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POSTED ON Nov 19, 2019 21:03:41 GMT
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Just by looking at them you would have no idea that they were on a job, especially not one that involved them acting as protection. Well the Pidgeot perched nearby keeping a watchful eye appeared professional but the man and Pyroar below who were lounging about did not.

They were hired to safeguard a ranch’s herd of Wooloo from potential thieves and scoundrels who would want to make off with the livestock. It was a simple job which was why Samuel and his Pyroar did not appear to be taking things seriously.

Instead, the Pyroar was resting within the large pen which homed the Wooloo with Samuel sitting on the ground. His body was leaned back against the lion’s body and he kept himself busy with note writing. It would appear as if he wasn't paying the world any mind at all, even the other who was working on this job with him was somewhat being ignored.


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POSTED ON Nov 20, 2019 7:54:43 GMT
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Had Annie been paying the man any mind, she wouldn’t have hesitated to complain about his lack of care. Unfortunately – or perhaps fortunately for him – she was preoccupied by more important matters. Namely, that she was surrounded by a swarm of absurdly fluffy Pokemon, never before seen in the region. She hadn’t stopped moving since they’d arrived, bouncing back and forth between the Wooloo. Even if she wasn’t being watched, her occasional squeals of joy marked her movement throughout the flock. Rushing around, petting and cooing and hugging the poor beasts hadn’t done wonders for their demeanour at first, but they had very slowly realised that she didn’t mean much harm.

That, and her targets realised it would end faster if they let her get it over with.

“I could do this forever!”
she called to the man, only to look over and realise that he was lying down on the job. Unacceptable! She stomped over to the man, planted her hands on her hips and leaned over to stare at him. “We’re supposed to be watching the Wooloo, not writing about them! Shouldn’t you, you know, be on your feet? Making sure that they’re safe?”
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POSTED ON Nov 20, 2019 8:45:06 GMT
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”I figured you had that covered seeing how you were frolicking with them. But you’re right! How silly of me!” Samuel began, his focus not moving from what he was doing.

”I should have been like you and spent all my time hugging them to make sure they’re safe and sound.” He laughed, getting up from the ground. Samuel would then look over to the Bird Pokémon that was keeping an ever so vigilant eye on the surrounding area.

The Pokémon nodded which meant everything was fine, for now at least. This is exactly the response that Sam expected to get from the bird.

Who in the world would attack in the middle of broad daylight anyhow? You had to either be a complete idiot or extremely bold to pull a stunt like that off. Now if they were out here in the dark then Sam might have considered being a bit more proactive in their job but for now, he’d just enjoy how wonderful the weather was today and get this easy paycheck.

”Horus says everything is fine so everything is fine!” He’d wave away the girl’s worry. ”This your first time working with Wooloo, isn't it?”


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POSTED ON Nov 20, 2019 22:54:07 GMT
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Oh, heck no. Annie puffed up her chest and put on her best stern face. “I am performing valuable and rarely-seen Pokemon mental welfare checks! Everybody needs a hug once in a while! They just happen to be very good at being hugged! Besides, while I’m on the move, I can observe the situation from different viewpoints! Or, er, angles! I’m making sure that nothing is missed.” She nodded in agreement with herself.

Not that it helped, for the man had already seen right through her. All at once, the act dropped, and her body drooped forward. “…Yes, sir…” She stood up straight. Both hands gestured to the flock. “Look at them! They’re begging for love and kindness! If you even tried to put a hand on them, Mister Guy, you wouldn’t be able to resist!”

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POSTED ON Nov 22, 2019 0:09:37 GMT
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Samuel chuckled at the girl’s antics. She most certainly had a lot of energy as expected of someone her age and it was quite entertaining. ”My name is Samuel, not ‘Mister Guy’.” He responded, walking over to one of the Wooloo and petting the fluffy creature.

”If you think this is nice image wearing something made from their fleece. It’s simply wonderful!” As he spoke he fed the Sheep Pokémon treats he had.

”And just in case you’re wondering it doesn’t hurt them in fact they need to get shorn or else their coats get too big and they can’t walk.” In the corner of his eye he could spot Horus, and something was a bit off about the bird. The Pidgeot looked as if it trying hard to focus on something. Unbeknownst to those below a Thievul was sneaking about, trying to find its way in to snatch itself a meal.


