenki slashed through as many as he could, his tera power was proving useful, and Yuina watched and and their Pokemon work together in the fight.[break]
Trying her best, Yuina tried to keep the assaulting flowers away from the bear they were traveling with, it had done so much for them and had no one else to turn to but their group now. Especially as Yuina got a good look at the tattered fabric that was matted into its fur, it was plain to see that they were pieces of the same uniform... What happened to this person, where were they? It was likely they just.... Didn't survive being here in this place, especially if those zombies were out there and trying to get back to...where ever they were from. Had it been searching for its person in the swamp? It had dug up a body when they found it first in the swamp.... Yuina hated to think that that was their trainer, but the zombies had come out and attacked, and everything happened so quickly, she hadn't even thought about it then.[break] [break]
Her wonderings and her worries were enough to distract her, and the Ursaluna Removed bellowed at being struck by one of the assaulting flowers, but its pain was short lived as it was brought into a pokeball by someone in their group, , someone she didn't recognize. At least... It was safe for now, it couldn't get hurt if it was inside a Pokeball, but Yuina wanted to be sure to watch them carefully, the Ursaluna removed deserved to be protected after this was all over.[break]
Soon enough, the hoard of offending flowers dispersed enough for the group to continue on, though not without really getting run ragged from this whole endeavor. These swamps were treacherous, and she had no idea they would be going through all of this just to try and find a couple of missing persons that disappeared in an area... She moved forward with Daikenki who still shimmered in his blue sparkly energy, looking around for her friends as they finally had a moment in moving on.[break]
"Is everyone alright? This has been a lot," Yuina inquired, looking at and , and that she had just met. Her words were cut short though as they came to an opening in the tunnel, and they were greeted with really was a beautiful sight to behold.[break][break]
The entire cavern they'd found themselves in was like some kind of underground oasis, with mossy foliage that looked untouched, and glimmering crystals all over the place. And then there were these glowing plants, all in different colors that dotted the ground, it was incredible. Having found out recently what it really was, Yuina wondered if these plants somehow had infinity energy or something of their own in order for them to glow with such vibrancy? They were truly beautiful. The beauty was short lived though, as a strange and definitely unsettling sight was in kind of the middle of the cavern, a dead body, of one of those blue zombies... And some kind of deep basin or bowl?[break][break]
The group began to disperse within the cavern, they now had room to move around instead of being clustered together within a tunnel, and in that almost quiet moment, having that brief, short time to themselves... Yuina's adrenaline for the situation was starting to taper off. How.... How was any of this possible, and how was she supposed to be prepared for any of this? This whole situation, and everything that she'd experienced in conjuncture to this moment, was... So much bigger than she could have ever fathomed? Zombies reanimated like from that Megalopolis City, some kind of blue aliens trying to kill them all to get back home, those jellyfish monsters that should have stayed in the Ultra Deep Sea... These were devastating happenstances, how was one person supposed to come to terms with it all, and still be okay? Still feel like their very existence wasn't threatened by all of these giant concepts?[break]
And from there her thoughts only continued to spiral, and she couldn't help it as she looked down to the patch that she held in her hands still. She stuffed it away in her pocket, she'd been clutching it nearly this entire time, but for what? Why did she feel like it was so important to her, that she should know more about what it was or what it meant other than just the meaning of the insignia. She almost cursed herself, she just... couldn't remember, she couldn't remember anything from before a couple of months ago... But, part of her didn't want to? Had she experienced anything like this before? She wouldn't want to remember or relive something so terrible as this, but... Was she afraid then? Did she feel like she had to be, did she have the experience to know how to handle such giant concepts and be okay afterwards? And if she did, what would have happened to her that she was...?[break][break]
Yuina's mind was reeling, the longer and longer she spent in this new life, the wider and wider the split became of wanting to know what her past life was like, and not wanting to know in fear of ruining her life now... How could she justify being afraid... Of herself essentially? But how could she be afraid of herself when that life before could be filled with people who knew her and maybe cared about her, that could be missing her and looking for her? What if she found one of those people one day and... she felt nothing looking at them but they felt everything looking at her? Could she justify not wanting to feel those feelings just because she had this new life now?[break][break]
Trembling at this point, digging herself deeper and deeper into that hole, Daikenki growled beside her, nudging into her to jostle her a bit. She almost screamed, and jumped at the sudden contact, she'd gotten so lost in her own thoughts...[break]
"Oh, goodness... Daikenki... I'm okay, I promise," she breathed after a moment, but she was visibly shaken and barely keeping it together at best. She needed to focus, pull herself together, they were still in this cavern beneath the swamp, the situation at hand was still very palpable. Anything, focusing on anything was better than letting herself get lost in her thoughts, so she moved tentatively through the cavern, and she couldn't help but let her attention draw towards the large basin in the middle of the cavern, with the dead body beside it... She glanced at it for a moment, hoping it wouldn't come to life all of a sudden, but somebody had already moved into the immediate area around the basin, , the one who had contained the Ursaluna Removed. He was getting ready to...[break][break]
"Oh my gosh, no," Yuina gasped, moving towards him and the basin now.[break]
"Are you crazy? Don't you dare hit this thing? We don't know what it is, this could be some kind of base for a ritual that these zombies were trying to do, if you break it, there's no telling what will happen," Yuina admonished, it was just a straight up terrible idea, how could he even think that that was going to work out in their favor?[break]
She looked over the edge of the basin, inspecting it, half expecting it to be filled with blood or something equally as terrible, especially given the dead body within its proximity...


