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Eddie, The Stalwart
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Eddie felt uncharacteristically tense as he waited at the reception desk of the Mauville gym. He didn't have any reason to be, he figured, but yet, here he was, nerves pulled as tight as a bowstring. [break][break]

How had Josh fared in the battles that were now behind him? He was still alive and kicking, at least, but Eddie knew that making it out of this war living and breathing was only half the battle. You would have a new weight to bear after the horrors those battles brought, and your heart and shoulders had to be strong enough to carry a burden that would never really leave you. [break][break]

The soldier felt a sudden tug on his pant leg and glanced down. A wide pair of dark eyes stared back up at him searchingly, [break][break]

“Huh?” [break][break]

The Kubfu prodded him again, and lifted a paw to point up at his face, [break][break]

“Oh, no, I'm good, little buddy,” Eddie chuckled, “Sorry fer mopin', but I'm fine. I promise.” [break][break]

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and the man and cub looked up in unison in search of the source of the noise. The man smiled wide, face bright with recognition. The cub watched with curiosity, and maybe a small bit of trepidation. This was the cub's first time meeting the Master of Faster, after all.


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Master of Faster
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December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
Straight
Mauville Gym Leader
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6'1" height
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With the weather beginning to cool down, Mauville Gym had become busier, attracting "fair weather" trainers that stayed indoors during Hoenn's warmest months. The appointment list had started to fill again. With Josh not having replaced yet, workloads were high. It was still unreal seeing her on the Racing Grounds' list of terminated employees.

If it were to remain this busy, he would have to consider offering extra hours... which he didn't want to do. As nice as it was to be on the receiving end of overtime, being on the paying end was not.

The footsteps Eddie heard were the sound of Josh's receptionist, SHELLY SPIEL, approaching him. " ?" she asked, trying to get his attention. "The Leader will see you now. Follow the signs to the Main Sector, in the center of the Gym." Provided he was able to navigate the vast grounds, he would see astride his ashen legendary Pokémon. Taking his racing helmet off, the Master of Faster revealed a head drenched in sweat.

"Hi there, Eddie!" Josh waved, the monochrome Beast and a nearby Type: Null looking noble but stern in the soldier's presence. "What brings you out here? I just got done with my first rehab session with Swift here. A gallop like his really pushes my arm to the limit." No wonder he was so sweaty; anyone would be after traveling at the speed of lightning!








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Eddie, The Stalwart
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Thirty-nine
MAY 18th
Cascarrafa
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“Thanks, Shelly!” [break][break]

With a few long strides, Eddie walked past the receptionist with a grin. Pat's legs moved quickly, trying to keep up, [break][break]

“Don't let 'im work ya too hard, ya hear?” [break][break]

The soldier vaguely remembered the layout, because hell, how could he forget that gauntlet the gym leader had put him through when last he visited this place? The vast grounds were at least a little familiar to him, but not nearly as familiar as the young man waving to him from atop his ashen steed. Eddie grinned and waved back, [break][break]

“Yo, Josh!” [break][break]

The ashen Raikou was an impressive Beast to see in the flesh, even if it was more akin to a golem made of soot than a living thing. Its resemblance to the real deal was staggering, and Eddie felt the hairs at the back of his neck stand on end, but he was unsure if it was due to the presence of the dark creature, or the imposing figure the nearby Type: Null cut, [break][break]

“I'll bet!” Eddie laughed, and he felt some relief at the fact that the gym leader was well enough to get back in the saddle, “Good ta see ya in one piece, buddy.” [break][break]

The Kubfu at his side stared up at the gym leader, his gaze anxious but discerning. Eddie imagined that he was trying to size the young man up, trying to get some sort of idea what made this particular human different than some of the others he had met in recent memory.


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Master of Faster
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December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
Straight
Mauville Gym Leader
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POSTED ON Sept 19, 2024 7:01:25 GMT
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"You can say that again," Josh laughed with Eddie, grateful he was able to not only sit tall in the saddle, but do so on the thundercloud of the Pokémon of his dreams. "After that Nihilego and the warden smashed my arm, I wondered if I would ever ride again. I owe so many people for everything they did to get me back into... almost fighting condition," he corrected himself. "Even from beyond the grave, came to my rescue at Sootopolis. Had Entei, and to clarify, not my Hoennian Entei, not been there to ferry me back to the mainland, I might not have made it."