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POSTED ON Nov 22, 2019 8:10:41 GMT
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A devilish grin found its way onto her face as he fell for her trap! One moment, he was merely touching the Wooloo, and the next, he was feeding them! Nobody could resist the allure of the cotton balls for long, even the questionable patronising old man in front of her.

Imagine, she did. Though it was a bittersweet thought. “Oh, I bet it is! That’s gonna be my Christmas gift to myself – a warm jumper! If I can get one in time… Maybe even get my name on it! It’s Annie, by the way. If my name’s on my clothes, nobody’ll mind that I keep forgetting to say it!” Annie’s near-inability to sit still and the region’s warmer climate made up for the fact that her wardrobe was near-exclusively oversized t-shirts and trousers. She couldn’t get away with that forever - the temperature was steadily dropping, and she was already starting to look out of place. Too poor to pass as a tourist and too young to pass as ‘making a fashion statement’. Not that it seemed to bother her.

The man’s fun fact had completely sold her on the Pokemon. Her head whipped back and forth between Samuel and the nearest Wooloo – her soon-to-be next victim. It seemed to know it. “Oh. My. Geez-you-guys-are-just-the-most-adorable-how-could-they-keep-you-from-us-for-this-long!” She charged. It made it all of two steps away before she collapsed on its wool, dreamy sigh and all. “They’re just so big and fluffy and huggable and absolutely adorable! I want to sleep on a bed of them, and pull over a blanket that's also made of them! Not their wool, just living Wooloos!” Needless to say, she’d forgotten about their little guarding job.
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POSTED ON Nov 22, 2019 18:33:21 GMT
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”Well it’s very nice to meet you Annie.”

Samuel could only half pay attention to the young girl’s words as his mind was too preoccupied on this feeling of danger that was coming over him. His Pidgeot was becoming more agitated and even some of the Wooloo in the pen were acting strange.

The straw that broke the Camerupt’s back was when Regulus who had been resting this entire time poked his head as if he heard something. Looking through the sea of Wooloo Samuel could barely spot a shadow moving amidst the sheep. The silent tension in the air was cut as Horus took off from his porch, landing near the herd in almost a blink of an eye.

This sent some of the Wooloo flying as a powerful gust of wind shot from the epicenter, a result of the bird Pokémon’s powerful wings. It was more than enough for Samuel and his little friend here to feel the force. Horus had pinned down the shadow that was creeping towards the Wooloo revealing it to be a Thievul that was looking to make a snack out of the poor sheep.

Unfortunately that had not been the only one, another of the sly devils was about to make off with a Wooloo if it hadn’t been for Regulus who had caught the thief before it could seep its fangs into the Wooloo.

During all of this the Wooloo only naturally began to freak out, running about the pen in terror. ”Help me calm them down and gather them up.” While he said that he didn’t go straight to it, he had to deal with two thieves.

”Now, now! Whatever shall we do with you two?” A wicked smile growing on his face as he stared down at the two Thievul his Pokémon had caught.


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POSTED ON Nov 23, 2019 22:26:54 GMT
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Annie had half her face buried into her latest victim’s fur when both of them felt a gust of wind threaten to force them back. The girl stood up straight, a firm hand on the fluffball dissuading it from fleeing. Widened eyes quickly found the source of their troubles – the man’s bird had descended on a Pokemon she didn’t recognise, and his other had found more where that came from. Predators. Her smile fled the scene about as quickly as the Wooloo had. “Shi- Alright, we’re working now! That’s fine, that’s fine…”

From her pockets, she retrieved a pair of Pokeballs to unleash half of her team. “It’s showtime, team Annie! Bolt, you’re a friendly face. Help us coral- corral? One of them. Get all of these Wooloo together!” The Shinx nodded, always happy to oblige. Off he went, to bark and nudge a flock of Pokemon half his size into order. He wasn’t the best suited for the job, but he was the best that she had.

“And you, Fortuna… You’re on Happiness Patrol!” The Chansey’s arms sprang upwards, as much as the stubs could. She needed no further explanation and hurried off to start. They both knew that Fortuna enjoyed nothing more than making sure everybody nearby had their spirits lifted. Whether it was through natural talent or experience, she’d become very good at soothing people and Pokemon alike. Gentle gestures and calming calls helped to tame their wards before they could make themselves bigger targets.

