[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes

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[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes
POSTED ON Apr 16, 2024 5:08:38 GMT
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Standing next to with Raikou the Raging Bolt at his side, a teary-eyed Champion stared toward the destroyed Mount Chimney's caldera, RAINBOW FEATHER in hand. It was his last memory of the deceased : a power that he would wield to the best of his ability in the Emergent's absence. An absence that rocked him to the core. "Ollie," he tilted his head toward the Head Ranger with tears rolling down his eyes, "now I know why Kyle passed this on to me. He must have known he was going to sacrifice himself here."

Sniffing, he plucked the feather's quill from his blue Ranger uniform, the Elite Ranger drawing the sacred creature's Sign. With a booming thunderclap, a monochrome Raikou formed from the ashes, its gaze stoic as a rumbling purr left its mouth.



"I only wish you could have met Raikou and Swift under better circumstances, Ollie..." he trailed off, introducing his Raging Bolt and Raikou before going silent. Far in front of them, his vigilant Type: Null, Aleph, was keeping an eye out for wild Pokémon or other threats that would impede his search.





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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes
POSTED ON May 8, 2024 0:50:32 GMT
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[attr="class","littleollie"] was dead.

[break][break] The Champion's death had rocked the nation in more ways than one and although it was a fresh grief that Ollie himself was still learning to deal with, he also knew that there were many others who struggled with it more. To Ollie, Kyle had been a friend. But to others, he had been more than just that.

[break][break] He had been a champion, an idol, a beacon of light in a dying world.

[break][break] Ollie glanced sideways at when he spoke, expression bordering on somewhere between pity and sympathy.

[break][break] "How are you doing, Josh?"

[break][break] For a minute, his eyes grazed the sight of the intimidating form of the Ash Raikou and it's alternate form. But there would be time to marvel at such legendary feats later.

[break][break] Right now, his friend needed him.

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[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes
POSTED ON May 8, 2024 1:11:03 GMT
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Josh cuddled Swift, the exposed skin on his face and arms visibly rippling from the Raikou purring in reflected sorrow over Kyle's untimely death. His own tears likewise rippled across the ashen Beast's form, sounding a small hiss as they made contact. "Ollie, when the Great One passed Swift down to me, I was the happiest man alive," he sniffed as Raikou let out another crackling cry, telling Aleph not to go so far ahead. "Had I known that this was to happen... Kyle knew he was gonna die, and that's why he made me a Knight of Thunder, isn't it?"

He doubted Ollie knew the answer to that question. "Sorry to ignore you like that. It's been... really hard without him. I wanted to take all the Champions out to dinner to celebrate that night. , , , . All of them. It's... really hard to get into the Hall of Fame. I should be happy. Thrilled, even."

Josh pat Swift's black thundercloud, the Champion swinging his leg above it to sit on the electric tiger's back. The big cat remained seated, the racer having to flex his legs to keep his feet from touching the ground. "Ollie, he was a mentor to me. He taught me much I not know about being not just a Gym Leader, but a leader. Did I tell you that when I first opened the Racing Grounds as a Minor League Gym, Kyle was the first person to challenge it?"







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes
POSTED ON May 8, 2024 3:24:49 GMT
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[attr="class","littleollie"] Did Kyle know he was going to die?

[break][break] Or had he just been so devoted to saving , to his cause, to let his life waste away?

[break][break] Ollie didn't know.

[break][break] In fact, Ollie didn't know what he would've done if he'd been put in that position. Sure, he'd been part of the group to rush after — to save him — but would he have been willing to do that at the cost of his life?

[break][break] 'Would you have been willing to do it if it were instead?'

[break][break] "No," he said instead, with a shake of his head. "I get it."

[break][break] There was a lot going on. There was too much going on. Ollie hadn't even had the chance to digest it himself. But he still pushed all of it away, deciding in that moment to put the other first. Because it was what Josh needed.

[break][break] His head tilted.

[break][break] "No - I don't think you did. I'm not surprised though. Kyle led the Minor League for a while."

[break][break] He'd been the one to open with it, before had taken over.

