[SKIRMISH][C/Robin/Aqua] Shadowed Hearts

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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2024 20:59:49 GMT
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Josh's leg joints buckled with every tree Entei's brutal charge uprooted, the Gouging Fire bucking him with maddening strength every time. In addition to towing a pallet of medical supplies in a wagon engineered with the Gym Leader's high speeds in mind, he also had an important war bulletin to deliver to . A gaping hole had been discovered in Petalburg's defenses, but transmitting it electronically was too risky, particularly so close to the captured city. The Master of Faster was the most reliable and secure transmission option the League had.

"Easy, Entei! We're not trying to burn Petalburg Woods up!" Josh exclaimed after grunting loudly from the Gouging Fire nearly tossing him off. Though Entei lacked the great speed of Kyle's Beast, he was still fast, sending pieces of fallen tree flying when they got caught on his horn. The two emerged from Petalburg Woods, screaming southward toward Route 104, the rider barely able to see around his paradoxical mount's crest.








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Robin was out for blood. [break][break]

This was for Petalburg, she thought. Seeing the little Rocket communicate with their fellow grunts on the radio only confirmed that this one was far away enough from other patrols to need the radio. In other words, they were a stray little mareep separated from its flock. Ripe for the Lycanroc in the bushes, the one with a Ranger armband and no oversight. [break][break]

She rolled a premium ball across the ground to maintain stealth, one from the Black Market where she had purchased this Sableye. It released into the bushes. "You know what to do." Sableye nodded, turned to look at its lone target, then flickered to operate within their shadow, launching out of it with a sharp claw for the perfect ambush: shadow sneak.

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"Ops 3, do you copy?" There was only static, with the lone grunt retreating back through the woods. "Damn it, Ops 3, the mission's been compromised. Do you read?" [break][break]

Aqua had been separated from the rest of their team, having been the only one coming back from a Rocket force sent to expand the territory around Petalburg. Caught out in the worst position possible, they readied themselves with a pokeball at the ready in case something would have popped out at them. Their steps were careful and light enough to mask any noise the steps made, but it would seem trouble had found them when two small but aggressive feet pounded the dirt in their direction. By the time that Aqua had turned around, it was already two late. [break][break]

The Sableye attacked knocked them down from the impact, the teen's body hitting the ground and bouncing backwards. "Tricky little shit." Aqua cursed under their breath, taking out Icey's pokeball and throwing it in retaliation against the smaller pokemon. A Lapras appeared before the two of them, her head rearing towards its opponent with a stern, contempt glare. It reared its head back and fired an ICE BEAM at the attacking ghost-type. [break][break]

Their eyes went to the girl nearby, Aqua glaring at her. "You want some too then? I've fought my way out worse places." Their androgynous voice did well to mask their current fears over getting caught and sent to who knows where. A League prison cell in war time sounded like a one way trip to the gallows. Both of them were young, clearly not meant to be doing something so harrowing as facing off in life or detah battles such as this one. "I'm gonna wipe that creepy little look off your face." [break][break]



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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2024 22:59:06 GMT
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Once they were clear of the congested woods and onto the more open Route 104 proper, Josh squeezed his paradox mount's sides. "Faster, Entei! DRAGON DANCE!" the Master of Faster ordered. With a volcanic roar, the Gouging Fire tromped and stomped forward, on his way to a League outpost not far from Petalburg. It was where he needed to make his all-important delivery. It contained a blueprint seized by a HBIC agent; an accompanying document contained plans that would give Rocket a huge edge in their next invasion.

He couldn't risk that city being Mauville.

In a trail of dragonfire, Entei zoomed toward the outpost like a purple comet, perhaps a blur to and . The rider's keen eyesight let him catch sight of their battle. While he didn't recognize the Rocket, his eyes widened at the sight of a familiar face. "...Robin?! What's she doing here?!" She was barely of age. Why was she in such a horrific warzone?

After making his delivery, he left the cart for those operating the outpost to unload. Dismounting long enough to unhook it from Entei and make sure the secret paperwork was properly handed over and secured, Josh waved goodbye to his allies before climbing atop the Gouging Fire again. Worry overflowed as he saw the young psychic's battle unfold, the Gym Leader kicked his paradox Pokémon's sides, the already speedy Pokémon performing a second, more fierce-looking DRAGON DANCE as part of its charge toward 's Lapras.

