PP: STATUES

Here we go.

He hadn't been paying much attention to the poison patrols— but if he happened to be near when one broke out, he couldn't well ignore it, could he.

"Break it." Doug ordered sharply as he arrived at the scene, his Orbeetle's eyes glowing shortly after.

The statue was torn off the soil and launched high in the air, before getting brought back down with a booming crack. Again and again, until it was shattered to pieces.

Doug didn't pay it too much mind after it had been upheaved, though— he was kneeling besides the people worshipping the thing, his hand glowing.

"You okay, mister?" He asked gently, tearing off the toxic chain's remnants.

Raising his gaze briefly to the statues' remnants, his brow furrowed.

This was weird, even for Hoenn.

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TL;DR:
-destroy the stone effigies/statues; doing so will free the trainers and their pokemon from their toxic chains (the first 15 characters will receive 5 mochi; the rest will receive 3 mochi. if your character already has 20 mochi, they will only receive 3 mochi).

EMSD, the real OGs

maverick noah ryder, Elaine Highland, Sigurd Holst

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Doug nodded at Elaine Highland's observation, humming.

"Yuh-huh. This territorial spat ain't gonna last much longer." He said.

Though there weren't that many dead— there were some, and one side had suffered slightly more than the other.

Enough to put an end to a territorial squabble, to say the least. Lots of the fighters looked drained— worse for wear. The side with fewer numbers would be retreating before long.

At least, if these bugs resembled the ones he knew and understood.

"... What are we doin'?" He asked the other two, glancing over at Elaine and maverick noah ryder before grinning.

"They're pokemon, and we're trainers." He reminded the other two... before letting go of Tiamat, dropping down. "Let's go catch some pokemon!"

He landed in a roll on the sand, grabbing a handful of mud as he did and quickly taking aim—

He chucked it, striking one of the pokemon in the eye— and drawing away it's irate attention.

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PROMPT
Doug used a MUD BALL.
-MUD BALL: the mud ball can be used to stun, slow, distract or attack a target of choice.
🗺️ SPECIAL HUNT:
-Doug is capturing a Pheromosa.

2 AM

An evening with Yuina Higashi

Unfortunately for Yuina— Doug woke up this time.

"Hm?" He mumbled, his eyelids quaking slightly as they opened. Briefly, he gazed at Yuina in clearly bemused silence.

Then he pinched her gut (lightly).

"Woah. I'm awake?" He said innocently— making no effort to push her away, simply reclining further into the couch, arm still around her waist.

Looking over... what little he could see in the dark, he gave her a toothy grin, lightly cocking his head.

"My... someone sure got comfy while I was out."

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TL;DR:-Doug is awake.

ER: HOENN EDITION

FT. Andrea Vaneau

"... Was... Was the sandwich... good?" He asked after a moment, so flabbergasted he couldn't think of anything else to say.

While not his first meeting with Andrea, it was the first time he had become privy to her... life long goals.

By golly, a human, turning into a pokemon.

...

"You know." He said after a moment, brows furrowing as he went into deep thought, cupping his chin.

As part of his re-studies upon... 'returning' from Galar, he had immersed himself into both the formative literature (as a refresher) and the research literature (to fill in whatever gaps Uxie might've missed).

"There's a theory out there that humans might actually be just another pokemon species." He said, rubbing his chin. "It's mostly based on historic accounts as well myth, but I've seen more than a few papers attempt at taking a more scientific crack at it."

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TL;DR:

Monster Hunter

With Lucia Aldrete

Dear lord, the force of will that it took for him not to preen like an Unfezant at the unrestrained praise.

"Hehehe, it's not nice to brag... but yeah, pretty much!" He said, grinning wide at Lucia.

Yeah, he was one of the strongest trainers in Hoenn, wasn't he? He was the goddamn Champion of the Hoennian Stars Tournament! He had literally been certified as awesome back then, and he was even stronger now!

"I did win first try." He mused, before winking. "Buuut it wasn't my first gym battle. It was just the first gym I ever entered. I was an spectator, then."

Time for some explanations.

"See, back home, it wasn't like in Hoenn." He said, raising a digit as he explained. "Ya couldn't just challenge any gym whenever. A lot of 'em? They had badge minimums. And the one I told ya of? That one required seven other badges, minimum."

Man, he sure was rambling a lot, he realized. Ah well, she was interested.

"Man, if I had had to fight that as my first gym, it would've been a nightmare." He said with a laugh.

Casually, he let a single, tiny healing scale pass through the ice pack and into Lucia's leg.

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TL;DR:Doug is using his Tapu Lele avatar power, healing scales, to speed up Lucia's leg's recovery.

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CULL THE HERD

With Eris Halla.

That made sense.

"Wanna hang out for a while, then?" He asked, turning to look at her—

And at that moment.

CRACK—


Doug was alert and on his feet in within seconds, holding an arm out before Eris.

The ground across from them suddenly cracked. Loudly.

CRAAAACK! BOOM!

With a booming clap, the earth tore, leaving a huge hole on the ground... And from it, a boulder slowly rose.

7, H shaped beads glowed and... buzzed(?) at them(?) as a lumbering titan began to rise out of the soil, its each, lumbering step making the earth shake.

Without paying either of them any mind, it advanced forth, slowly, each step making all three of them present seemingly jerk up inches in the air as if they were in a bouncy castle.

"... What the f—?" Doug began to say, before slapping himself. "I mean... fudge."

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TL;DR:
Total: 1089

RKS

With Greyson Connors

The Dynamax Cannon crashed into the barrier of flowers— and it held strong, its beauty untarnished by the overwhelming force threatening to turn them all into trails of ash.