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[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes
POSTED ON May 8, 2024 3:41:26 GMT
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It was clear to Josh that Ollie had a lot on his mind about Kyle, too. Not directly about Kyle, but what happened that day. "Weren't you one of the last people to see him before he died, too?" he asked, recalling that the Head Ranger was on the list of people brought onto the Mount Chimney operation. "...I've been asking around and I just... I want answers. What exactly happened out there? I know it got really, really hot around Lavaridge that day. I had to close the Gym completely and bring my Pokémon back into their Poké Balls. As it turns out, bringing a hundred and twenty Pokémon into their Poké Balls is a lot of work on its own, heh," he laughed as he took a look toward the crater -- no, caldera.

Memories of the Minor League came back to Josh. How he got more challengers than any recent Minor League Gym Leader since the program's inception. How Kyle recommended him for promotion to the Major League. And now, he had been denied the chance to re-challenge the Battle Arcade.

"Ollie, I have my doubts he's dead. The Great One is his Patron, who once resurrected Raikou, Entei, and Suicune after they perished in the tower in Johto. And they've done it again with Swift here. Not quite in the form I remember, but he's still Swift -- my Raikou." He held the two outer tufts of Swift's thundercloud in his hands, then slid forward. "I have my doubts he truly died. I think he's still out there. And even if he did die for real, his body will give us a lot of clues as to what happened. Wanna hop on Swift with me and survey the caldera?" he offered Ollie a ride on the electric tiger.






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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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[S][C/Ollie] Ashes to Ashes
POSTED ON May 13, 2024 7:18:20 GMT
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[attr="class","littleollie"] "I... guess you could say that. But honestly, I didn't see much."

[break][break] Technically, Ollie had been part of the AQUA party that had trampled up the mountain in a feeble attempt to save one of Kanto's heroes, but it has been so chaotic back then that even when had risen from the sky like a phoenix meant to save , it had barely been a glimpse.

[break][break] Like a shooting star that they weren't meant to save.

[break][break] " lost control of Groudon. He - " Almost died, and took the region down with it. "Groudon became Primal Groudon, and we almost lost him as a result of it."

[break][break] For once, Ollie's expression was unreadable, making it difficult to tell if he was embittered by such a ending or relieved by it.

[break][break] On the joke that breached, Ollie found himself letting out an equally empathetic chuckle. He smiled, embracing the other man on the shoulder with a heavy hand.

[break][break] "And we have you to thank for that. You, as well as all the other civilians who helped me mitigate the disasters made to Fallarbor and Lavaridge."

[break][break] Where , and had been left to deal with the eruption up high, it had only been fitting that region's head ranger would rush to the needs of it's people.

[break][break] As speaks of his theory, though, Ollie draws pause. Normally, he's the first to believe in optimism and hope — even as illogical as it can sometimes be. It's his plight as a Morales, the same plight that his sister once faced prior to receiving Rayquaza's blessing.

[break][break] "I don't know Josh," he said after a long pause. "I want to believe that as much as you. But you didn't see it - you didn't see him." The sight of rising out of the black magma rushes through him, making him shudder with the memory of it. It had been terrifying.

[break][break] He shook his head.

[break][break] "But we can go look. I'll take 'Stache," he said, smirking at the end of it. "He'll get jealous if I give some other pokemon attention."

[break][break] The Dragonite harrumped in reply, either in disbelief at Ollie's words or 's audacious offer.

[break][break] "Let's go."

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POSTED ON May 14, 2024 1:05:42 GMT
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So even Oliie didn't get to see much of Kyle's final moments. Josh knew how strong Ollie's Ranger skills were. If she didn't, then in Josh's mind, the final moments between Kyle and Matias had to be quite private. Being in private with Groudon, especially having undergone Primal Reversion, was something simply not survivable for anyone except Matias.

"I... suspected there was a serious problem compromising Matias," Josh replied. "He was one of the first people that told me he was Groudon's Avatar, and he was one of the first people that I told about my desire to become Raikou's Avatar. After seeing 's trust issues between him and his Patron, and now this, I'm not so sure I would want to be Raikou's Avatar anymore. Swift and I work together so well, and we haven't known each other for long. But I feel like I still don't understand him. What he's like."

Would Raikou be a benevolent god he believed the Great One and the Beasts to be, or would he, like Articuno and Groudon, enslave their Avatars? He loved Swift as he was. To have that kind of power at his fingertips, only to give up his freedom, would not be worth the price. "...Thank you. That means a lot to me," Josh gratefully answered. "After all, there's no one who can evacuate people faster than me!" A mood-repairing laugh came out of his mouth, preceding a smile.