With a lowered head of an angry fire dragon charging in a blur and a lowered head, might learn why the Entei-like species was called Gouging Fire.








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
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Sableye landed the hit, but the Rocket had turned enough to avoid getting cut deep. Lapras would be an easy enough target, wouldn't it? Sableye mega evolved, wielding its large gemstone to tank the ice beam. The cave dweller then kicked the large gem at Lapras as a power gem to knock it aside. [break][break]

Having been made, Robin stepped out from the bushes. "Fuck you," she returned succinctly. "Rocket scum. You're going to regret ever crossing my path." Her right hand was bandaged, a souvenir from her fight with Maki. [break][break]

Like a sixth sense, she detected something coming. She whipped around to see a Gouging Fire coming fast. She hadn't called in back-up, and she knew the young Rocket hadn't successfully done so, either. She squinted up at the sky, trying to make out who ride on the back of the blur.

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Of course, Mega Evolution. Everybody and their parents had mega stones in this region, and here Aqua was without any sort of thing. They rolled their eyes with an overrated groan and watched as the Mega Evolved Sableye blocked the ice beam from Icey's maw. Once it was safe, it steadied the overgrown gem it held and kicked the gem over to slam down upon the Lapras with a mighty POWER GEM. It sent the ice-type backwards in pain from the attack, though not entirely out. "Icey!" Aqua asked, though the other woman facing off from them had shown herself finally, with Aqua growling at her. [break][break]

"Your path?! I'm the one trying to get out of it, dumbass!" They wouldn't let their story end here, not at the hands of this psychotic little girl. Just above them came the roaring of some kind of. For a moment, Aqua had gotten all happy with the possibility that back up had arrived and they could get some breathing room from this mission. Such thoughts were then quickly dashed as soon as the form of a flaming missile smashed into their Lapras, sending it backwards once again. "Damn it, another one of you?" [break][break]

Things were looking bad, but Aqua did their best to try and work with what they had here. A hand reached down to fetch one of the pokeballs by their belt while tossing out one to call out their Paldean Wooper. The daft looking poisonous being let out a simple cry, sizing up the Sableye in front of him while a bit of poison bubbled out of his awaiting mouth. "You good, Icey?" The Lapras was roughed up by the Gouging Fire, but let out an stubborn huff. It turned its attention to the Gouging Fire and cast BRINE at its most recent attacker with a storm of water surrounding the attack. [break][break]

The Wooper, meanwhile would bounce towards the Sableye and inhale before shooting out a sludge of goo with TOXIC. [break][break]

"I'm almost home. No way am I letting you drag me back to a cell again!"



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POSTED ON Oct 13, 2024 22:03:23 GMT
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Robin was showing the Rocket no mercy, wielding Mega Evolution from the word go and overwhelming the Lapras with a mighty POWER GEM. Josh reined Entei back to try to limit the DRAGON RUSH's power, but it was too late. Like the legendary Pokémon the Gouging Fire was named after, Entei was fast. Almost uncontrollably fast. Were Aqua and the Lapras unable to intervene, the two attacks would collide violently, blinding the dragon-type with briny water. The paradox's size kept the rider safe, but did he ever feel his mount's muscles tense from the polluted liquid that was especially toxic to Pokémon of his type.

The Champion turned to , his height advantage from being mounted perhaps adding to his intimidation. "Champion Devlin. You're outmatched, little one. I have no idea why Rocket would send a minor into battle against their will," he assumed their age, "but I won't stand for it. Give yourself up, and I will do everything in my power to make your rehabilitation and amnesty as painless as possible."

Josh turned his Gouging Fire toward next. "Robin, what's gotten into you?! They're just a child!" he scolded the psychic. "Show a little restraint! They may be Rocket, but they're still a human being!"








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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Entei         Gouging Fire   Good
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
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"I'm the one trying to get out of it-" "You should never be in it, you garbador. You should stay in the shadows with the rest of the disgusting criminal underbelly." Typical Rocket to play victim. Of course, of course divine punishment comes in the form of the one and only Josh Devlin arriving on the scene. [break][break]

Robin doesn't bother to hide the annoyance clear on her face when he comes close. His admonishment only further fans the flames. Her blood is boiling. "You can settle for half-measures in your own city, Devlin, but I'm not abandoning the people of Petalburg." He doesn't know she's turned to other League mentors like who shares the same animosity towards Rocket. Sableye uses foul play to strike the Wooper back, smacking it with its large gemstone. [break][break]

"I've got this," she hisses at Josh as the Rocket says - "I'm almost home. No way am I letting you drag me back to a cell again!"[break][break]

It burns, the statement. Despite Robin's lesson on community from , she's got less people in corner than ever before. She can't go home: Dewford is kept out of her reach because of the restraining order placed on her from her mom, and for this godforsaken terrorist to have a home while Robin can't, is too much. She turns from Josh to Aqua and seethes. "All Rockets deserve a cell or a grave. Your choice." Sableye reads the threat clear as day and uses disable on Aqua themselves.

