AN AQUA ASSEMBLY PT. 4

The latest installment in the franchise.

So tense.

He had little to add to the planning at the current time, but there was something freya morningstar had suggested, and dahlia goode acknowledged, that he wished to nip in the bud.

Immediately, if possible.

"I would rather we not grant any legitimacy to their claims over the city by putting an embassy in there." He pointed out, taking a sip from his coffee.

We're trying to reclaim some part of Sootopolis, no?" He said, turning his gaze over to the commissioner, recalling her exact wording. "We ought to prioritize making sure that whichever area we choose to reclaim serves as a sufficient foothold for us to fortify."

Even if they attempted to put an embassy there, which they really should not in his opinion, Team rocket would be gunning for anyone inside anyway.

Best to just hunker down, fortify and serve as a launch pad for more offensives from inside Rocket's 'territory'.

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Stars Above

Spending time with Eris Halla

Her voice sounds hoarse with disuse, but it brings a smile to his lip all the same.

It's been a while.

"Yes, Eris?" He says, turning his gaze over to her, smiling encouragingly.

Clamperl Diving

"Ah." He sighed as he emerged from the water, hoisting himself onto the pier. "That's... disappointing."

He chucked the pokeball over his shoulder and into the basket, taking a moment to stretch his body, clear his mind, and scream inwards at the fact that the plastic inside the beach appeared to be never ending.

P0lrEemH

HAUL
#- Date, Roll, Prize
01- August 1st, 79, Salac Berry
02- August 2nd, 1, Pokeball
03- August 3rd, 92, Tera Shard
04- August 4th, 82, Devolution Stone
05- August 5th, 52, Clamperl
06- August 6th, 59, Blue Shard
07- n/a
08- August 8th, 92, Tera Shard
09- August 9th, 27, Level tutor
10- August 10th, 87, Z-crystal
11- n/a
12- n/a
13- August 13th, 10, pokeball
14- August 14th, 28, Level tutor
15- August 15th, 30, Level tutor
16- August 16th, 68, Incense
17- August 17th, 43, Egg Tutor
18- August 18th, 32, TM tutor
19- August 19th, 35, TM tutor
20- n/a
21- August 21st, 57, blue shard
22- August 22st, 79, Salac berry
23- August 23st, 49, ability capsule
24- n/a
25- August 25st, 35, TM tutor
26- August 26st, 06, Pokeball
27- n/a

Stamp Collecting

Hello again, luka chêne

"Not at all— matter of fact, I just started my break." He said with a cheeky wink, chomping on his apple once more.

Seemed like Queen Luka was among those (un)fortunate enough (your mileage may vary) to have forgotten their experiences in Galar. Pity.

He couldn't help but wonder how much of that was truly forgetting, and how much might be... repressing. Had anyone looked into it...? Probably not.

Hmm...

"Saaay, Ms. Chêne~!" He began cheerily. "Kinda curious 'bout the ranger tent now. What are you guys even up to? Magikarp fishing?"

He hoped so, he was really good at that game.

"Mind showing your local nurse around?" He said with a grin. "I'll give you a discount on your next free band-aid if you do."

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Stamp:
-Reference magikarp fishing.

Update

well, well, well. Hello again, Isaac Merlo

"Damn right I do." He said, boldly taking another big fat bite out of the pastry.

At the Isaac's question, he wonders if the man is being coy or is just really uninformed. Then again... he wasn't a priority to rocket. Perhaps his abilities hadn't been shared widely by the few grunts that had witnessed them wholly.

"Let's just say I am going to be the world's greatest surgeon as soon as I finish my training arc." He said with a wink. "You might even get to see my magic at work with your own eyes."

Oooh, foreshadowing.

"Well, Mt. Chimney isn't always active." He mentioned to the other young man, humming. "Maybe the towns formed when it was asleep. Come a couple of generations later, they're too settled in to move elsewhere."

Tradition, sentimental value, comfort, capitalism. There were tons of reasons towns near dangerous circumstances might not be able to move elsewhere.

Often, when a town was completely moved elsewhere, it was a forced development by the government.

He sighed, leaning his head onto his fist.

"We were both leaguers, ya know." He said with a laugh. freya morningstar was specially league. "I can deal with the effects of living there, but my companion has actual pull in the league. Hopefully, she'll make them realize the state of our citizens is not a secondary concern."

At Isaac's question, he snorted.

"Well. Take my word with a grain of salt— I was soldier, not a politician. From my perspective... 7 years ago? Monroe's administration was dog crap." He said simply. "From 2017 to today? Hoenn hasn't been free from conflict and war for even a year. Countries famously get worse during war times, and it takes a while for economies to recover from that— specially if said wars took place on their soil."

tl;dr: War. It was war. The league, as with most governments, could not adequately address its citizens' needs while constantly embroiled in wars of annihilations with Rocket, Megalopolans, Sea Hoennians, fucking ninjas from outer space— All in their own soil, to make matters worse.