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↳ Yuina is Taking Path 2![break]
↳ Daikenki the H!Samurott is active and still Terastalized in Water Type[break]
↳ Was the Ursaluna trying to dig up bodies because it was looking for its person? Are they dead somewhere??? Was that the body it was digging up in particular??????[break]
↳ Entering into the Swamp Cave, it's both beautiful and terrifying, another dead body, hopefully this one wouldn't try to attack them...[break]
↳ How could she have been prepared for any of this? Zombies like in that ruined city, those jellyfish monsters from Ultra Deep Sea, knowing that a time-space distortion was here... This is all so much bigger than Yuina could have imagined.[break]
↳ The moment of quiet brings Yuina into a sense of dread and fear, the full gravity of the situation at hand starting to overtake her, and she still can't help but be terrified of the patch she still clutched in her hands, and why she feels like it means so much to her...[break]
↳ Would she be this afraid if she hadn't lost her memory? Did she experience such devastating things in her 'past life'?[break]
↳ Really struggling with losing her memory and being afraid of both remembering who she was and never remembering at all. All aboard the struggle bus![break]
↳ There are so many beautiful things in the cavern, but... Yuina can't help but wonder what the giant bowl in the middle is? Is it some kind of artifact? Were the zombies... trying to enact some kind of ritual and this was the beacon for it...?[break]


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✧ desi | diamandis ✧
✧ she/her ✧
✧ twenty five ✧
✧ september 23 ✧
✧ lumiose, kalos ✧
✧ bisexual ✧
✧ idol | dj ✧
✧ gym leader ✧
♡¸.•' in my garden
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✧ 5'9" ✧ height
✧ 5'9" ✧ height
✧ do i know what's real? ✧
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DESIREE BLOOMS
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 20:23:39 GMT
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The fight against the toxic spewing floral pokemon lining the walls and spinning proved to be fruitful, as many of the companions accompanying the raid party fought against them with ethereal abilities and slashes. Desiree watched in fear on the ground as a ball of poison splashed before her, though with the plentiful distractions of retaliated hostility, there looked to be an opening as soon as her Hatterene fought alongside and 's pokemon- and she was quick to take it, instinctually pulling up her fluffy hood and sprinting through the slit of the earth that led the rest of them to the glowing, open natural chamber. Met with a quick float behind her after a dished-out attack, Hatterene seemed to let out a mutual deep breath with the pinkette of relief.[break][break]

Looking around at the clumps of faces, everyone that she could see in her immediate distance seemed to be fine, especially ; that was, except for the poor , which appeared to meet the utterly undeserved fate of the Glimmora. Heartbeat rapidly intensifying in her chest at the sight, she was quick to run over to the child and look at her with fear in her golden gaze, hand clasped over her chest. "Hatterene, tend to the child at once! Vanilla, I- I'm so sorry this has happened to you, I know you will be okay, just.. deep breaths, focus on your breaths." Desiree tried to encourage, to distract, from any of the anxieties that may have been afflicted on the mind in accomplice with the seeping toxins. Raising the pastel cerulean appendage attached to its hat, the fairy type was quick to attempt casting yet another HEAL PULSE on the poor child, a last-ditch effort to nullify or at least somewhat subside the explicit poisoning.[break][break]