That left Annie to act as watchdog. She took careful steps backwards, watching the flock as she approached Samuel. “Hey, er… What the heck are those?” Her hand hovered over another Pokeball – if two of them had arrived, a third could be close behind, and she was the only free hand on the field to react to it! “I mean, obviously they’re no good, but I’ve never seen them before. I guess that we just knock them out and move them somewhere else, right?”
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POSTED ON Nov 24, 2019 3:03:08 GMT
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”They’re called Thievul.” Samuel explained, still staring down at the two dark type Pokémon.

”They’re shifty little criminals who are notorious for causing all sorts of mischief. They really like to sneak into places and steal whatever they can get the mitts on or in our case make way with some tasty Wooloo snacks. They’re originally from Galar.”

What Annie suggested doing with them was probably the easiest way of handling the situation but before he did that there was still something on his mind. Samuel looked around, took note of the barn, the Wooloo, little Miss Annie and then back to the two Thievul.

”Something doesn’t seem right.” He looked back to the Wooloo and started counting them. ”A Wooloo is missing.” Now this was just fantastic. ”Get rid of these two.” Samuel waved his hand which was enough of a signal for his Pokémon to take action.

With his powerful talons, the large Pidgeot grabbed hold of the two Thievul and flew off to drop them off somewhere a good distance away.

”Regulus, with me.” The two began to walk away before Samuel turned his head to look to Annie. ”Regulus will be able to track the third one down but just in case another one shows up you stay here.” It couldn’t have gotten too far.

Samuel had a suspicion that the Pokémon might be hiding out inside the barn.


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“Thievul,” she repeated under her breath. “I guess we got the good and the bad from Galar.” Perhaps it was a little hypocritical of her to look down on thieves, but at least she could justify her crimes as a necessity. Besides, everything was worse when it was against her. “No worries, then! We know that they’re here, so they won’t get any further.” Her optimism largely ignored that their slacking had caused the problem in the first place, and that it wasn’t completely solved yet.

“Missing? You don’t think they managed to get one, do you?” She closed her hand on a Pokeball, but too late – the man was already taking point on recovering their lost puffball. “Right, got it. I’ll keep on keeping an eye out.” She put herself to work wandering the field. Between her vigilant gaze, her Shinx rallying the Wooloo together, and her Chansey keeping the most distressed of them under control, there weren’t many places for thieves to hide. “Keep up the good work, guys… And let me know if you see anything, Samuel! Everything’s alright out here for now!”
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From the looks of it something forced its way into the barn, basically confirming Samuel’s suspicion. Based on what he knew there wasn’t any other way to get in or out so the Thievul had cornered itself. Most would think of that as a good thing but Samuel knew better as whenever someone is cornered, especially one that is most certainly in over their head and must be panicking at this point, that is when they become their most dangerous. Samuel was more than experienced dealing with this situation, with cornered rats. Flushing them out was always a fun time.

The duo stepped into the dimly lit barn, the scene of a struggle the first sight to greet them. ”Wait here.” Samuel ordered, his Pokémon not having the best reaction to said command but listened nonetheless. This was risky, going it alone, but that’s exactly what Samuel wanted.

He’d search for the Wooloo alone in an attempt to have Thievul hop out of where it’s hiding and attack him. And it didn’t take long to find the lost Wooloo and more importantly, the Pokémon wasn’t injured severely. A bit roughed up and terrified but other than that it was fine.

The Thievul was nowhere in sight, clearly hiding to either surprise attack or sneak away. ”No need to be scared anymore, I’m here to get you out safely.” Samuel went to comfort the Wooloo in order to calm it down but couldn’t help but notice it was staring so intensely at something behind Samuel. The Thievul was behind the man and having waited for the opportune moment decided to strike.

But much to its misfortune Regulus had been watching this entire time and managed to intercept the dark type. ”Good job.” The blonde smiled. Samuel then escorted the Wooloo out of the barn and rejoined with the others.

”So I take it everything went fine here.” He’d ask Annie.


