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August 22
Santalune City
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Pirate
Grunt
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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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POSTED ON Nov 17, 2023 18:36:14 GMT
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"yep, skrelpy's gonna do the job. ye won't even know what hit ye." she was confident despite the worker's misgivings. the worker handed her participant wristband and the pirate walked her skrelp over to backstage. skrelp wasn't the prettiest looking water pokemon, but mar had a love of the sea and the pokemon within it. despite not looking like a primarina, the seadragon could still hold her own. besides, the mermaid show wasn't all looks. skrelp could show off some of her moves to impress the audience.

"aye," mar said to her skrelp as she got some looks from other contestants, "they doubt deep sea creatures but i know ye got this in the bag." the audience was largely kids, and mar wanted them to appreciate deep sea pokemon just as much as the more show-offy coastal ones.

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Master of Faster
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25
December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
Straight
Mauville Gym Leader
Champion
Single; Not Looking
6'1" height
6'1" height
"With great speed comes great responsibility."
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POSTED ON Nov 18, 2023 20:56:02 GMT
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The children among Rustboro's audience would have a very special aquatic show to look forward to. As was made apparent to by the Gym Leader's presence backstage, today's show was a celebrity performance by Mauville's Master of Faster himself. Though the choreography wouldn't be as dizzying as it usually was, he would need as much of the giant tank's space as he could get. There were still plenty of dazzling tricks his water-types could perform, one of his Pokémon next to him.

As the group of contestants debriefed, waiting for their cue for the show to start, Josh approached , his Vaporeon the size of a small Rapidash next to him. If it were a more wide open space, perhaps one of the younger contestants would have been beckoned to ask Rielle for a ride. The one thing the Leader was a bit nervous about was riding bareback - no saddle, no reins, no gear at all. His Pokémon were not used to it.

"Afternoon!" Josh greeted the Skrelp's trainer. "Ready to wow 'em?"







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
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Ghostfinch

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August 22
Santalune City
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POSTED ON Nov 19, 2023 1:39:31 GMT
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"wow 'em?" mar's face split into a grin. "aye, i got just the thing!" she let skrelp into the water tank. the deep-sea seahorse created a hydro pump directly above herself into the air, creating a strong fountain of water that sprinkled down like pleasant rain over her.

skrelp dove underwater, creating a smokescreen that the kids could see murk up the water before the seahorse charged into the air, spinning and releasing droplets of water from her form as she did. "aye, she's a sturdy thing," mar said loud enough for the kids to hear. "from the depths, she can withstand a lot of pressure and a lot of extreme temperatures. her dark coloring lets her hide from predators in the deeps."


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December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
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POSTED ON Nov 19, 2023 21:16:14 GMT
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The crowd, young and old, was impressed with the size of the fountain such a small Pokémon created, and the Skremp wasn't even a proper water-type! The rain made the waters of the giant pool a little rougher, but perhaps it was by design, making Josh's part of the choreography even more impressive to see.

On cue, Josh and his large Vaporeon stepped toward the edge of the large pool. The young audience whistled in the Gym Leader's presence, cheering as he sat on Kairi's back. Without a saddle covering it, her frill was a bit uncomfortable. The show had to look all natural. Had he known in advance he would be riding bareback, he would have brought a different water-type to the opening act. "Alright, Kairi! Use your QUICK ATTACK!" Josh commanded once he was seated.

The Eeveelution made a low leap toward the pool's center, right into the HYDRO PUMP fountain. Its force lifted the duo sky-high near the top of the stadium. Once they had reached the apex of their jump, Josh leaned in on his mount. Kairi folded her legs closer to her body, the Vaporeon's tail swinging like a whirling whip as the two splashed into the giant pool with the grace of an Olympic diver.