Eying the Kybfu, Josh waved to the small fighting-type before shifting his gaze back to Eddie. "The sentiment is greatly appreciated. But again I'll ask: what brings you here?"








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Eddie, The Stalwart
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Alright, there was a lot to unpack there; Entei? Hoennian Entei? It brought many questions to the forefront of Eddie's mind, but those could wait until later. He just chuckled with some mild disbelief and rubbed the back of his neck, [break][break]

“Well, half'a it was just ta check in on ya.” [break][break]

Because there were plenty of people who had gone off to fight and were now either convalescing in hospitals, or didn't return at all. The thought made Eddie's blood run cold, and he visibly paled, if only briefly, [break][break]

“But, uh – ” he stammered, trying to force back some of his typical cheer, “I wanted ta ask ya if you'd be up for some sparrin'!” [break][break]

The Kubfu at his side suddenly perked up with visible interest, [break][break]

“Not, like, an official gym challenge, but... I dunno. Maybe some kinda practice run?” [break][break]

Because the truth was, after his failure to stop some of Rocket's forces from taking over Petalburg, Eddie's confidence in his own abilities had been badly shaken, and who better to square up against then someone who had faced similar peril? [break][break]

“And besides, I wanna show the little guy over here what a real battle looks like, yanno?” [break][break]

Pat grew all the more excited, and he suddenly looked from Eddie, to Josh, and back again, brimming with all the excitement of a kid in a candy store.



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Master of Faster
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December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
Straight
Mauville Gym Leader
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Eddie was in a good mood... or just overwhelmed at the sight of the Johtonian paradox Pokémon. Josh suspected it was the former; given that his friend had more military experience than he did despite being a Gym Leader, Terrakion's knight had to have nerves of steel. "Ah, so a test run," he confirmed, Aleph suddenly perking up when it sounded like he would get to battle a truly strong opponent.

Josh's eyes shifted toward the Kubfu at Eddie's side. "I've done battle with 's Urshifu before. Shuwen's scary strong. Not my style of combat, but mad respect for raising one." The Gym Leader was looking forward to the impromptu match. "Need a ride to the Main Sector? We'll be able to use the same battleground I use for official challenges. It's open!"








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Eddie, The Stalwart
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Thirty-nine
MAY 18th
Cascarrafa
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If Eddie was chipper before, then he was positively ecstatic now. He knew going toe-to-toe with Josh wouldn't exactly be a piece of cake, but an easy victory wouldn't be a particularly fun one, either, [break][break]

“Yessir!” he replied cheerily, “I've got a couple'a 'mons with me, but neither of them are big on the whole 'ridin' thing.” [break][break]

And one of them was a Torterra, which he could theoretically ride in a pinch, but only if he wanted the trip to last the entire rest of the day, [break][break]

“Prob'bly shoulda brought Delilah, but she's back home in Dewford.” [break][break]

Foolish of him to have left his literal workhorse behind, but on the bright side, Eddie assumed that the gym leader would have some sort of fantastic Pokemon to make the trip all the quicker.



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While it would be a battle with no real stakes, Josh wasn't one to pull punches. His battle style was speed-centric but not speed-reliant. He had Pokémon that were more than capable of overpowering foes. More than capable of holding down the fort. One of these days, he would show the Elite Four that his victory over them indeed was valid and deserved. Perhaps before his next deployment, he would be able to meet with and again. Show them what taught him. How he had learned.

Josh tugged on the outer tufts of Swift's thundercloud like reins, bringing the ashen Raikou to a stop. The Beast crouched next to Eddie, Champion and Gym Leader scooting forward on the black, fluffy mane. "Feeling brave enough?" he asked Eddie with a big smile.