But unlike and the harm that she was forced to endure from the magenta-hued pokemon, Desiree was no child, and a creeping manifestation of feelings creating a chasm in her chest, a longing, solidified that within her mind. As she looked at the alluring, beautiful blooms that coated the lush grounds of the cavern system, the thoughts of something that had been bugging her for quite some time echoed throughout her mind like a glistening magenta wind chime. She longed to feel respect from those around her enough to be on the other side of what she perceived to be the superiority complexes of those deemed to be qualified to face threats and dangers dotting the landscape. Respect, superiority, reverence. Though she had attained those feats when it came to her prominence in the music industry, it frankly pissed her off more than anything else how there was a common theme of men in her life advising her not to face such extremities like traversing the rifts bridging the gap between Hoenn and the Ultra Deep Sea (i could tag so many characters here on god, you have been spared reader). She longed to be respected enough to be deemed able to handle her own like so many others had been. Perhaps it was because she was a beautiful girl, and though ethereal places like those were once out of her element, she felt they slowly were becoming more and more normalized.[break][break]

Desiree wanted to stop being treated like a hoped-to-be untouched child and to be given reverence and props for her self-proclaimed exhibited valiance she felt she deserved. Leaving her fairy-type healer with the poison-afflicted child, she ignored the bowl and the body in the center of the room people were gathering around within her anger to kneel down at the unfamiliar flora that had sprouted from the rocky grove. Giving the glowing pink sweet herba mystica a sniff, she was quick to remove a pair of antique mini-shearing scissors from her purse, attempting to clip off one of the larger sprouts and its corresponding stem. Since she had never seen this kind of plant before in her decades of garden upkeeping, as she was a florist long before she was a musician, she figured there would be no harm in attempting to take a cutting of the plant in hopes that she could propagate it into her own personal bush down the road. Maybe that would be a way to get the respect of those around her, the feeling of reverence she so desperately desired.[break][break]

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NOTES


- is relieved to see all of her friends are alright- except , which causes her to be met with fear.[break]
- tries to give comfort to . orders hatterene to attempt to use HEAL PULSE on her due to the afflictions of poisons.[break]
- gets an overwhelming feeling of longing for respect from those who have deemed her unfit to face the ethereal extremities of hoenn, such as the ultra deep sea. been pissing her off for a while so it makes her kinda angy.[break]
- attempts to sniff and cut off a clipping of the pink sweet herba mystica for a potential propagation and personal growth of the plant in the future!






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GOD
He/Him
41
December 25th
Spikemunth
Northeast
Monster
Rocket Beast
TRUE LOVE IS POSSIBLE ONLY IN THE NEXT WORLD -- FOR NEW PEOPLE
IT IS TOO LATE FOR US. WREAK HAVOC ON THE MIDDLE CLASS.
6'4" height
6'4" height
I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.
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Shred
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 21:07:06 GMT
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The chain reels back WAY faster than you expected, and by the time you're dragged up onto dry land, you're the one left reeling. Really, a lot of what you're going through is just a completely nauseating experience, isn't it? Drenched in swamp water, surrounded by fresh corpses, and now with a healthy dose of motion sickness to top it all off. Really, it's a miracle you haven't vomited yet, but you've decided you're not going to look that particular gift Ponyta in the mouth, lest it end up biting you later.

As the whiplash fades, you drag yourself back up to your feet. At the very least, you've taken care of the attacking Dhelmise. You've got to be past the worst of it now, right? After fighting a zombie horde and a group of sentient anchors, what else can they really throw at you? You're over the hump. Nothing can compare to what you've already been through thus far.

With that in mind, you--

"Don't forget me, old sport!"

"Yeah, yeah..." You grumble to yourself, picking up the Substitute doll once more, and continuing down the path. It isn't much farther before you're out of the cramped tunnels and into an opening, a small part of a wider cavern. Immediately, a deluge of different sights vie for your attention - Burning flesh, people in cages, a crashed spaceship, and a steep cliff to get down. and are already working on freeing the captives, and is working on making a way down, so that frees you up to investigate. It's up to you, Shredlock Holmes, and your assistant Watson W. Wealth, to solve the mystery and crack the case.

Idly, you swipe a set of damp, muddy papers from the ground, and bring them closer to the fire to dry them out. You're not really sure what you, a non-alien with no scientific or technological knowledge, is going to get from reading these highly advanced alien papers, but you might as well, right? As you wait, you set the Substitute down next to the fire, and idly glance at the cooking meat.

