"You would be right." he replied, walking beside the Ranger Captain. He gives a small side eye to her Calyrex, the battle against Rocket's own still fresh in his memory. To suppress the memory of the other shade, he offered Charles a little poketreat before pushing ahead. His Mawile, Conniebear also stares at Charles much in the same way as her trainer. However, it's a different feeling. This one doesn't feel aggressive and so she stays her hand, happily jogging forward and keeping a look out on their target.

"A gold BRILLIANCE...a shiny perhaps?" he mused looking over to Elise as they approached. There's strange gouges in the trees and trampled flowers. "These look fresh. Look at the wood that's exposed." he said, lowering his voice as his attention pivoted to the nearest tree. Conniebear grins, her face serious but her second head snapping and nearly drooling at the chance for another fight. "Proceed with caution."

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Elise Calcifet | 6th anni prompt - brilliance

Charles checks the air for scent while Conniebear takes a perimeter and disappears into broken fauna with a soft closing of her jaws. Paxton keeps forward, undeterred and following the tracks he could see. The threes are thick and so is the underbrush but he finds purchase by stepping on the destructive footprints.

Up ahead he hears something whip by, rustling the bushes, followed by the sharp yelp of Conniebear giving chase. beginning her hunting RITUAL "Looks like we got a lead." he looked at the Calyrex. "Find it?" he asked as they continued in dark bushes. "I swear I saw something pink but- I'm not sure." And Conniebear hadn't managed to trap it either. A shame.

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Elise Calcifet | 6th anni prompt - ritual

It's strange. The pokemon is almost glowing, and if he didn't know any better he thought he saw through her for a moment. But the Alcreamie is feral, darting to take out the closest target - the EMERALD deer king,  Charles. "Get back." he said as the the creature missed but slammed into a nearby tree with such force the trunk groaned and creaked as a giant crack appeared. Chips of bark and splintered wood fall to the ground. "What the hell is wrong with it? Terastalized?" maybe. If it didn't lack a crow.

It's at this moment that Connieber appears again, flanking the Alcreamie and slamming into the sweet pokemon with an IRON HEAD, catching it off guard.

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Elise Calcifet | 6th anni prompt - emerald 

Its gross he even knew this but...when the hare king's attack slams back the Alcreamie it doesn't leave behind small splatters of cream. He's not even sure he smelled the burnt sugar caught up in the attack and lingering in the air. "It's bright for an Ilumina but-" he'd never seen an Illumina pokemon so feral. Most felt rather...soothing. Calm. Maybe that was just his own.

Coniebear welcomed the attack, glowing her own radiant iridescent as she tapped in their shared bond. The keystone and megastone shine brightly together before she transforms, form glowing too bright to see for a moment before she takes the TACKLE attack. Coniebear slides backwards on her feet but isn't toppled over.

The two heads chomping and drooling in the air turn to stare at her prey. They open their mouths and the air seems to freeze, as cold energy crystalizes onto their lips and fangs before they both tear into the Aclreamie as it struggled. A half frozen pastry pokemon is thrown onto the ground, but it's radiance doesn't flicker. And yet again, Coniebear doesn't pull pieces off with her.

"Elise, this really isn't normal, it's not dripping at all." he said despite being able to see the deep gashes the candy pokemon carried. And even still, as if posseted, the creature stands to glare at them both, ready to fire.

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"Right, it won't go quietly." he said, agreeing with Elise. The priority here was keeping the people in the area safe, specimen collecting second. Coniebear doesn't mind either way. She rushes in after Charles, a powerful IRON HEAD cracking the frozen cake and smashing the rest , disintegrating it. 

Paxton holds still as the Mawile pants hard. Glowing entrails spread around but as he approaches her, its strange. It's not the cake he thought it'd be. The glowing pieces, begin to lose their sparkle. And the light begins to dull and the parts begin to disappear. It's defeated but also disappearing. Somehow that's worse than the viscera from before. He stays still, calling back his Mawile and watching her. "Conie...you ok?" he asked and she sits, catching her breath until the mega evolution wears off. Her mouth is relaxed and her face scrunched up as she waited for her job well done pats.

"It's gone, there's no threat left." he said, gesturing at the way his partner relaxed. "I- this is the only golden pokemon you've gotten reports on right? So far?" There'd be no specimen hunting because there wasn't' a specimen left to hunt. There's a pause before he turns to Elsie and the Calyrex. "Are they alright?"

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