Back at it with these fucking pirates. Didn't these shitheads learn anything the last time Oscar came around? Obviously not, because here he was again sent to clean them up. This time however, they decided to add defenses to their base. A lot of them.

From his vantage point on the cliff, Oscar spied multiple patrols revolving around the cove. Smart enough way to guard their hideout. Can't give them too much credit though, damn idiots sent out ground and dark types. Just because Nidoking is scary and strong doesn't mean he won't get washed away come high tide. 

Oscar's partner in this raid arrived late, a rare reversal of Oscar's usual tendencies. He wasn't bothered by the tardiness, it gave him time to take in the ocean air. He pulled out a cigarette case as his partner approached, opening it to reveal a set of lollipops. He held the assortment out to her, "Name's Oscar. You're not late if nothing's happened."

After his partner made her choice Oscar chose a sucker of his own before holstering the case. He pointed his neck toward the cove, "Just as the intel said it's heavily fortified. But heavily doesn't mean well, bunch of clowns have no idea what they're doing. Built up their walls real fuckin' strong like but a bit of finesse will tear it right down."

He allowed his partner a moment to survey the scene, "How do you wanna do this?"

circe crowley

"Right, no problem with that." Oscar's team was focused on assault, so he didn't mind taking the lead on facing the guards. He stretched a bit and sighed, "So should we do codenames? Sometimes my partners like to do that. I can be Loop and you can be Fruit." As Oscar released tension in his shoulders he snickered, "I'm kidding don't agree to that. I have trouble with silence. Shall we begin?"

When Circe was ready, Oscar let out Xyler the Yanmega to transport him to the ground. He followed Circe on her own transport, the duo trying their best to be stealthy as they traveled toward an outcropping of rocks that made for perfect cover. It was not hard, their guards were plentiful but they were as dumb as their trainers. They didn't even attempt to look up. 

When they landed behind the rocks, Oscar hopped off Xyler and looked to Circe. "I'll leave it to you, you create the opening and I'll dive in swinging." Oscar pulled out a pokeball and began to toss it up into the air, only to catch it swiftly. He did this motion a few times, waiting eagerly to see Circe perform.

circe crowley

Oscar clicked his tongue at Circe's warning to not 'fuck it up'. "Well I'll try but you never know." He gave her a playful smile as she began her work. Leaning against their hiding place, he watched intently as she commanded her pokemon. She claimed to not be very strong, but for some reason Oscar felt like she was underselling herself.

His theory would gain credibility as her ice types unleashed their power upon the pirates. Oscar watched as the area was transformed into a snowy landscape, with pirate and pokemon alike freezing under the weight of an icy breeze. Oscar lifted his eyebrows, perhaps she didn't even need him.

However it became clear that there were still many left to deal with, especially as the Sheer Colds died down. The other guards arrived, and while that confused tyranitar kept them occupied it would be up to Oscar to finish them off. "My turn." He pulled out two pokeballs and released their contents. Out came his Arcanine, Argoth, and his Dragonite, Ludicrous. 

The two looked at Oscar for orders, and Oscar responded by pointing past the rock and saying, "Get out there and rip apart anything that moves. Oh, unless they were an alolan ninetails or a weaville." Argoth barked loudly before ripping off through the snow, but Ludicrous hesitated. Was she really expected to fight with all this ice around? She gave Oscar a worried look, and Oscar responded with a hand motion that read, 'Today please.' Reluctantly, Ludicrous flew off into the fray.

Argoth immediately got to work, using the back of the rampaging tyranitar to vault himself among the defending pirates and their pokemon. Upon landing he unleashed a radical blast of Flamethrower, setting many of the poor pirates aflame. Using a mix of Extreme Speed and Reversal, Argoth  pin-balled from pokemon to pokemon, knocking them down with the weight of his attacks. It wasn't enough to knock them out though, that was Ludicrous's job.

Not wanting to touch the snow, Ludicrous stayed in the sky to unleash blasts of Dragon Pulse upon the foes Argoth had knocked over. When a pokemon wasn't knocked down, Ludicrous would instead use Wing Attack to get them on the ground before following up with the pulse. It was nothing fancy, but their team work was getting the job done. 

Oscar watched patiently, fighting the urge to give orders. He was practicing letting his pokemon use their training and instincts to battle, after hearing the advice to do so about five times too many. It was a struggle though, he was so used to micromanaging he could not imagine just letting them fight on their own. But they seemed to be doing alright so far, so he simply observed to nurse his lollipop.

circe crowley