Wow, absolutely incredible argument from Howard there. Not in how convincing he was, but rather in how he knew exactly what to say to piss Xenon off even more than she already was. "Historical pieces are stupid pieces of garbage worth less than the fucking gum stuck to the bottom of my boot, at least the gum can stick to something. People who obsess over history are pedantic assholes who don't know how to walk forwards without stumbling over every fucking pebble in their way, so they instead choose to stand in one place and look backwards while making up some asinine bullshit about 'historical pieces' and 'the importance of our past.'"
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Xenon knew exactly who the new Admin was, but the fact of the matter was that she truly just could not give less of a shit about the man's status or importance within the organization. The only thing she respected in this world was strength, and for now Howard hadn't given her any reason to believe he might be any stronger than her like the other admins had so far. So she would continue whining, complaining, and otherwise just being a pain in the ass until either something interesting happened or he tried to push her over the edge of the boat. She would probably enjoy that, she'd take it as an opportunity to see if her punch was strong enough to break through both the mask and his teeth.
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"The day I respect some old ass whale-" Interruption! Xenon's bad mood seems to utterly dissipate as she spots the Celesteela flying in their direction, the sight of an Ultra Beast bringing a smile to her face as she hits the railing and leans over, whipping a pair of binoculars from around her neck and zooming in on the steel princess and her rider. And would you look at fucking that, it's... well she didn't know the guy's name, but she's pretty sure she kicked his ass a few times! The League ranger and his mount fly up in front of the boat, and by god Xenon is the first to run to the bow of the ship and wave up at the guy with a crazed smile plastered all over her features. "Hey there Caterpie guy!!! You here to get your ass kicked again?!" The way she asks doesn't even sound like a taunt, it's a genuine question. She can't really think of any other reason the guy would seek her out in the middle of one of the worst storms in Hoenn history. Unless it was love. But god, that would be fucked up even by her standards, imagine falling in love with someone who tried to chop your testicles off. Fucked up.
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"Hey whoa, rude. I am a total bitch, I don't appreciate this "kind of" shit. I work hard on this shit, I'm not gonna have anyone talking like I'm halfassing this." If one didn't know better, they would almost believe she had that response prepared just for this occasion, she seemed way too proud of just how much of a bitch she was.
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Anyways, Caterpie guy. "Yeah he's the Caterpie guy. I think he's mad cause I kicked his Caterpie over a fence or something. Or he's in love with me. Which is honestly kind of embarrassing, imagine falling in love with someone who kicked your Caterpie over the fence. Can't imagine admitting to something that pathetic." Xenon rambles on as Howard sends out his Pokemon, both of them doing some dumb Leech Seed shit that would ultimately have no effect in the grand scheme of things. "You have absolutely zero taste huh? Fuck me man, I gotta do all the fucking work around here huh." The woman grumbles as she unclips her own Pokeball and releases her Iron Jugulis, the mechanical dragon letting out a tinny roar as it charges in between the Celesteela and the Brambleghast to clash with the fire blast with triplet gouts of fire erupting forth from its maw.
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Annnnnnnd Caterpie guy is on deck now. Awesome, wonderful. "Is anyone gonna shoot this guy? We have guns guys, I know you're grunts but you can obviously tell something bad is going on now right?" Xenon shouts as she looks from left to right at the various assembled grunts who were... okay they're working on keeping the boat afloat in the storm, that's fine. She might be irredeemably insane but even she can respect the fact that these low level grunts were probably the only thing in between her and the cold, dark, and stormy ocean. "Ok first off, don't need to hear about your weird bone for me, if you wanna get off to me kicking your ass then that's your business, not mine. Second off, get the fuck off my ship, you came here and decided to start a problem, not me." She caps this off as she unclips another Pokeball from her belt and throws it in front of the Brambleghast once more, a Glimmora flopping onto the deck and drinking up every ounce of that Sludge Wave it could with disturbing glee. Not even a second afterwards a set of rocks materialize into the air as Bismuth fires off that Ancient Power at the Nagandel to knock it out of the sky, the battle well and truly on even in the midst of this insane storm.
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"This seems like a pretty effective form of suicide." A beat passes as she considers the possibility of a human ghost haunting her for her love. "If you're a ghost, please don't stalk me in the afterlife or some lame shit like that."
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As for slashing Xenon's pay, unfortunately for Howard she was one of those kinds of people who loved their job more than they loved getting paid, though in this case her job was annoying the shit out of her boss and killing people in the name of scientific research. "I got promoted too! I think kicking your ass last time had something to do with it, the big bosses have been pretty impressed by the shit I've gotten up to these past few months~" The pride in her voice, that satisfaction she felt, it would almost be adorable if it weren't for the fact that this pride was in how good she was at killing people.
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As for her Pokemon, they were doing a pretty solid job of handling Kazimir's squad on their own as they worked in tandem. Rhodium takes the brunt of the Celesteela's Heavy Slam with the bulk of its iron body, wavering just slightly off course before righting itself and blasting the Ultra Beast with more blasts of its Flamethrowers, steam hissing and clouding around it as the storm intensifies further. Bismuth takes his hit just a little worse as the steel tip of the Naganadel's stinger pierces his rocky shell, a dull cry of pain escaping the cracks of its curled up body followed by a loud POP as the Glimmora unfurls and sprays harsh Toxic acid all over the Ultra Beast in a fit of rage. And in the dirtiest trick of all, even the Poison aspected alien wouldn't find itself safe as Bismuth's Corrosive toxins seeped into its skin, the beginning of the end as he folds his body back up and tries to defend himself from any further attacks from the now poisoned Ultra Beast.
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"Well as much as I'd like to handwrap this useless sack of shit and hand him off to you myself, I am unfortunately in charge of defending this guy as he is technically my boss. For now." Xenon steps between Howard and Kazimir to block his line of sight as she says this, staring the League man coolly in the eye... before tilting her head and looking over his shoulder behind him. "Buuuuuut, I think you've got bigger problems to worry about today."
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If Kazimir was smart enough to turn around, or even just look over his shoulder, he would see exactly what everyone had been fearing breaking the surface of the ocean and letting out a cataclysmic cry of fury, a great and mighty mass of blue illuminated by a flash of lightning as it locks its gaze upon the teeny tiny vessel that dared to enter its waters. A hateful yellow eye narrows and the storm intensifies a magnitude further, the boat rocks and shakes as the ocean itself tries to drag it under, the grunts discard their guns and scream as they run to their stations and do their damndest to keep from sinking to the bottom of Davy Jones's locker.
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"Looks like we found your stupid whale boss! You sure you don't want me to just kill it?"
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The two Rockets could not like each other, hell they could barely even tolerate each other, they certainly weren't pining for one another. But they could most certainly work together in this moment, Xenon showing an adaptability that was befitting of a woman of the future.
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The legend of the sea rages and roars, some call it a god, others a force of nature, Howard would call it history in the making.
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Xenon saw it only as another challenge to be overcome.
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She didn't need his permission, but with it freely given she could only smile as she steps forwards and raises her hand aloft in the air. Metal claws clack against one another as she snaps her fingers, all her Pokemon's eyes now firmly on her even as Rhodium takes a direct hit from a draconic pulse from the Nagandel. It was time to face down a god.
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"You can leave if you want Caterpie boy! Run away again, live to see another day! But you won't stop me from killing this overgrown worm and bringing the world a step closer to the future!" Xenon roars as she points at the Kyogre. Four more Pokemon burst from her belt and dive into action, a team of Gengar, Veluza, Iron Jugulis, Glimmora, Malamar, and a Carnivine all flying out to the ocean to fight off a god.
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