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Oh, nice. A Yamask. Those sold decently well on the black market, in her experience. This one was….yes, the Galarian variant. The better one in that regard. Or even if she wanted to train it herself. The evolution of it was decently strong, after all. She figured that this would be a decent trophy to take home for certain. The rest of the balls she could use more sparingly, but this one seemed like a decent idea for the time being.

Hence, she nodded to herself as she prepared herself in the small brush she had hidden in the moment she had heard rustling herself. It did not carry a lot of leaves yet, but for a distracted ghost like this, it had proven good enough. Hence, she burst from it, throwing the ball at the Yamask as she did, hoping to catch it on the first attempt.

- Using Warden's Ticket
- 3/4 balls left
- Attempting to catch Yamask

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YOUR CAPTURE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL!

A Nickit. A Pokemon for thieves, in her experience, or those who liked to fashion themselves as such. Prooobably not the best kind of Pokemon to carry around when she was trying to fly under the radar. That much was for sure. Or maybe she was overthinking it. Either way, after picking up the Yamask for the time being, she had seen something moving in the distance. It was an off-colour Nickit, from what she could see from afar. The pelt would probably fetch a decent enough price, but that was not why she was here at all.

After all, who knew if these ones had been marked in some way? At the very least, she had not come for parts today. Lash had never been a butcher, after all. She just sold Pokemon, but she always done so with live animals. In her current state, she could not exactly break from that, either.

But judging from her own standards for the time being, she decided to just, well, leave this little one be. There was probably going to be something better for her. She already had decent enough dark types, after all. Even for her new team.

- Using Warden's Ticket
- 3/4 balls left
- Skipping Nickit

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Now this, this was more interesting. Maybe she was a bit lucky to run into so many ghost types today, but this one was almost perfect for either conceit, really. On one hand, it was a decently strong ghost with useful abilities. But it was also the kind of Pokemon that would very much fit her current appearance.

Almost perfect. Lash decided to ignore the fox for the time being and instead quietly follow the ghost she had seen shuffling alongside a path, apparently following a shadow cast by the clouds above. Frankly, she had no idea what that was about. But she knew that it was distracted by instinct, so she closed the distance somewhat while preparing the ball.

However, the exact moment that she broke through the foliage and readied her throw, the wild one suddenly turned its head almost 180 degrees to face her. That did give her a bit of a jumpscare but fortunately, the movement was already decided upon, so she subconsciously finished the throw.

- Using Warden's Ticket
- 2/4 balls left
- Attempting to catch Mimikyu

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YOUR CAPTURE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL!

A Seedot crossed her path after the little chase with the Mimikyu. She thought about capturing it, briefly. It was a decent Pokemon, at least once evolved, but she was always more of a fan of its rival in fight-y plantness, the one that was an actual fighting type. Plus, she did not really like that it had leaves for hands once evolved.

Not that it was a bad one, of course. But it was still only about half-time in this little expedition and she was already down to only two balls. And she just looked like a teenager. She wasn’t actually as impatient as one. Hence, she nodded to herself and decided to move on from the Seedot, to see what else this place had in store for her.

- Using Warden's Ticket
- 2/4 balls left
- Skipping Seedot

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A Shieldon. How did that fit in with the other Pokemon she had encountered so far? Lash did not know. And she did not care. That thing was amazing! It could take a lot of hits, as long as they were not ground-typed. Plus, it was quite compact and straightforward. What was not to love?

Well, the fact that this Shieldon had noticed her. Which would not have been that bad a thing if it had not also decided to challenge her. Sure, this one was small – but so was she, currently. It soon started to try and rush her, which really was not something she wanted to test out dodging at all.

Hence, she used one of her last two balls to intercept the little one, hoping that even if it did not get caught, its stride would be interrupted. And maybe it would be so rattled from the experience that it might give up altogether.

- Using Warden's Ticket
- 1/4 balls left
- Catching Shieldon

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YOUR CAPTURE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL!

One ball left. She had to be picky. But a golden Riolu? How could she not? Even if she did not use it, she knew at least three people that would still buy it off of her, even in her current state. That Pokemon was so scary popular, someone always wanted it.

Yes, her decision was made. Plus, much like the Shieldon before, this guy or girl seemed to already be taking a fighting stance, clearly sensing that she had taken an interest in it. Heh. Good instincts there. There even was a chance that it might be able to swat the ball away, so she took the time for a proper pitcher’s stance. The Riolu could certainly try. Time to see which of them would prevail as she would either let it punch a homerun, or her thrown ball would catch it. Either would work for her, of course.

- Final ball, catching Riolu