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Admin Fox

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May 9th

Rustboro City

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Archaeologist

Rocket Admin

An observer of eons cannot feel the warmth of another.

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The future will tempt you, the present will indulge you, but the past will shackle you.

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howard slayte

deus ex machina [skirmish]

POSTED ON Oct 31, 2024 19:20:56 GMT

Kyle attempting to explain multiversal physics and the laws decreed by the Alpha to a drunken Howard Slayte was folly. He would've had a better chance in making rain fall upwards. He took a deep breath, swaying from side to side as he processed Kyle's words.

Processing was a strong term, though. It was more akin to smashing his head through the wall.

"We don't need a defective one. We need the Emergent! Navy's friend! Matias's victim! The one that actually knows how to save this world!" He spat at the defective cog used to replace the genuine article. Calling the former Kyle a broken piece spat in his memory. "I want the old one back!"

Ghost and grudges. Grudges and ghosts. How could he trust this specter after Elisabeth had returned from the dead, more corrupted than ever?

"No." Howard shook his head once. A plan began to form in his mind, cruel and terrible, yet wholy necessary. It was one he'd regret later, but for now, it would have to do. "I'm not giving anything over to a faker."

In the distant heavens, a fist the size of Kyle's beloved hospital descended like a meteor.

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dog boy

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october 24

verdanturf

asexual

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champion

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kyle lopez

deus ex machina [skirmish]

POSTED ON Nov 1, 2024 4:44:24 GMT

as much as he wanted to hold himself off from saying fighting words, the retort can't be held off much longer.

"dude, i explicitly told you i'm not the same one." he readies the same stun gun once more. "if you want the world saved, do it yourself."

the same surge of electricity jump starts the electivire's motor drive once more. it is at this moment that kyle forgoes the original task, already drafting up a statement in his head on how to tell his client.

"you have control over regirock. i have fucking electivire. tell me who is more capable of that task?"

he pivots the direction of his electivire's route towards the rambling admin, gambling that any attacks towards him would stop if the trainer comes into contact with the collateral.

instead of a drive-by hit, kyle and his pokemon runs past. a calling card from his business falls off— the only 'merch' this kyle has of at this moment.

kyle escapes the scene, forgoing his objective to escape the situation after realizing there's nothing to be had with the interaction.

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90 MP per IC post in your Skirmish thread.
25 MP for knocking out another Pokemon in your skirmish thread.
50 MP for getting your Pokemon knocked out in your skirmish thread.
50 MP have an antagonistic exchange of dialogue between your character and another writer's character or NPC.
50 MP showcase your own character's strength(s) meaningfully.
50 MP showcase your own character's weakness(es) meaningfully.
50 MP have your character directly or indirectly spotlight another writer's character's strengths.
50 MP have your character be injured by another's pokemon directly or indirectly.
50 MP involve the pokeballs of your pokemon in a meaningful way (e.g. type of pokeball described to reflect the pokemon or character, damaging them, seizing them).
50 MP have your character earn the respect of another character in some way.
50 MP have your character learn to respect another character in some way.
50 MP describe your character's pokeball throwing style.
50 MP have your character learn something from the other character.
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Admin Fox

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Rustboro City

Bisexual

Archaeologist

Rocket Admin

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howard slayte

deus ex machina [skirmish]

POSTED ON Nov 1, 2024 5:11:50 GMT

Do it yourself.

Do it yourself.

DO IT YOURSELF.

Regirock's Max Knuckle struck the ground with the force of a warhead. Trees, rubble, and unconscious Pokémon flew by as the place where Howard had been standing disappeared under a metric ton of stone. Dynergy sparked from the attack's location, creating a red haze as Regirock scanned for Kyle.

Yet if he had been there, he had been blown away. As Regirock inspected its fist to confirm any casualties, Howard teleported onto its shoulder with assistance from Crumble. The Claydol floated around weakly, before fainting due to prior injuries.

"I wanted to be a hero." Howard groaned as Kyle's words rang in his ears. "But I'm not. I'm trying, but I'm not."

His head swam, and another moment passed before the admin vomited.

"Ho-oh could've done it. Your Solgaleo. You entrusted Terrakion to Noah, and then to Eddie." Arceus above, did noah faber know about this? What his husband had been reduced to? "This isn't..."

A business card fluttered by in the wind, and the admin instinctively caught it. Drunken eyes inspected the card, and the admin let out a low rasp of amusement.

"It's true, then. Team Rocket, the Pokemon League, and even the universe is against me on this." To be vindicated by reality itself made Howard want to scream at the heavens. "Ah."

He looked up at the sky.

"I attacked my hero."

It did not take Howard Slayte long to begin howling with derisive laughter.

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