"Ready!" Doug shouted back at the Elite 4, not letting himself get too distracted by the beauty before of the barrier.

He could express his admiration later.

His pokeballs flew, releasing a trio of bugs that quickly fell in line with the sprinting Zamacenta.

The shield had surged forth to attack Eternatus— Greyson's barrier had granted it a chance to take the offensive.

It's shield glowed as it charged, the steely mane spreading wide around it as its energy burst forth— and then exploded outwards as a trio of lights spun around the canine, bolstering its power to monumental heights—

With a boom, the sound barrier was shattered as Zamacenta launched like a missile unto Eternatus' flank—

The crash shattering every glass surface in the city as a following shockwave rippled across.

The simulation seemed to stop and stutter in its wake, an explosion spreading out and consuming everything with white.

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TL;DR:
-Beat the Volbeat used Helping Hand.
-Lumi the Illumise used Helping Hand.
-Veat the Volbeat used Helping Hand.
-Zamacenta used Behemoth Bash.

DAGM20

With Cadet Yuina Higashi

Despite his seemingly inert smile, his eyelids widened slightly, warmth suddenly tingling at his cheeks as he took her... everything in.

"... W-wow. That's a hella of'a throw back." He noted with a trembling smile, cheeks flushing slightly red as he scratched at them. "But... yeah. You won't."

He looked away whilst scratching his cheek, unwilling to let the cadet see too much.

"B-but anyway, we ain't done'ere just yet, cadet." He quickly reminded her, turning back, still somewhat red faced, to wink her way. "Let's see if ya can still say that after today."

Just ignore the obvious flush of his cheeks. On to the next training ground!

PRISMATIC PENITENTIARY[break]SIGN-UPS

LOCK IN

CHARACTER: John Sullivan [break]
WHICH WARD?: THE UGLY WARD[break]
PREFERRED CELLMATE(S): Yuina Higashi [break]
PKMN TEAM (6 MAX):[break]

WHY WAS YOUR CHARACTER SORTED INTO THEIR WARD? (OPTIONAL): cuz he ugly duh Pretensions of forgiveness are... ugly.

CULL THE HERD

With Eris Halla.

Sliding down the rocky wall, he craned back his head and stared at the ceiling, basking in the cool rock against him as sweat dripped down his temple and down to his jaw.

The mission was done and over with, and Eris was fine.

This would do.

"Let's get outta'ere." He said after several minutes, stumbling back up to his feet. "Are you goin' back to Merlo's?"

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TL;DR:

Total: 910

RESEARCH STATION

With ollie morales

Doug nodded along to Ollie's words, gaze set ahead.

The station they were looking for had come into view as they spoke, but Doug never once paused, releasing an orbeetle besides himself instead.

It's eyes glowed, and whatever it meant only made Doug's march more certain.

"Logically. Ethically. Pragmatically." He said. "Amnesty's the right choice."

As they came upon the station, Doug finally came to a stop. Hoisting the gasoline he had brought, he uncorked it open, before casually throwing a good few litters across the front.

"Still... Call me petty." He said. "But my parents are dead. My childhood was spent on a warzone. My psyche has been 'permanently scarred' whatever the hell that platoon shrink meant."

He paused, before snorting. His hand slowly dragged over his chest.

"And don't even get me started on the actual scars." He said. "I look like I belong in one of those animes, except instead of cool my scars are just ugly and itch all over."

He paused, still pouring gasoline until it emptied completely. Casually, he discarded it, turning back to walk back Ollie. He fished into his breast pocket for something.

"Where was I going with this...?" He muttered to himself as he produced a lighter. "Oh, right. So yeah, I know I should forgive and forget. Peace of mind, ethics— lots of my friends are rockets, too, so I've got tons my own skin in the game. And yet."

Flicking open the lighter, a fire surged, before he threw it onto the station.

A barrier was quickly erected by the Orbeetle, standing between them and the site.

As the lighter landed... The station exploded.

"I still don't like the implication that Rockets should be forgiven. That whatever they've done, it can be forgiven." He finally said as the station burned in the background. "No amount of money or public service is bringing my parents back."

And yet, he shrugged.

"But I'm a hypocrite." He said. "I can't sustain this disdain against my own friends."

Which was why he struggled at all, really.

"Anyway. Shall we head back?"

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TL;DR:
-Doug gives a very unreadable response. Keep asking, Ilike this subject :creepysmile:

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Monster Hunter

With Lucia Aldrete

Ah, the innocent admiration of a child.

With none of Hideo Kino's or Eris Halla' sass, to boot. He could almost get used to this...

But wow, she was a curious little one, huh.

"Wow, wow, wow!" He said with a wide grin, chuckling. "Let's go over it one question at a time."

He cocked his head slightly, turning his gaze down to her leg.

"But first— let's get you fixed up." He said.

He had considered how to handle her wound. He could easily heal it up, but he didn't want to give such a young child any weird ideas of what her body could handle.

But he wouldn't just let her hurt either.

He reached into his bag, producing an ice pack.

"We're going to press this against your wound, Lucy." He informed her. "It might sting at first, but it'll feel a lot better after— promise."

He waited until he first got her permission before nodding at his orbeetle, who slowly floated the ice pack against the girl's bruise, pressing it gently.

In the meanwhile...

"Anyway, let's see... My first time in a Pokemon Gym?" He hummed thoughtfully, cupping his chin. "It's been almost... nine, ten years since."

Even before Hoenn, he had taken his first crack at the gym challenge in Kanto.

"It was... awe inspiring, I think." He said, before laughing. "I had a real bad case of star struck— the county I was born in? It was home to the strongest gym leader in the region, so... we were pretty darn proud, haha."

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TL;DR:Hunting the hunter!

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