As realistic as Ollie's perspective was, Josh had faith in the Great One. Kyle would be back. The Master of Faster wanted answers.

Josh's offer being declined didn't surprise him one bit. Ollie, of course, had her own preferences. That Dragonite was one of the few Pokémon that could keep up with Swift. Even so, he wouldn't give up on sharing his joy with the Head Ranger. Another day. Just not today. "That's fine! You ever want to experience Swift's speed for yourself, you let me know and we'll find an opportunity." A loud purr rattled Josh's legs up his body as Swift prepared to take off. "Let's do it."

With a light kick to the Raikou's sides, Josh was off alongside Ollie. "About where in the area did you last see Kyle?" he asked, figuring the Head Ranger might have some more clues that could narrow their search space.







{PC: 4}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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POSTED ON May 30, 2024 15:12:06 GMT
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[attr="class","littleollie"] So thought so too? Ollie pursed his lips. He didn't know whether he'd been naive or foolish in pushing away his feelings towards Matias, or if the changes in the Elite Four had been imperceptible to begin with.

[break][break] "What kind of issues?"

[break][break] More than anyone, Ollie knew about his best friend's difficulty with Articuno, but had never done anything as unpredictable as . At least, not as far as Ollie knew about.

[break][break] The Head Ranger glanced at his friend as he pondered Avatarship, not in the first time that they'd known each other. "Can I ask you a question, Josh? Why do you care about Avatarship so much?"

[break][break] It was not something he'd ever thought about. In fact, the mere idea of it had him wanting to push away such responsibility.

[break][break] The mood lightened some when he heard Josh laugh, compelling Ollie to join him in a chuckle.

[break][break] "Well, I dunno," he said, voice slightly teasing. "I've seen 's Cyclizar." His eyes gleamed with mirth. "You sure you could keep up?"

[break][break] Without answer him, Ollie nods and leads Josh towards the area where they last saw steal away. Given the fact that there had been so much going on, it would be difficult to pinpoint an exact location but at least it'd be a starting point.

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POSTED ON May 31, 2024 3:29:38 GMT
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Josh frowned; at first, he didn't even know where to start with all the issues. "I started to notice it when I walked inside the doors of the Pokémon League to take the Champion Assessment," he answered as Swift accelerated to the modest pace of a brisk trot. A trot for the Beast was still quite fast for most Pokémon. "I had to interview with three different Elite Four to be passed. Matias passed me because he thought my handling of Rocket was too soft. Callan for the exact opposite reason. Out of all the Elite Four, it was only that saw me for what I am. I think it shows why she's Top Champion now."

Even at a lower speed, the tiger's gait was powerful and bouncy. This was going to take some serious getting used to, and there were few places in Hoenn secluded enough yet open enough for him to ride the fastest Pokémon on land. If he wanted to be able to fight with Raikou at his best and forge a bond to its fullest potential, he would have to learn. "Haughty. Scornful. Disrespectful. Dismissive. Filled with grudges. He thinks there's not one person in Team Rocket worth saving. If it were his decision, he would sentence to death. And look where we're at now. He wasn't like this when I first worked with him. Also, he uses Shadow Pokémon willingly. Almost like he embraces them. How can you embrace a machine of war like that?"

The question shook Josh's mind the first time. Others, including himself, had asked him that question long ago. "Ollie... it's been about Raikou. I thought... I thought it would be the only path to him. That's why I wanted to be an Avatar. I thought the only way to earn Raikou's favor would be that way. And now I know just how wise Kyle was. I think it's better that I can be friends with Raikou in this form. I've seen symbiotic Avatarships like your sister's and Kyle's. I've seen parasitic ones like 's and 's. It all just... depends on your Patron. After seeing it... it's just better this way. Swift is in a form where I can appreciate him for what he is." The big cat purred loudly, shaking Josh. Perhaps Ollie could feel the thunder-like vibrations in the air, too.

As Ollie and his Dragonite led Josh forward, he had brought up Andrea. "You kidding me? Not even a race car could keep up with Swift. He can't use Quick Attack or Extreme Speed yet, but he doesn't need it." Josh breathed a sigh as the crater's rim came upon them, choking embers deeper within the glowing caldera.