War could be profitable for certain... entities, as Unova well knew, but only if you exported it elsewhere.

STAMP:
-Eat carnie food.

Stars Above

Spending time with Eris Halla

He nodded with a hum.

"Maybe."

Carefully, he moved to take a seat besides Eris, resting his back against the ungodly uncomfortable wall of rocks whilst carefully cradling Jirachi, waiting for their little miracle to occur.

Stamp Collecting

Hello again, luka chêne

"No need to apologize. I should've been more careful." He said with a smile, patting himself off briefly.

Well then. Wasn't this a fortuitous meeting?

"— bit of a while, yes." He finished her sentences with a laugh, fixing her with an amused look. "How have you been, your majesty?"

He wondered if she remembered that part of their time there. If she didn't, it was safe to assume she likely remembered nothing.

Casually, he plucked the extra sweet apple off her hands, tipping it her way with a smile.

"Don't mind if I do, then. Thanks!" He said, before biting into it.

Sweet, caramel-ey goodness.

"Here on your own, Ms. Chêne?"

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Stamp:
-Eat a carnival treat.

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AUGUST 2023 NON-CANON AVATAR ACTIVITY CHECK

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• player/ooc name: EBC
• character tags: John Sullivan

4 ic posts for avatar character:

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• BICYCLE with angelo vestri, August 1st.
• FESTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE with Isaac Merlo, August 9th.
• STRAYS with freya morningstar, August 17th
• NIGHT LIFE FEVER with Kazimir Wynter, August 23rd

summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. TAPU LELE[break]
  Uuuh, what follows is an stream of consciousness of everything I think might be relevant cause I can't seem to get my thoughts in order.
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  Doug's fully dedicated to his white mage role now. :pepechu: After 20 years in Galar, he has become a proper healer and finds even more difficulty than before in the prospect of having to kill people. This as well as his attempts to transition from a soldier capable of healing to medic capable of fighting is being explored with (LEAVE ft. dahlia goode). His preferred method of helping Hoenn right now is to treat the injuries and ills affecting its people, and to bring attention to the systemic issues that affect the citizens (STRAYS ft. freya morningstar).
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  Tapu Lele is the only reason he ever took on the role of healer, as the abilities she granted him gave him the confidence to start himself on a path to become something he would've otherwise thought himself too stupid to even attempt (GOODBYE GALAR).
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  The crisis created by the juxtaposition between those abilities and his complete lack true medical knowledge were what led to his efforts to become a proper physician. (GOODBYE GALAR, Year 3.
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  Where their relationship used to be hard to pin down prior to Galar, 20 years has allowed the two to build some rapport (GOODBYE GALAR, first, second and last segments). Though on the surface level it seems similar to how it was before, there's no apprehension or irritation on Doug's part when Lele turns up— only happiness and relief (AAA4).
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  Doug is not a perfect representative of Lele's seemingly chaotic values, and while he is slightly more theathric and unhinged after Galar, he's still not what anyone would define as 'cruel'. Instead, he's become more of an ambassador and translator, serving as her interface with a race that is just as nonsensical to her as she used to be to him. Not... always effectively (AAA4).
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  As for combat, Doug has not been involved in any battle since returning to galar (yet... AAA4 coming SOON), but:
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  For a good while, Doug's avatar abilities got to his head. In the lead up to Goodbye Galar, having suffered a number of grievous injuries and survived in his formative months as an avatar, and a number of recent successes during the meteno incident, Doug really thought he was him for a while there, leading to increasingly careless and reckless approaches to battle and handling rocket, with Post-Dormitum demonstrating the full extent of this when he was manhandled and used as a pincushion by rocket rookies Xenon Antheil and Kouji Matsubara, burned alive by fern delaney, and stabbed in a back-alley by Hitoshi Inoue after the Battle at Dewford had already concluded.
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  He was sort of relearning to be less reckless at the beginning of the Goodbye Galar raid, getting used to being a more proactive assist (GOODBYE GALAR, ROUND 1), attempting to make use of Lele's abilities to heal Zamacenta and nearby allies mid-battle instead of simply thinking of them as his get out of jail free card. (GOODBYE GALAR, ROUND 2)
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  I think Doug is the only avatar that has volunteered himself as a labrat in order to assist the league's Professors Eva Morales and illeana reyes research on avatars. (Lab Rats)
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  Though it hasn't happened quite yet, Wanderer and I are currently setting up the relationship between Doug and Isaac (festivities for everyone, update) in the lead up to his exit from team rocket; Doug has special interest in Isaac's missing eye.
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  Similarly, I've been plotting over DMs with Nellethiel regarding Caleb Harcourt's rescue and Doug's involvement in the aftermath. Both of these would be related to his abilities as Lele's avatar to heal grievous injuries in a rush. [break][break]
  Caleb and Isaac recieve the treatment they desperately need after facing off with the most vengeful side of rocket, and Doug gets to finally attempt the regenerating surgical procedure he theorized up back in Galar, and for which he's been gathering bits and pieces of data while on his bike trip. (Night Life Fever, ft. Kazimir Wynter, entire thread; Stars above, ft. Eris Halla, second page onwards)
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  Describe how your character, their avatarship and their legendary, have been used to help create a collaborative narrative on site. Guiding questions to ask are: how has your character embodied the values of their legendary? How have they developed due to this bond? How have they shown weakness versus being high and mighty all the time to provide nuanced depictions of power dynamics? How has the legendary/avatarship been used as narrative tools to help push the stories of characters (non-canons and canons alike)? It is encouraged to link threads that demonstrate this.