{PC: 4}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Eddie, The Stalwart
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Thirty-nine
MAY 18th
Cascarrafa
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Soldier, PV2
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Was the Champion-ranked gym leader implying what Eddie thought he was? The soldier's eyes widened as Josh guided the Beast of ash to a stop, and he felt a giddy thrill of excitement when the creature lowered itself to a crouch. Oh, they were in for one hell of a ride, [break][break]

“Hell yeah, buddy!” he cheered as he climbed aboard, situating himself to give Josh as much room as he could without falling off the back. Eddie then looked back to the Kubfu and fished out his Pokeball with a nod of acknowledgment, [break][break]

“I'll have ya back out in a jiffy, little guy,” Eddie reassured the cub, recalling the Pokemon in a flash of red light before returning his attention fully to the gym leader, [break][break]

“Alright, lets see what this guy's got!” [break][break]

This was going to be nuts, Eddie thought excitedly. He didn't pay enough attention to racing of any kind to know how to really quantify the speed of something, but he knew this was going to be faster than just about any Pokemon he had ridden on before.



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Eddie seemed excited to see what Swift was capable of. Though the Raikou was among the fastest land Pokémon in Hoenn, Josh had to temper expectations. "I want to preface that I'm still in rehab, learning how to withstand his very fastest speeds. I won't be able to Quick Attack with him, but I'm sure you're okay with that, heh!" He didn't want to flatten poor Eddie with the Beast's true velocity. This was their first time riding together at all, making him realize just how big the soldier was. He was taller and more muscular than Josh by a long shot. The big cat let out a thunderous purr that rattled the Knight of Thunder, and perhaps Eddie, too, as he got used to the extra weight on his thundercloud. "With that out of the way, let's go! Hyah!" he cried, flicking the two outer tufts of thundercloud.

With that, the monochrome tiger was off, Josh and Eddie able to feel the raw strength behind Swift's powerful, flexing spine. The acceleration pushed the Gym Leader back, though perhaps Eddie would have better luck maintaining proper posture through it. The skin of his cheeks began to collect at the back of his head, stretching against his bones from its intensity. The craziest part was how long the Raikou accelerated for. It wasn't that they were accelerating slowly; halfway through it, it may have felt like a hurricane crashing into them.

Swift's top speed was just that high.








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Okay, so maybe they weren't hurtling at the absolute top speeds that this cat could achieve, but holy hell, were they going fast. [break][break]

Eddie clung on for dear life, struggling to keep himself upright as they accelerated to incredible speeds. The gym leader seemed to be having a harder time holding himself in place against that insane pace, but Eddie couldn't blame the guy. They were going so fast that it felt like the air was being forced from his lungs by the velocity of their acceleration, [break][break]

“Holy shit! Eddie called as the Beast dashed off, “Bet this guy could lap the whole goddamn city in six seconds flat!” [break][break]

Or in an even shorter amount of time, if utilizing a move that would push the cat's speed to its limit. But there was no person on this earth that could survive such speeds... was there?



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Goldenrod, Johto
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With every lightning-fast stride, Swift's back seemed to drop out from underneath the two, only for the black thundercloud to catch them on the way back up. He knew the Raikou's top speed well from when it was under Kyle's control. He remembered being paralyzed when Extreme Speed kicked in, zooming from Mount Pyre to Mauville City within minutes. Swift, in his current form, lacked that legendary speed. Not to say that he wasn't still going incredibly fast!

The Beast's speed leveled off, the riders' peripheral completely incomprehensible. Even Josh's other Pokémon, fleet of foot as they were, had to dive out of the way to avoid being run over by the fanged tiger. As much as it may have felt to Eddie that he was riding on a lightning bolt, this was the tip of the metaphorical iceberg. Perhaps one day, when both rider and beast were at full power, Eddie would get to experience the speed of lightning with him.

Once the main battle courts came into sight, Josh relaxed his legs, causing the Raikou to pump the brakes. Just like accelerating to full speed took a long time, so did decelerating. It took several laps around the court complex before the legendary electric-type came to a complete stop, the Gym Leader letting Eddie regain feeling in his legs before sliding off. "Fun, isn't it?!" Josh cried triumphantly, having not gone that fast with the prized ashen construct since before being abducted to Ultra Space.








