Lex frowns as she watches Theo pick off the Shedinja she was eyeing. The speed of a passing Swoobat does catch her eye. The bat’s AIR CUTTER misses the Gardevoir as if phases into the phantom plane, only to appear behind it and blast the flier with the ghostly energy. It’s super effectiove, and the wounded pokemon is quickly sucked into a pokeball tossed by Lex.

“I’m . . . warming up to it,” she takes a few steps to retrieve the pokeball, “But I don’t trust it. It’s using him. And when it’s done, it will leave. And there’s no telling what side effects will remain . . . or what kind of trouble it will get him into as it stays,” like space. Fuck space and fuck the alien for dragging him into it.

THEO BECKETT
Catch attempt for Swoobat!
-2 Premier Ball

The subject is dropped, much to Lex’s delight, and is replaced with more small talk. She collects the pokeball that houses the Shiny Drifloon, and tucks it away in her pocket.

“Hm, good question,” what does she like to do besides busting skulls and baking? She didn’t really even like baking that much but she didn’t hate it.

The Beast’s shoulders shrug as she continues down the path, “I don’t know . . . steal stuff?” she did like the thrill of the heist, “And drink,” Nothing beat a good Johtonian whiskey.

Another Misdreavus appears. The Joltik quickly peeks over her shoulder to see if Lex is interested in the ghost. It’s a ghost . . . so duh. She gives the Joltik permission with a stiff nod. The spider sparks, sending another ELECTROWEB to trap the small ghost before Lex tosses another pokeball at it.

“What do you like to do besides science?” Maybe he’d give her a few ideas on hobbies to k=pick up, though she doubts they’re into the same things.

kepler brueshaber
Catch attempt for Misdreavus!
- 9 pokeballs
Duo Wild (water/ghost)

The Dusknoir did not disappoint. She returned to Lex with a large hand cradling an AMULET COIN. At one point in time, it was likely a brilliant piece of treasure to behold. Years of neglect have left it dull with dust. The thief took it in her hand, running a thumb of the coin’s rough surface. It would need some polishing, but it was overall a rather fine item to collect. Her’s to collect. Lex tucked it away in her pocket as a personal prize. Perhaps it would be of use later.

Her desire to snoop around the room some more was broken by the loud cacophony of noise form illeana reyes’s Rotom ignited the machines. Lex nearly jumped out of her skin. The familiar sound brought back very unpleasant memories that made her stomach tighten in anticipation.

Lex and her pokemon rush back to the top, the Dusknoir’s eye glowing brightly as she predicts having to dive into the throughs of a fight. Turns out, the Leaguer’s Rotom just zapped the machines to life.

An icy and displeased glare was shot towards illeana reyes from the Beast, but she said nothing. Her distaste wass clear and she didn’t hide her judgement. She didn’t trust the woman. Terrible fucking idea brining her along. She blamed mint frost.

“Not much in storage,” she admited to the group, finally tearing her gaze off Illeana and shifting it towards fern delaney, “Just an old Amulet Coin,” She leaned over the front of the reception desk to glance at the files and computers. In her experience, there was always more to find. The receptionist held the keys to almost everything.

“Glance around here, will, ya?” she waved for the Dusknoir to FRISK the desk itself, searching for any hidden buttons or latches that could open something unknown to them.

mint frost & fern delaney & illeana reyes
+ Snoops around reception with fern delaney!
+ Lex’s Dusknoir uses FRISK to investigate the DESK for hidden switches or cabinets

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She hears the footsteps of another before Dione speaks. As if on cue, the shimmer of a pink ghost phases through stones at the base of the mountain. The Frillish’s tentacles brush against the tops of the tombs as if it is dusting them. The pokemon’s delight is broken by the sudden PSYCHO CUT of the Spectrier that suddenly appears.

Caution? Lex smiles, turning to face the Rocket, “I do hope that is the case,” the more ghosts the merrier. Lex tosses an empty pokeball towards the fallen Frillish.

Dione Sutoringu
DW, psychic/ghost
Catch attempt for Frillish!

PAAA SIGN-UP

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CHARACTER: Alexandra Briarwood[break]RAID EVENT: Mt. Pyre (but if the numbers are still heavily skewed towards League in Litteroot, feel free to yeet her there. Beast goes where she is needed.)[break]PKMN TEAM (6 MAX): See below <3[break]

Guess it wasn’t a farce. Not long after the incense lit, the air shimmered with the curious energy of a ghost phasing back into their plane to investigate the smoke. The Doublade’s eyes blinked individual, the steel tip of a sword reaching forward to touch the energy that drew it here.

The distraction was enough for Lex’s Dusknoir to creep up from the shadow. Its giant hands reach forward, smothering the unsuspecting ghost with a blast of NIGHT SHADE. It’s enough to weaken the pokemon before Lex throws a pokeball at it, attempting to catch the Doublade.

Solo Wild
Incense active: GHOST

Catch Attempt

Lex’s gaze briefly flicks to the left as a Cofagrigus appears from the shadows of the cemetery. A brief rush of chilled air tosses her red hair over her shoulder as the Shadow Gardevoir moves past her. It leaps from the Phantom Plane like a Pyroar onto it’s prey.