{PC: 5}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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POSTED ON Jun 4, 2024 5:54:14 GMT
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[attr="class","littleollie"] 'So Josh knew?'

[break][break] "If you sensed something was wrong, did you tell anyone?"

[break][break] Ollie already knew the answer to that. Of course he did, but even so, he needed to ask it.

[break][break] Having already nearly met death thanks to the nightmare that was , he knew that there were things far worse than petty grudges. And yet, at the same time, the man that his sister had once almost vowed to spend the rest of their life with... he was a far cry from the loyal man that was before him now.

[break][break] The conversation shifts, to something that Ollie has always wanted to ask but somehow never did.

[break][break] "Avatarship isn't the only path to gaining a Legendary's favor," he confirmed, and then he frowned. "I'm surprised you even think that, Josh. You know that the League has several Legendary pokemon under custody too, under AQUA and Project Sapphire right?"

[break][break] He thought about the time that he had visited Jirachi with his sister, or Tapu Koko with .

[break][break] Ollie sighed. Beneath him, his Dragonite rumbled back at the Ash Raikou, avoiding an air current. Still, along the crater's edge, there were no sights of the real legendary that they were looking for. .

[break][break] "You know," he said, staring at the bubbling liquid. "Lars' avatarship wasn't always like that."

[break][break] "It changed. Overtime."

[break][break] "Josh," Ollie said, suddenly turning to him. "Do you know how Shadow Pokemon are made?"

[break][break] Ollie hadn't known, not for the longest time, but then the report had fallen onto his desk courtesy of .

[break][break] And a small part of him wished that he still didn't know.

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"Of course I did!" Josh answered. "I told after Matias destroyed me in my first round of battles with the Elite Four. I just never imagined it being so serious that he would do what he did that day. Had I been able to just... be there for him... for Kyle..." What? What would he have done? Even as a Champion, his Ground-weak team just would have died in the face of Primal Groudon's PRECIPICE BLADES. Taken to graves from which even Kyle's resurrection powers may not have been able to reach them. "But he's gone now. And I'm on my own to get to the bottom of why Swift's not as strong as my other Pokémon, let alone at the level one of the League's legendary Pokémon is expected to be at."

Ollie's frown was met with a decidedly neutral expression from the Champion. It was part of unburdening himself at the Dyna Tree when Charles chose as its partner, as well as having met 's new legendary ally. "You don't think I've come to realize that since?" he asked, perhaps coming off as snippy even if he did not intend to. "As someone deeply involved with Project Sapphire, I am aware of the legendary Pokémon we have in our possession... and I'm glad this happened to work out. And I want to pay Kyle back. Whether in this life or the next one his Patron gives him."

Josh wasn't as surprised at Ollie's remark as it should have been. "I didn't know him for very long before things went haywire. It was at Meteno, right? Where everything changed..." He remembered that moment, etched into his memories... where stood in front of him and put his body on the line to keep Bladestorm, Janus, and Pinky from dying beneath the glacial graveyard that was the Silent Icelands. "He saved my life that day."

As the Dragonite and Raikou rounded the final corner taking them close to their starting position, Ollie changed the subject again. "Not in detail, but I know the doors to their hearts are artificially closed. At least that's my understanding. What about it?" Swift, reflecting Josh's hesitation, slowed down without a direct command from his trainer.








{PC: 6}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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pallet town, kanto
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[attr="class","littleollie"] No one had thought that it was going to get that bad, or they wouldn't have abandoned for so long in the first place. But were things so simple? Ollie struggled with the memory of it. A part of him had once wanted to see destroyed, just as much as probably Rocket did. He'd hurt both his sister and Penny beyond repair.

[break][break] But seeing Matias in that hospital bed... seeing him so malformed atop that mountain, bubbling beneath that black sun, Ollie regretted it. He could never hate another person that way, not even .

[break][break] "If you realize it, then why are you still talking about avatarship like that, Josh? Like it's something to choose?"

[break][break] Ollie's words are neutral. If anything, they are painfully genuine. Because Josh is right — as someone who is deeply involved in Sapphire, he should know more than anyone that avatarship was just as much a boon as it was a sacrifice.

[break][break] And it shouldn't have taken just 's death to figure that out.

[break][break] Maybe he was just bitter.

[break][break] Ollie shook his head.

[break][break] "I can't answer that. That's something - you need to ask Lars that."