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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2019 7:39:31 GMT
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The girl was left on babysitting duty. Under normal circumstances she would have been a little annoyed by the role, but considering that it was why they were there (and that she’d already messed up once), she was determined to do the job right that time around. While Samuel ventured into the barn, Annie went on patrol, making sure that none of the Thievul weren’t waiting in the wings for their chance. “Fortuna, Bolt, keep an eye out! Just in case…”

It didn’t take long for her suspicions to be confirmed. Her Chansey spotted the would-be thief first, a concerned cry directing the herd and the trainer towards the trouble. It’d made it halfway out of the trees before being spotted, and knew better than to try its luck once its cover was blown. It turned to flee, but with one “Sic ‘em, Bolt!”, the beast was being chased down by a rapidly charging Shinx – in both senses of the word. The Pokemon was near-overwhelmed by cackling electricity, which violently transferred to the Thievul as it was rammed into. The Wild Charge had done a fair bit of damage to Bolt too, but the challenger was worse off. Not quite knocked out, but injured enough to be sent packing – and hopefully wise enough not to return any time soon.

Annie gave Bolt a thumbs-up for his efforts and beckoned him back to the field, where Fortuna had busied herself keeping the Wooloo calm in the face of an attacker. When Samuel returned, things didn’t seem much different from when he’d left, and the girl’s smile didn’t seem to give much away. "Yup, things went well! You think I'd let anything bad happen to these guys on my watch?" If he looked to her Shinx, he’d notice he had roughed himself up a little, and the occasional spark of his fur marked the remnants of his attack.
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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2019 7:53:58 GMT
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Samuel smiled when he noticed, thinking to himself that the girl could be reliable after all. He was glad he didn’t come back to a complete mess. Soon after his Pidgeot arrived, which Samuel then gestured to the Thievul that were still around.

”Got more for you to relocate.” He’d point to them and Horus got to work. ”You did good.” Samuel smiled to Annie has he did one last check up on all the Wooloo, making sure they were all in relatively fine condition and tending to those who needed some extra attention, they had quite the day.

Speaking of having quite the day, it would seem that Samuel’s and Annie’s would be coming to a close as well. Their shifts were about over now and Samuel had a lot to report to the owners concerning what happened here. ”Looks like we’re about done for the day.” He began.

”Not sure about you but I’ve had my fair share of Thievul for a while!” He laughed. ”But it was nice meeting you kid. You ever need help with something give me a call, think of it has thanks for helping me out.” Samuel would hand the girl a business card.

The man was a teacher and he could tell a troubled kid just by looking at them. And there was something about her that reminded him of himself. ”I'll take care of everything else so you can head home. Catch you around.” He’d walk off and give her a wave.


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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2019 21:46:45 GMT
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The Wooloo were fine, thankfully. It may as well have been Fortuna’s sole purpose in life to ensure that everybody around her was in good spirits. Even as Samuel spoke, she was still patting the worry out of the fluffball. Deciding that it was meant for her, the Chansey cheered her thanks to Samuel’s praise. Annie shook her head, much like a mother would at a confused child, but it was hard for her to keep the smile off her face. “Of course I did good! I never deliver anything less. …But thanks. You were pretty alright too, you know?”

She beckoned to her partners to hurry back to her side. Fortuna waved goodbye to her new friends, while Bolt rushed over to be scooped into Annie’s arms. His talk of a good time brought out a toothy grin. “Aw shucks, now you’re just trying to make my head big! It’s just nice to be nice, so I try to keep it up.” The man handed her a business card; Bolt leaned forward to take it with his mouth on her behalf. Pursed lips and a rare moment of hesitation came before she spoke. “I don’t think I can do much with this. I don’t really have whatever people use to call people with now… But thanks again, I guess! I’ll keep it in my bag, just in case! I’d give you mine, but… I don’t have one. Just remember my face for next time! Now, I think we’ve earned ourselves an honest meal, don’t you?” She looked down at the Shinx in her arms, and he purred back.

“Thanks for everything, Mister Samuel! Maybe we’ll see you again some time!” Deep down, she doubted it – Hoenn was a big place, and she had no easy way to get in touch with him. Still, stranger things had happened, and if all went to plan, he’d see her face up in lights soon enough anyway.
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