• any notes/comments: HEEHOO TIME TO WRITE

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Update

well, well, well. Hello again, Isaac Merlo

"Hey, I took my legal leave, and I'll do whatever I want with it!" He said with a snicker.

With their secrets kept safe with one another, the two young, dashing rogues could get down to the business.

The business being chatter.

"Want some taiyaki?" He offered the other man as he placed a box of magikarp-shaped pastries on the table, popping it open.

Just for good will's sake, he popped grabbed one at random and gave it a good, healthy bite.

"Nothing's truly hard when you've got magic on your side." He said with a snort, lying through his teeth. "I was at Fallarbor with a good friend the other day, though."

It was a nice, depressing time with freya morningstar.

"The league's dragging its feet at solving the long time issues caused by the volcanic ash..." He said with a sigh. "So I thought I would step up and help in the meanwhile."

Respiratory issues, ocular and skin irritations... there was a lot of damage that long term exposure to the volcanic ash could cause. And those were only some of the health risks involved.

STAMP:
-Offer another character food.

Leave

Gotta look my best to meet the Commissioner!

"You're not wrong, ma'am. But..."

He stared at his hand silently.

There's an old image that comes to him, when his finger is on the trigger, and the enemy's eyes are on his own.

A skull, caved in and cracked like a melon between the jaws of a dragon. A young man riding atop it, egging it on to viciously end a 'monster's' life.

He truly did love his old friend Andy Blackadder. But the boy had left more than just fond memories for him.

He raised his gaze back to Dahlia, giving her a wry smile.

"Are we counting Galar?" He asked with a laugh. "Just kidding. I'm 19 now. It's been..."

He paused, Thinking. How old had he been, when he was first forced by rocket to fight for his life...?

Ah, right. dorian westcliff.

"I guess it's been 7 years now."

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Mission: Post Goodbye Galar

Strays

'ullo, freya morningstar~

"Some have left and never looked back." He said simply. "And that's fine, too."

Nobody was obligated to dedicate their life to a region. Those that chose to do so had their reasons— and those who turned away from it had theirs.

The question is warranted, though it still made him sigh. The disconnect between the league's priorities and its citizens' needs was considerable, If the report had led her to that as a first conclusion.

"'fraid not." He said simply, before reaching under his jacket to pluck a small umbrella. It popped open, spreading out into a much larger, transparent barrier for both of them to seek shelter from the ash. "It's rather much simpler. Something that's always been there. Something which brute force cannot solve."

He stared up into the transparent parasol, as the ash pooled and gathered, quickly painting the transparent fabric a dull, unbreakable grey.

EXTRACTION #3

With Hideo Kino

"You would think we would've learned by now." Doug said wryly while looking at their discarded hoard, sighing before casually leaning down, and swiping another dynamax rock into his pockets. "Yoink.~"

He looked over to Hideo and Uxie, giving them a wink.

"Just need these for a couple of experiments... don't mind me~." He said with a chuckle, before turning to follow behind Hideo.

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• Lessen the load and escape. Receive 100 RKS POINTS.

Update

well, well, well. Hello again, Isaac Merlo

"Yes~! I heard young, dashing king of olde was to be found in these parts..." He said dramatically, swooning as he leaned his head onto the back of his palm.

He winked, sticking his tongue at the other.

"You wouldn't happen to know where I can find him, would you?"

One mess deserved another, or something.

He reclined back on his seat, yawning whilst stretching his arms wide over his head.

"Been fine. I managed to get a magikarp at the fishing game before clocking in— that was neat." He said with a grin, before finally crossing his arms and settling them onto the table, leaning forward. "My show was on the road from day 1."

He winked once again.

"Just don't tell the Hoenn ministry of health, 'kay?"
STAMP:
-Involve or reference a Magikarp Fishing Game.