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Eddie, The Stalwart
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It was simultaneously the shortest and longest ride of Eddie's life. His mind reeled as they gradually decelerated, the world somehow far too slow once they finally came to a stop, and Eddie had to take a moment to collect himself before he made his way off the ashen tiger's back. His hands and legs shook like he was a newborn Deerling when he finally planted his feet on the firm earth below him once more, [break][break]

“Holy shit,” he reiterated with awe, eyes wide, Fun ain't the half'a it, bud. That was... ” [break][break]

Eddie tried to find the words to properly describe the experience, but between his own lacking vocabulary and the fact that it felt like his brain had just finished a spin cycle, he couldn't quite come up with the words. So he settled for a sigh, a gentle phew!, before he returned his attention to the gym leader with a somewhat dazed look, [break][break]

“So, uh, what the hell were we here fer again – oh, right, the battle!” [break][break]

And that thought seemed to finally bring him back around and made him more alert than ever. He suddenly beamed brightly, [break][break]

“So, how do you wanna do this, bud?”



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Josh looked positively giddy to hear Eddie's reaction to blasting across the Gym grounds faster than many thought possible on the back of any Pokémon. Swift was just built different. The speechlessness was a sign of the same joy that Josh experienced the day he first got to sit astride the Raikou and battle the hostile, tornado-speed winds that came from the Beast's run. A joy Kyle had shared with him. Now, it was Josh's turn to take on the former Top Champion's role and share that same joy with his friends.

"That's the same reaction I had when I rode him under Kyle's control," Josh replied, his pitch far higher than normal from how much his excitement overflowed. He, too, was shaking from the physical demands Swift had put on him. "If you thought that was fun, then we should do this again once he's recovered his other abilities... such as the fastest Extreme Speed in the-- on land," he corrected himself, remembering his once in a lifetime experience with and the emerald serpent. In his mind, there was not a circumstance in the world where would allow him to train her in the same way. From what he saw of the two at Sootopolis, their relationship was far deeper than with the doctor. On top of that, a simple flight suit wouldn't keep him safe anymore.

He would need a full-blown space suit. And there was no taking his helmet off to toss his cookies when his body couldn't handle shooting skyward at escape velocity post-Mega Evolution.

Josh huffed as he at last dismounted from the Raikou. "You're the best at determining how strong you are, so I'll show you my team I brought for the battle. That way you can decide which of them you want to square off against. I'll warn you; they're some of my best." Clicking open several Cherish Balls and two Ultra Balls, from them emerged a Type: Null, a bipedal Zeraora with bleched-white fur, and the paradox forms of the Johto Beasts that the Champion revered so much. Zaborg quickly scurried aboard Swift's vacant thundercloud, sitting astride the Raikou with the same discipline and grace that Josh himself did.

"Their names are Aleph, Zaborg, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune," he introduced the Type: Null, Zeraora, Raging Bolt, Gouging Fire, and Walking Wake. "I know that's confusing, but that's how it turned out. I'll have to tell you the story of how their names came to be one day when we go out to eat or something." Clearing his throat, Josh at last stopped shaking, his demeanor becoming quite serious. "Singles, doubles, doesn't matter to me. However many of them you're comfortable staring down, up to you. They should all be more than a match for the little one."








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
Zaborg        Zeraora**      Good
Raikou        Raging Bolt    Good
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Suicune       Walking Wake   Good
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Some of his best, huh? Eddie grinned; he wouldn't have it any other way. [break][break]

One or two of the Pokemon looked vaguely familiar; was that the same Zeraora Josh had used in the VCT? Eddie studied the team and scrubbed his chin. No, but he had seen plenty of those paradox Pokemon from his time spent in the Chasm. He waved at them with easy cheer and didn't stop to question the particulars of the prehistoric Pokemon's names, [break][break]

“Yer really givin' me the pick'a the litter!” Eddie chuckled, before moving to grab Pat's Poke Ball, [break][break]

“The little guy is gonna be on the sidelines fer this one – he's still a little wet behind the ears, an' I ain't about ta let him get his ass kicked six ways ta Sunday. Figured he could watch, though, an' see how it's done.” [break][break]

The Kubfu would emerge in a flash of light, and suddenly jolt back at the sight of the squad of imposing Pokemon presented by the gym leader. Eddie laughed and gave him a pat on the shoulder, before gesturing back to them, [break][break]

“It's alright, Pat! They ain't gonna hurtcha.” [break][break]

But he was looking forward to squaring off against them. With that in mind, Eddie turned back to Josh, [break][break]

“How does a couple rounds of doubles sound? Four Pokemon each; me an' my guys against yer Zeraora and yer dragons.”



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