“I’ve kept myself busy,” no necessarily with assignments, “I should say, Deoxys has kept me busy,” there’s an obvious disdain in her voice when she mentions it’s name. It’s true, the woman was growing more fond of the alien as a mutual respect begins to grow. She still loathes it for choosing her Killian Decker as its host, but there’s more similarities between Lex and Deoxy than she cares to admit.

Lex tosses an empty pokeball at the wild ghost type weakened by the Shadow Gradevoir.

THEO BECKETT
Catch attempt for Cofagrigus!
-1 Premier Ball

Normally, the thief would have turned her nose up at a job like this. Even now, as she sat atop the little office building overlooking Josh Devlin’s gym grounds, she had second thoughts. Crash a party? Cause some chaos? If there’s one thing Lex hated, it was a waste of her time. Literally, the objective to the mission was to just cause some chaos, instill some doubt in the newly appointed gym leader, keep them on edge.

In other words: a proper Rocket welcome to Mauville! It isn’t their city, but Rocket is everywhere. It’s time The League learned that.

Today, Lex would take a more hands-off approach, letting her ghosts loose to do what they do best: cause mischief. She leans forward against the stone lip of the roof to watch the party below as she shoos the Haunter hovering near her head away.

A few moments later, the air around the MANECTRIC carrying a young girl shimmers, an array of lights swirl around the beast’s head in an attempt to CONFUSE them and put their rider in danger.

Josh Devlin & John Sullivan
Wisp uses CONFUSE RAY to attempt to confuse SABER

The opportunities Lex could be missing out on are substantial by counting herself out of the scientific side of things. When she looked at risk vs. reward, she saw too much risk in being involved in something she knows close to nothing about. It would be too easily to make her a dispensable lab rat for the ‘glory of rocket’. No thank you.

“Good,” she grunts as Kepler promises to keep her out of it in a discrete way. A part of her feels like she needs to explain herself, but the more dominant part reminds her she doesn’t have to explain shit to a grunt.

A flash of yellow that isn’t the Joltik’s catches her gaze. The thief turns towards the golden Drifloon, eye narrowing on a rather juicy prize, “That one” the bug dashes forward to engage.

The bright blast of ELECTROWEB easily takes the Drifloon down. A pokeball is quick to follow from her grip to collect her prize.

kepler brueshaber
Catch attempt for Shiny Drifloon!
- 8 pokeballs
Duo Wild (water/ghost)

If Mt. Pyre is the point they want to attack, reconnaissance is key. Lex never left for a mission unprepared. For how many times she’s scaled this mountain, she should know it like the back of her hand by now. Mt. Pyre’s keeper, samuel carter, had done well keeping the graveyard free of mischief and clutter. Now, Lex looks at it strategically through a new set of lenses. It’s a brand new route, filled with the opportunity for deception. That would be the key to a successful siege of the Primal Point and prolonging the meteoroids teleportation. Lex is more invested than she should be in such a reckless and idiotic plan because their success meant the safety of Killian. To her, that means the world.

Today she’ll scale the mountain, bottom to top, committing the topography to memory.

Dione Sutoringu
DW, psychic/ghost

The crack of fire from the lighter broke through the darkness of the streets of Mauville Hills. A scarlet light danced across the Beast’s strong features as she drew the INCENSE up towards her face for a better look. Thankfully, she didn’t have to spend any money on the strange candle. Rumor had it, lighting the wick inside would attract GHOSTS, and she’s always looking for ghosts. If she surrounds herself with them, the ghosts of her past can’t haunt her. They’d just be another face in the crowd.

If only that’s how it worked.

The top of the lighter snapped shut as the soft glow within the incense grew. An eerie smoke filtered through the cracks. Now all she had to do was wait.

Solo Wild
Incense active: GHOST

The corner of her ruby lips twitches up into the smallest of smiles. A lot has changed since they first met.

“Theo,” No longer Beckett.

“I’ve been good. Yourself?” she hasn’t seen him around much . . . Probably because she wasn’t looking. She’s been in the bad habit of isolating herself lately, focusing on Killian and their challenges with Deoxys.

THEO BECKETT

To the woman’s credit she seemed to keep a rather calm demeanor in the face of an angry Beast. It’s not so much that Lex was angry, more so cautious, on edge. The tension in her shoulders so tight it could snap at any second.

The burning amber gaze shifted from the Ralts in the woman’s lap back to her, then one more time around the room. The Shadow Gardevoir remained unphased, even under the threatening scrutiny of the Ralts. It remained apathetic and empty.

Lex’s foot kicked out to move the chair in front of her. The metallic legs suddenly scrapped loudly against the sterile tile of the lab. She slowly lowered herself into the seat. The Shadow Gardevoir remained tethered to her master. The long, slender fingers curled over the shoulders of the seated Beast.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t the first time she’d been summoned to contribute to MAGMA’s research. Her eyes rolled subtly. Why couldn’t men just accept they weren’t meant to mess with powers of the unknown?

Curiosity killed the Delcatty.

And if Violet wasn’t careful, her curiosity in the shadow pokemon may get the best of her. After all, they were unpredictable beasts, known for their bloodthirsty nature, “So, what do ya need?”

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