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This woman meant business, that much was certain. Aqua glared at her while their two pokemon on the field came together in order to launch an offensive on their Pokemon in full. The arrival of another League member had made things a little bit more complicated as Aqua looked up at the towering pokemon to see another person on top of it. Somebody who oddly enough, cut them a few breaks. He claimed to go easy on them if Aqua relented. A laughable prospect. Aqua knew what happened to Rocket turncoats. "Fat chance, Devlin. I'm not-" [break][break]

The girl cut them off, as Aqua turned to look at her vitriol in full. No wonder something was off about her, she was just casually disregarding her supposed ally in this fight. The Wooper was sent backwards with another blow from the Mega Sableye, though still kicking as he bounced back up with an annoyed expression on his face. "Typical League opinion. As if you guys don't-" Pain. The Sableye's eyes glowed in their direction, using DISABLE on them. Something had clogged their throat, causing the Rocket to let out a pained yelp as they wheeze in pain. "Ha...Ahhh?!" A normal, full breathe of air was impossible. It was like they could only fill their lungs up half way. [break][break]

"Gck...F-Faaaah..." Aqua crumbled on their knees with their hands clutched around their throat, coughing as their mouth opened to suck in as much air as their lungs could carry in this state. Both Pokemon became visibly furious with the actions of the Sableye, notably the Lapras let out a bellowed cry of pure rage at her young being threatened. Its head reared back again, a burst of water being fired off at the Sableye with HYDRO PUMP. Not one to be left alone, the Wooper bounced back to the Sableye and began to use its full power to shake the ground beneath the area, using EARTHQUAKE to damage the two Pokemon near it. [break][break]



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POSTED ON Oct 15, 2024 6:56:30 GMT
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The vile tone underlying Robin's already hateful words left Josh in shock. This was not the that walked into his Gym that day. This was a monster. He never thought he would see a League fighter more unhinged than . The Volatile had his maniacal and narcisstic moments, but he had never heard such vitriol come from a Leaguer's lips before. It opened the Leader's eyes to just how much hypocrisy there was within the League's ranks. How much dissonance there was. Was this why Rocket hated the League so much? With the number of fanatics in the League's ranks growing, those on the straight and narrow path, like Josh himself, seemed to be growing increasingly rarer by the day.

Josh had been called a Rocket sympathizer before for his more moderate stance in the war. It was part of why he had not passed the Champion Assessment's interview the first time. His career path as a Ranger guided him to his political stance that the truly evil ones within Rocket were at the top. Not the helpless-looking before her.

He had to do something.

With a frightening bellow and a rear, Entei stood between Robin and Aqua before stomping the ground violently, forming a BURNING BULWARK around himself, the Rocket, and his rider. "Robin, get ahold of yourself! Please!" Josh pleaded, leaning around the Gouging Fire's crest to make eye contact with her. "They're just on Rocket's rank and file, following orders! Think about all the people from Rocket that have become heroes! Think of ! Of ! Of ! They're dying! You don't have to kill them! Bring them in alive, and let Law Enforcement decide how they're punished. They may be Rocket, but they deserve to be treated with humanity and due process, just like the rest of us!"

He was certain that would be proud if he saw Josh now.






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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
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Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
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She/Her
19
January 5
Dewford
Lesbian
Ranger
Elite Ranger (ooc)
5'4 height
5'4 height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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[SKIRMISH][C/Robin/Aqua] Shadowed Hearts
POSTED ON Oct 15, 2024 15:06:49 GMT
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Robin's hand is guided by Fate. Consequently, there are no mistakes. Everything has been determined. Still, she finds herself swallowing a tinge of regret that she had not come out to the routes with a mask on herself to allow her to do what needed to be done without interruption from the softer Leaguers. Who could have predicted a Champion would come around and put his life on the line for a Rocket? [break][break]