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Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
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August 22
Santalune City
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POSTED ON Nov 21, 2023 1:57:39 GMT
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the guy could sure put on a show. mar was glad he was physically involved and she wasn't. he looked pretty comfortable balancing up on the fountain, which she would never get caught dead doing. "skrelp, keep up the razzle dazzle," she called out lowly. the skrelp seemed confused, so she gestured for the seahorse to go big. however, the skrelp misinterpreted the gesture to mean her sludge bomb.

she broke the surface of the murky water and generated a sludge bomb to shoot into the air in an arc that would go into the crowd and poison the kids. "no!" she whisper-shouted, making an angry snap at the skrelp who didn't put two and two together. mar covered her face in her hands, unable to watch as the skrelp hurt the kids.

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Master of Faster
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December 12
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The Gym Leader's audience whistled as Josh and Kairi surfaced from the dive, the Vaporeon's flicking tail propelling the duo at impressive speeds around the pool's perimeter. Their next trick would really wow them: Josh had a mounted quick switch planned. Kairi and the hidden Dewgong, Ulysses, were about to leap into the sky, the talented rider jumping from the back of one Pokémon to another with masterful practice.

It was not to be.

As 's Skrelp launched a SLUDGE BOMB skyward, he had little choice but to spoil the surprise. "Ulysses, BUBBLE BEAM!" The Dewgong exhaled a column of water bubbles, encasing it and causing it to fly over the densely-populated aquatic theater instead of into the stands. Two distinct screams from outside the venue meant that the attack wasn't completely harmless, but better there to be two victims than many. Security footage and eyewitness testimony would keep Josh's name clean. Staff postponed the rest of the show until the mess could be cleaned up. With them waving for Josh and to get out of the pool, the Leader obeyed, sliding off his Vaporeon's back, withdrawing his Pokémon, and climbing out using a ladder.

"Just look what you've done!" Josh scowled toward his partner, obviously quite chapped at the situation. "We'll be lucky if they let us finish and don't cancel the show entirely."







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Ulysses       Dewgong        Good
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August 22
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mar breathed a sigh of relief as Josh's quick thinking stopped the sludge bomb from poisoning the audience. as skrelp got out of the pool just josh and his pokemon, mar approached to thank him and received his anger, instead. her feathers were ruffled at his tone. "i obviously didn't tell skrelp to use sludge bomb! she misunderstood the signal. and look! it's not like the kids are all sick or nothing. yer lookin fer trouble getting in me face like this."

she let her anger show, more angry at him than skrelp, but the seahorse was going to get earful when this was over. "they should cancel the show! who cares about how the pokemon look when clearly something's wrong!" she bent down, looking her skrelp in the eyes. "why are ye so anxious?" the skrelp made a short noise and looked away first, but mar couldn't dive into it while dealing with the other trainer. "ye really think i'd try to poison all these kids?"

mar did a lot of unethical things, obviously, but he didn't know that. and really, she'd been plenty successful in not involving kids in her schemes besides as distractions, but she wasn't going around putting loads of em in the hospital.

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Tensions between and the Gym Leader escalated quickly. Josh had a long fuse, but when that fuse got to its end, his emotions had a tendency to become explosive. "But they're children! They almost--" To Josh's utter surprise, the young audience gave the duo a standing ovation for their performance, Ulysses' BUBBLE BEAM levitating the sludge out of the arena like a home run baseball. They loved it. While it was apparent the event staff were less than comfortable letting the duo continue their show, they got a thumbs-up to keep going. After all, they wouldn't want to refund any more tickets than they already did.

The young man's emotions took a complete 180, turning from escalated to apologetic. "I didn't mean to blow up on you like that. I just... I expected you to have better control over your Skrelp. They're telling us the show is to go on. Just... try to rein the little one in a bit better, okay?" he pleaded his case as he sat bareback on the Dewgong.

The ice-type's blubbery back was a bit harder to grasp than the leathers of a proper saddle, his performance making the Gym Leader appreciate the work of his Gym's affiliated tanner all the more. "Ulysses, let's AQUA JET!" His powerful tail muscles swished back and forth as a cone of displaced water fled around Pokémon and rider, building up enough speed to create a rotational current in the pool. It was not so much that the Skrelp couldn't resist and perform the tricks had planned, but it would be something for the small poison-type to be mindful of.