[break][break] Because it could've been at Meteno, when Kyurem had attacked, or it could've ran even deeper than that. The bonds between legendary pokemon and their avatars... it wasn't something that break was interested on figuring out.

[break][break] Riding swiftly on their pokemon, who's footsteps and wingbeats beat in tandem, they turned a corner and once again, was nowhere to be found. Not a single trace of him.

[break][break] "I don't know the specifics."

[break][break] "But I woke up one day, and one of my pokemon had turned into one."

[break][break] "I took it to the labs and - " He frowned. "It was apparently the effect of interdream mist that had poisoned them."

[break][break] "I think avatarship can be like that. It can poison you, just like it poisoned Lars and Matias."

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Josh hadn't seen Matias in a hospital bed, but he had seen Matias at his ranch, under house arrest. He had completely changed, back to the familiar self from when he first revealed his status as an Avatar to Josh. "You are right, though; how would you know what kind of Patron you're getting until you sign the contract with them?"

Josh wasn't expecting to get an answer; he had already seen Articuno go berserk. He had to try to get some context from someone in Lars' close circle. "It's okay; I can do more legwork on my own."

The topic drifted to the origins of Shadow Pokémon and a series of dreams. Ollie's account made Josh open his eyes wide. "...The same thing happened to Saber. I had a dream where I was on AQUA, as Raikou's Avatar, and several others who were Avatars or I thought could become Avatars, such as and . We worked together to defeat and purify his Lugia. Then I woke up to my Manectric chewing on my arm... as a Shadow Pokémon."








{PC: 7}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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ollie, oliver
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pallet town, kanto
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[attr="class","littleollie"] How would you know what kind of Patron you're getting until you sign the contract with them?"

[break][break] Ollie pressed his lips together.

[break][break] 'It isn't that,' he wanted to say. It didn't matter what patron it was. It could've even been SUICUNE, the most pure of them all. It didn't matter.

[break][break] They didn't know enough about the bond between Avatars and Legendary pokemon to say for real. To say what exactly made such a bond so poisonous.

[break][break] He would've never thought, after all, that of all people would —

[break][break] "It's okay; I can do more legwork on my own."

[break][break] But Ollie looked away. Maybe it wasn't his words to say. After all, it wasn't like he was a Legendary, or someone smart, like .

[break][break] "I heard about that," he ended up saying instead. "It seemed like something a lot of other people experienced too. Maybe because of the Interdream Mist."

[break][break] He sighed.

[break][break] "All I'm saying is - be careful, Josh."

[break][break] "Be careful what you wish for."

[break][break] "You never know. You could get it."

[break][break] Ollie glanced back at his friend again, and for an instant, there was a lifetime of regrets in the Head Ranger's gaze before they flit away into the general cheer and easiness that he was so well-known for.

[break][break] "Well. C'mon, we should go! It's not getting any earlier. We'll have to hurry if we want to make it through this whole area in one piece."

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Ollie wasn't wrong, and Kyle wasn't wrong, either. Josh loved Swift the way he was: a reflection of his inner self. A Pokémon that was fiercely loyal by virtue of his emotionless nature. A Pokémon that would floor it at his trainer's command. "If it's that widespread, then that's entirely possible. Its widespread nature is a bit concerning, though... how did it get into the homes of so many?" And was it related to the dream where Josh boldly decided that Raikou as a Patron was not a bribe he was willing to take for fealty to Rocket? A dream in which he was brutally executed at the fangs of the Pokémon he adored?

"You are right, though. It's something I need to think about. Be prepared for. Because I get the feeling that the relationship I have with Swift now and with Swift as a potential Patron will be very different."

Buyer beware, indeed.

Ollie's urgency snapped Josh out of his trance. "You're right, though. We need to keep looking for him if we want to make it back to Lavaridge before nightfall." He faced forward and leaned into the wind. "Hyah! Faster, Swift! Faster!" A roar boomed between the monochrome Raikou's fangs, the Champion's legendary speed greatly accelerating and pushing him into the back of the thundercloud.







{PC: 8}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Kairi         Vaporeon       Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
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Hogwarts AU
RPG Unlimited
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The Enroi Region
N:FB
Vyrehaven
Celestial Guardians, AU Sailor Moon RP
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Code and Crown: An advanced literate warriors cats RP, set in medieval times
Swords Clashing