"I'm happy to take them in," Robin chirps despite the fire, despite the fainted Sableye on the battlefield. She reaches for a purple pokeball, one with a scratched-off sticker logo for the daycare she got Toxel from. "But I don't see them surrendering. Do you?" Because they hadn't surrendered. Sure, they hurt right now, and they were struggling to breathe, but there was no surrender. Robin still needed to apprehend them. [break][break]

She drops the ball to the ground without ceremony. Shadow Toxtricity spills out to the ground. He locks eyes with Josh defiantly, rising to his full height. "Until they've surrendered, they're still an active enemy combatant." Straight out of the Ranger guidelines for Rocket engagement.[break][break]

"In other words, this looks a lot like treason to me, Devlin. I don't know where you got your bleeding heart but you aren't Champion material, or gym leader material, or Raikou material, with compromised loyalty like that. Have you been a turncoat the whole time?" She doesn't think it's true, but she's content to drop the accusation -- if only to give Tox the opportunity to generate a shadow rave, the AoE of it impacting Josh as well if he doesn't move from his protective stance by Aqua.

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Sableye's fainted, so we're bringing out SHADOW TOXTRICITY[break]
Tox uses shadow rave on Aqua, surrounding pokemon, and Josh if he does not move out of the way [break]
50 MP showcase your own character's weakness(es) meaningfully.[break]
50 MP have your character directly or indirectly spotlight another writer's character's strengths.[break]
25 MP include a theme song or visual involving your character meaningfully in your post.[break]
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Humilau City
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[SKIRMISH][C/Robin/Aqua] Shadowed Hearts
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"Ngh...Hrrrk." Aqua's breathing continued to be labored from the Sableye's DISABLE that targeted them. They clutched their chest while slowly attempting to stand back up. Every few wheezes, a leg defied its fate and attempted to push itself up before collapsing back onto the dirt below. For whatever reason, Josh had come to their aid in defending them against this deranged ranger and going for the throat instantly. It did make sense considering the war, but it was the first time Aqua had really experienced being directly targeted themselves. But why put himself on the lifeline for their sake? Was this some sort of ruse they were trying to pull? "We're...enemies, Devlin. Why...protect me?" Aqua continued to rest where they were and cough again, still unable to breathe regularly. [break][break]

Another gasp for air. They weren't able to comprehend what Robin was doing, but their words had been seared into their memory. This was what engagements were like. The direct battle that would leave them dead if they weren't too careful. They had made a costly mistake, and it only proved as a lesson they would hopefully survive. But the mention of Raikou made Aqua freeze up. The guy protecting them was an avatar?! It did explain a lot about why he was pretty rash about defending them, but it still didn't make sense. They were supposed to hate each other! What was going on?! [break][break]

The Lapras continued to assault the Rangers, clearly upset by the events transpiring. She launched herself at Robin directly, attempting to BODY SLAM the trainer directly. The Wooper remained busy by launching a SLUDGE WAVE at the Toxtricity that had attacked them both. Aqua looked up to Josh while battling for breaths of air. "I don't-" They coughed, letting out a pained wheeze. "think she's...going to be reasoned with. Not that my input matters...but I'm not against knocking her out."



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Master of Faster
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25
December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
Straight
Mauville Gym Leader
Champion
Single; Not Looking
6'1" height
6'1" height
"With great speed comes great responsibility."
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[SKIRMISH][C/Robin/Aqua] Shadowed Hearts
POSTED ON Oct 15, 2024 20:20:42 GMT
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An enemy combatant was, but that didn't mean could choke them to death. "We may be enemies, but I can tell you're just following orders," Josh answered them as the BURNING BULWARK cooled down. "It's not you that I truly have problems with. It's the irredeemable decision makers at the top of Rocket. Turn yourself in, now, and I will do everything in my power to stop her," he side-eyed Robin menacingly. "Unlike Rocket, the League offers mercy and forgiveness to those truly willing to repent. Rehabilitation. Amnesty. I went through it, too," he referred to the time he nearly murdered Mesprit's bearer, . Though they may never understand one another, he still genuinely cared for her and her well-being.

Did Josh have a bleeding heart? Yes. But that didn't make him not Champion material. It didn't disqualify him from being Gym Leader material. Above all, it certainly didn't disqualify him from the blessing the Great One Ho-oh gave him in their final moments with their Avatar.