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Ulysses       Dewgong        Good
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August 22
Santalune City
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mar blinked in surprise at how quickly josh transitioned from his righteous anger to understanding. it was clear that children coming to harm was an emotional trigger for him, though that wasn't unusual in more goody-two-shoes members of society. still, she stored that information away for later use, should she ever have to fight him.

but she wasn't one to make enemies unnecessarily or burn bridges. it was better to acquiesce, even if she didn't want to put skrelp back on stage. "aye, i'll keep things simple with skrelp." she ushered the seahorse back to the water and let josh take the lead, his experience and confidence with pokemon showing through despite the obstacles.

the whirlpool might have been a good opportunity to use a reduced-power dragon pulse, but mar didn't want to invite the risk of any battle moves. instead, skrelp did forward somersaults through the water along the whirlpool, spitting out small jets of water each time she broke the surface on the up-roll. it was cute, but not distracting from josh's pokemon, who deserved center stage after the quick reaction earlier. "aye, that's it. gentle, skrelp." they could finish sweet and simple. so long as they avoided any other accidents, it was a success.

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The acrobatic aquatic Pokémon were bedazzling to watch, what Josh could only assume was a low-power HYDRO PUMP spraying against the whirlpool's waters in an aesthetically-pleasing impact. As amazing as it was, it was time for the Gym Leader's grand finale, and it was one he was nervous about executing.

The racer submerged one more time, Ulysses keeping the whirlpool up with his swift swimming. From beneath the churning waters leaped a Milotic that Josh was clinging to. Not on the slippery, cream colored body, though. The blue scales near the tail offered the purchase he needed. It was a gorgeous and unique sight, cameras flashing at the jump's apex. Milotic were popular in beauty contests for a reason: they were some of the most breathtaking Pokémon to see perform... well, just about anything an aquatic Pokémon could.

Josh's knuckles turned white as the COMPETITIVE Megalo landed back in the water, surfacing and swimming against Ulysses' current. The rider was dizzy from being swished back and forth on the blue-scaled tail. Just how did do this?







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Ulysses       Dewgong        Good
Megalo        Milotic        Good
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milotic was stunning. skrelp didn't have the natural beauty to stand up to such a pokemon, but as the whirlpool settled, skrelp came up beside miltoic, algae-like appendages fluttering out much like the milotic's beautiful ears moved in the water. the poisonous moves from the skrelp were off the table, so skrelp stuck to pushing water and posing, doing little flips in the water to earn a little attention without stealing the spotlight from the water-type that earned it most naturally.

mar was pleased that skrelp was playing the sidelines. they would have to work on developing an understanding of 'time and place' for his more toxic moves. the show was perfect, though, and the audience rose with an uproar of applause, pleased at the beauty of water pokemon. even mar was excited about the finish moves, though she still preferred dark, deep-sea creatures over the prettier ones. "that's some good riding," she congratulated as she stepped close to the tank, surprised he didn't throw up from the chaos of the whirlpool.

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Josh dizzily raised his hands as Megalo took a bow for the exemplary performance, the raucous applause reaching a crescendo when it was clear to everyone that the Gym Leader was sitting on the water-type's tail. What an impressive show of dexterity and strength from both the trainer and their Pokémon!

While there were hiccups along the way, the audience was generally positive about their experience overall; only a few families, mostly those in the path of the Skrelp's poison-type attacks, requested refunds. "Thanks," Josh huffed as both of them climbed out of the pool and withdrew their Pokémon. "It's not the kind of riding I'm used to. There's a lot of muscle power in that tail. For someone used to riding faster than a race car, it takes a lot to get me saddle sore. And that did it." He had only ridden on Megalo's back a couple of times before, and could feel the power behind the swishing tail from where his seat was strapped.

Tail riding was clearly 's wheelhouse. Perhaps he would recommend her to perform out here one day. "I'm gonna hit the shower and head back to Mauville," Josh said. "If you're headed that way, I can give you a ride there. I've got a lot of Pokémon that can handle it."







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Ulysses       Dewgong        Good
Megalo        Milotic        Good
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