Hm. Weird, isn't it? Why would they be doing something like this? Shouldn't aliens have more elegant means of gathering food than lopping off limbs and roasting them on an open fire? Why not hunt Pokemon, or harvest berries, or do some smart shit like that? Your eyes narrow a little. Sure, it's farfetched, but there's no bad ideas in cluestorming, right? Setting the papers aside, you reach out and grab the limb, hoping to inspect it--

"GYAH! HOT! Hot!!!"

You end up ripping the limb off its skewer and dropping it into the sod below. FUCK, that hurt. You can already feel the first degree burns forming on your skin. As you bury your hands into your pockets, you stagger over to where the crisp limb fell, and take a "better" look at it. Come on, teeth marks, tattoos, strange alien runes that reveal all, anything, anything at all! Anything that means you didn't scorch the palms off your hands for nothing!


TL;DR - Shred, in a room filled with important things to do and valuable information to gather, decides to fixate on the crisp burnt limb and tries to decipher any secrets from it.
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Junkohz

Nilla
she/her
13
January 3
Wyndon
N/A
Trainer
civilian
131 height
131 height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Vanilla Kingsley
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 20, 2023 21:16:13 GMT
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"Agh!" Vanilla yelped as one of the Glimmora's MORTAL SPINS can impacted her, scratching her arm as she was pushed back onto the ground. It sadly ricocheted over towards her ALTARIA and would share the same fate. Once the Pokemon were dealt with, Vanilla groaned and felt her body lag behind whatever movements she wanted to make. "Ugh, l-lucky shot..." It was like a culmination of every bad feeling condensed into one feeling. Her movement was slow coming up from the ground to push herself onto her rear, but Vanilla is able to move around somewhat, albeit pained. Cauli remains mostly the same, coming over to check on her trainer some as she put on a brave face. She thought back to when was able to pull out an antidote for the Nhilego poison back in Ultra Space, but now? Maybe not. But for Cauli, she recalled an option. "Cauli, REFRESH."

The Altaria would puff itself up, shaking its plumes as the poison effect would wear off from itself, which at least put some worry out of the girl's mind. She looked up at the approaching with worry in her eyes and tried to at least offer some kind of way to ease her stress. "Ah-I'm fine, Desiree. R-Really." The pink Pokemon that sat in her lap made the girl looked down and come face to face with the Hatterene as it would use HEALING PULSE on her. She was filled with a comforting warmth, although it remained yet to be seen if it would have any effect. "Thanks, Hatterene." She had collected enough of herself to slowly force herself back onto two legs again.

Still, the teen pushed on with everyone else, just at a slower pace. Everyone wandered closer until they came across another gruesome sight. There was a small field of herbs that Vanilla had thought as familiar looking. She recalled seeing them one some advertisements for cooking things, although wasn't familiar enough to pinpoint what they could be used for. Not like she could at the moment, as she held the Hattrene in one hand and slowly moved towards the bowl with everyone else. Or tried to. The poison had ebbed and flowed in severity, as she stumbled and clutched her stomach in pain. She fell to her knees as another wave of illness washed over her. Not wanting to get in the way, she crawled over to the cliffside and put her back against the wall to prop herself up and scout out over the horizon for anything of note.


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TL;DR:
↳ The GLIMMORA'S attacks harm Vanilla and her Altaria, badly poisoning them.
↳ Cauli uses REFRESH to cleanse itself of its poison, though Vanilla is still badly poisoned.
↳ 's HATTERENE attempts to use HEAL PULSE in order to try and nullify the poison.
↳ She tries to wander closer towards the Megalopolan and the bowl but stumbled and fell
↳ Vanilla made her way closer to the cliff to rest and look at the horizon while still suffering from the poison.


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Jun

Ollie
He/Him
26
June 29
Blackthorne City
Homosexual
Ranger
Cadet
The sad life of a bachelor
Single, But looking
5'7" height
5'7" height
Pain makes you stronger, heartbreak makes you wiser, and fear makes you braver
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Oliver Shrakes
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 21, 2023 1:54:12 GMT
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Things didn't go smoothly. Dragonite was still too tired from struggling earlier, and couldn't escape on his own. ended up helping both of them, and Dragonite was able to finish off the two Dhelmise. Once the danger was over, Oliver spoke to Kazimir. "I'll take it. That dragging us through the mud really didn't do Dragonite any favors. I owe you one." The red head returned his injured dragon, and released his Breloom. "I'll be relying on you for the rest of this as my main attacker, Breloom, so stay frosty." Breloom nodded cooly, but on the inside, he was excited! Until he noticed the purple ring around Oliver's neck and wrist. There were more rings on his body, but who knew how many.