Entei lowered his mean-looking horn toward Robin and her Toxtricity upon seeing the familiar Shadow Pokémon that he disqualified the Ranger from his Gym over. "That's still no excuse to treat them inhumanely!" he barked. "Robin, why do you fight? Is it to obtain something? Is it to destroy something? Or is it--"

Upon the SHADOW RAVE reaching his ears, Entei reared and bucked with volcanic force, Josh frantically pulling on the Gouging Fire's reins to try to get the Gouging Fire under control. The Champion simply lacked the strength to resist, unable to keep his Gouging Fire from attempting to gore Robin or her Toxtricity (GHOSTFINCH's choice) with his wicked horn. His horn stuck in the earth, he mightily heaved with strength putting the meanest Tauros in the world to shame, sending Josh flying over the paradox Beast's crown and into a vulnerable position closer to Petalburg City.

As he struggled to get to his feet, the RAINBOW FEATHER began to scintillate with bright iridescence...







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Entei         Gouging Fire   Confu
Swift         Raikou         Good
Aleph         Type: Null     Good
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January 5
Dewford
Lesbian
Ranger
Elite Ranger (ooc)
5'4 height
5'4 height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Josh was digging his feet in the dirt over this criminal rat. It boiled her blood. She had given everything to the League and had practiced for almost a full year before challenging Josh only to be disqualified for an invisible rule, and he had the gall to argue about correctness over someone who either had blood on their hands or would. [break][break]

The Gouging Fire's head comes down to strike her but she had seen it a moment prior, a premonition - [break][break]

She raises a hand and uses her own telekinesis to redirect its strike towards the left, letting it buck Josh without gouging her in the process. "I fight because it's necessary." Her voice is monotone. "I fight because I have no other choice." The image of clutching her wound in the alleyway comes to her full force. Her gaze pushes past Josh and locks onto Aqua. [break][break]

The darkness in her voice is for both of them. "I still don't hear a surrender." Toxtricity's throat opens for a war cry, a victorious but chilling sound. "Let's see if we can hear them over this noise, yeah?" The cry turned into psychic noise, erupting throughout the battlefield.

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Tox uses PSYCHIC NOISE (prevents healing; feel free to incorporate some damage/ringing ears due to PUNK ROCK ability)[break]
50 MP have your character "hit rock bottom" (their lowest point).[break]
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Humilau City
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"I hate to break it to you, b-but the League's not really some shining bastion of hope as you guys make it out to be. I'm wanted by them for a reason, and until they change, I'll keep at it. So take your side kick and shove it." Through pained wheezes and half breaths, Aqua continued to defy the forces against them and at least make it to resting on their legs while remaining upright. The girl from before, Robin, continued to deadpan towards Josh and them, just completely against everything he stood for. [break][break]

The newly called Toxtricity let out another ear piercing loud sound attack, causing Aqua to clamp down on their previous ears. They grunted in pain as they began to ring incessantly. Just non-stop tinnitus for a while. But Aqua refused to back down. "You call that making me surrender? You're as weak as those precious excuses you call "morals." How about you really make me surrender? Because all I see right now is some therapy reject who wasted their megastone on a Sableye I just crushed. How about that?" [break][break]

Aqua taunted Robin further, intent on drawing out that hatred to see what she could really do.[break][break]

"You've got somebody to protect, don't you? Somebody you'd do anything for. Everyone in the League does. I've seen plenty of them like you. Wearing that stoic face around and pretending you're above it all. But you're just looking for an excuse to hurt me right now. You could care less about surrendering or anything beyond putting me in a body bag." [break][break]

Aqua's arm rose to motion to Josh and his fiery friend, maybe the Raikou if the dog was here somewhere.[break][break]

"At least Devlin stands for something. He's not blindly parading around and believing the lies of a boardroom full of rich assholes whose reaction to people dying is how many more they have in reserve. You, on the other hand, are a psychopath. A little reject from whatever region you're from, looking to prove something to somebody who couldn't care less if you were dying."[break][break]

"You're the very thing the Council loves in a lap dog: not asking questions, only looking for fights instead of peace, and being a good little dog who doesn't tug on the leash. I pity you. I pity whoever you're doing this all for. And I pity your Pokemon for having to endure living with you as their trainer."



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Hogwarts AU
RPG Unlimited
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The Enroi Region
N:FB
Vyrehaven
Celestial Guardians, AU Sailor Moon RP
EO GENESIS
Code and Crown: An advanced literate warriors cats RP, set in medieval times
Swords Clashing