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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD GOURGEIST APPEARED!

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the duo approaches a lovely looking stump just up ahead, and relief washes over onus' sunken-in eyes and pale face. he looks like shit, and that looks like heaven. just to...take a seat...

"mother fu --!" with a whoosh, a gourgeist appears, a giggle filling the air as it challenges the duo to a battle. onus locks eyes with the grass/ghost type, his brow showing that he is both livid and aghast. "you son of a....dell, foul play." the nickit springs into action, his forme moving quickly as he lunges at the gourgeist. the hit lands, and the gourgeist returns the favor with a shadow ball. ghastly energy whirls around it before accumulating in a sphere before it, launching at the nickit, who withstands the hit by shielding its face with its oversized tail.

"hone claws, then feint attack." the nickit sharpens its claws quickly before diving back into the fray, watching as the gourgeist prepares another shadow ball. the forces meet somewhere in the middle, but the nickit not only breaks through the shadow ball, but lands a hit on the gourgeist.

it is enough to send the thing sprawling back to wherever the fuck it came from.

"good job, dell. finally, just...a seat."

he sits.

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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD SUNFLORA APPEARED!

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"I suppose you're here to irritate me too?" a sunflora stands before them, its face a still, creepy smile. neither party moves, the movement of air the only sign of life between all 3 of them. onus won't move, won't initiate -- he's got a headache and he doesn't need this little piece of shit making it throb any harder than it already is.

so they sit. and sit. minutes pass, and onus begins wondering just what the fuck this thing wants with him. does it need companionship? does it need food? shelter? what?

the sunflora finally takes a step toward onus. then another. dell sits casually, but onus knows he is ready.

and then, she just sits. right there. right next to them.

just, sits.

and so they sat, watching as the clouds floated along, for a good 20 minutes. sunflora's presence is calming...it slows the world around them, and it makes his head feel much lighter. onus smiles at the pokemon, who returns her same smile back.

this time, it is endearing to him. his hand reaches over and pats her on the forehead, his smile lingering as they continue to bond.

and then, she gets up, looks at him, and walks back off into the woods.

and onus just sits there. just.



sits there.

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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD ROSERADE APPEARED!

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the moment of confusing peace that follows sunflora's presence is not long for this world -- a flurry of leaves rises from the foliage, its wielder a roserade ready for battle. the nickit, too, rises, ready to protect his hungover and existentially confused trainer. a magical leaf shoots off after dell, who is forced to take the hit.

he shrugs it off -- he's strong that way -- and returns with a feint attack, another no-miss move. the roserade has no trouble withstanding the attack, either, and summons a petal dance to send the little dark type flying.

onus is still silent, still thinking about her. dell must conduct himself, and uses another feint attack to topple the roserade into a tree.

they trade another magical leaf for another feint attack, and this one is enough to leave both pokemon exhausted. dell looks over his shoulder to his trainer, who is finally moving.

a pokeball soars over the nickit's head and releases zen, onus' tropius. dell returns to his trainer's side.

"air slash." as the roserade attempts to use another magical leaf in this clear type disadvantage, tropius overwhelms it with an air slash that sends the roserade back to whatever shithole it came from.

for a moment, onus, dell, and zen share a look in relative silence.

"i mean really, what was that sunflora?"

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