As he walked over to one of the cages, he tried to find a lock that he could pick. Only for his mind to wonder. Shaking his head, he tried to find a lock. He really needed to relax and do more. He was too uptight. No...Oliver didn't know what to think. Instead of focusing on the lock, he'd just let the bear do its thing along with the others. Even though the question wasn't aimed at him, Oliver answered. "Remnents of the war? Depending on how far underground we are, they could easily avoid detection if they got stuck." Arceus, he just really wanted to sleep. He liked 's idea. "Breloom, why don't you help with Dynamic Punch." He  likewise took a step back to let the Pokemon do their thing.


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helped Olliver, and is thanked.
Switches to Breloom, returning Dragonite.
Tries to find a lock on the cages, starts thinking he should really relax and chill out.
Decides to go over to and co., answers the question.
Has Breloom use Dynamic Punch to help Lucario make a landslide ramp.

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Kiwi

Genny
She/Her
26
July 19th
Hau'oli City, Alola
Bisexual
Full Time Ranger
Elite Ranger
when our darknesses overlap
let me take it all away
5'1'' height
5'1'' height
Roads may be rough and tough, though it will lead somewhere.
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Genevieve Cromwell
BLOOD, MUD & IRON
POSTED ON Oct 21, 2023 8:36:19 GMT
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Uphill battles. The Glimmora threat had been quelled, taken care of, but not without some trouble on the horizon. Namely, had gotten the short straw there, as well as a few others. , the guy near ( ), and . Their Pokémon included. But so was the bear, and that... was concerning. He was their guide.[break][break]

She feels so frustrated she's not more use. Though Akane tries to console Genny, it feels irritating how she's just not intimidating. How she was always needing saving, protecting. She was the person who was intending to keep people safe.[break][break]

Yet here she was, wishing she was more intimidating.[break][break]

"I'm fine." she answers to , a poison on her tongue that colors her tone darker, and Genny can feel it pull at her. She doesn't mean for her words to come out so cutting, especially to someone she just met, but her lack of ability was starting to burn her. was more capable. was more capable. Old wounds resurface, wounds Genny doesn't even realize she has. She feels powerless again.[break][break]

"Sorry. I-" she says, grabbing towards her face to cover her embarrassment. What the heck was that? Poor girl didn't deserve sass.[break][break]

Others go to inspect a bowl, and Genny just eyes the various plants. They were flora that she'd never had a moment to even recognize, but with clean hands she decided to try her best to retrieve a little. Desi seemed interested in the pink ones. Made sense. Pretty and pink. Capable.[break][break]

Deciding to snip a few for the road later, taking those spicy and sour ones, she placed them somewhere safe, preferring to inspect the Herba Mystic themselves. Curious over them.[break][break]

At least some people were having a blast. From what it seemed, was having a ball with that bowl, among those interacting with it. Genny presses on, unlike herself and disinterested.[break][break]

The closer she got to that sudden cliff drop though, after this subterranean grove that grew things ancient, forgotten, or maybe new and mysterious, she found her eyes on it down below. A correct deduction, too far away to bother moving towards. Hazel eyes squint.[break][break]

"Bingo."[break][break]

She'd called it earlier. A massive spacecraft in the distance.[break][break]

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- STANDARD ATTIRE, YELLOW BRIGHT PONCHO[break]
- Oh, she snaps at Yuina's concern, but immediately apologizes. Feels completely inadequate. She's not like herself. Wishing she were more intimidating.[break]
- Goes quiet to investigate the Herba Mystica, trying to cut some to take with her back to Ranger HQ for analysis.[break]
- Genny stalks near the edge of the cliff. Someone pick up the phone, Genny called it.






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The Shula Region
Hogwarts AU
RPG Unlimited
MR
The Enroi Region
N:FB
Vyrehaven
Celestial Guardians, AU Sailor Moon RP
EO GENESIS
Code and Crown: An advanced literate warriors cats RP, set in medieval times
Swords Clashing