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giona vs melody [(H✩T)]
POSTED ON Jul 21, 2021 2:57:48 GMT
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She got him! Took advantage of his momentary pause to layer on a Wonder Room. To take the more prominent physical stats of Sableye. Well, he'd have to just work around this. She hadn't pressed her new advantage yet.

"Did you have to move to be closer to work, or do you just fly in and keep notifications on? I was planning on leaving Mauville anyways." Sableye paused, looking Musharna over with curiosity. It hadn't struck back yet. Normally, a larger opponent wouldn't hesitate to try to get the imp knocked out right away.

"--Thanks for the free move. Confuse Ray, again."

Sableye opened up with Confuse Ray on Musharna. The light hit its prismatic eyes in such a way that it pointed a beam of sun, then moved its head in a figure 8 to try and make the capybara dizzy.
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neutral ground. [s]
POSTED ON Jul 21, 2021 2:50:21 GMT
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The grass flattened under the round owl, but did not crunch, or break outright. Rowlet continued to run. To demonstrate that it was fine.

Giona nodded as she spoke. He giggled a little when the otherwise dormant serpent took issue with what she said. Rowlet's running back and forth eventually ended with it falling at his feet. Giona knelt, scooping it up and rocking it back and forth, its head laid on one bicep.

"Oh, yeah. Well, anything can be a challenge if you don't have enough time to adjust. Recently I stumbled across this Bronzor. This thing with a neutral look on its face. I'm still not sure if it likes me." He said, before looking to the middle distance and choosing his words carefully. She'd circled back around to that first topic. To why she was even here. He had to approach this tactfully.

“That's... wow. That's awful. Well, I'm sure if you passed away, he would've visited you. And... I don't think that's selfish. If you don't think you're fit to do that job, all you'd do is hold everyone back by doing it anyways. You need to take this time to work on yourself.”
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giona vs lulu [ H✩T ]
POSTED ON Jul 21, 2021 2:37:42 GMT
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Standing at the head of a mound of sand. Not even afforded a stage anymore, after a string of losses. Some were close, by god, they were close. Others were downright embarrassing.

She'd narrowed her eyes at him. No matter. He'd just... continue to bluster and smirk his way through it all. Shit shit shit! Is that a Magneton? That immediately invalidates his plan to use Poison Powder and drag it out for a while. Ivysaur looked a little restless. Semi-liquid and smooth in the way that only a frog could be, it opened its flower bud to catch the sun just a little.

"That's interesting. Did it belong to the lab first, or did you bring it with you to work? Do you get to take it for walks, often?"

Giona stood there, and... blanked out for a second. He whistled to Ivysaur, and it immediately opened with Growl. Come to think of it... just the other night he'd caught Ivysaur by blindsiding it and throwing a ball before it had a chance to do anything.


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giona vs lulu [ H✩T ]
POSTED ON Jul 21, 2021 1:51:57 GMT
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Standing at the head of a mound of sand. Not even afforded a stage anymore, after a string of losses. Some were close, by god, they were close. Others were downright embarrassing.

Either way, he stood there. Towel around his neck, in a white tanktop and black track pants. Between that and his dangling earrings, the only thing that'd make it more 2003 would be a slightly fuzzy camera filter.

"Oh! It's you again. Chances are, you have something big going on today. Do you need to warm up?"

Giona stood there, with a row of pokeballs clipped to his waistband. One seemed to rustle, as if it were on the ground after being used to catch something. Sparing himself further embarrassment, he acquiesced and let a red beam pull it out. An Ivysaur sat there, freshly caught and still somewhat relaxed. He must've taken it for a walk that day.
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little rascals [trade]
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 22:36:32 GMT
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Suspecting that he wouldn't be a good fit for Larvitar, Giona entrusted it to , who he'd never met. Vic however impressed people that he respected. In return, he'd ask for Dreepy. For something that looked like Andy's Dragapult that he saw back in Fortree.
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king vs giona H✩T
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 21:33:56 GMT
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Giona was in a similar boat, clinging to the league despite his reputation. Despite the potential trouble of them actually doing a background check as he submitted his forms.

"Oh, that's interesting. I suppose... in another life that could've been you."

A Seed Bomb rocked the side of Drifblim. It wasn't very effective, but it was clear that Breloom had potential from that attack.

"I would've just kept my job at the landscaping company, if they gave me enough hours."

Giona whistled a slowly rising and falling tone, like a dubbed over sound effect of a howling wind in a cartoon. Drifblim responded by setting its sights on Breloom. It fell through the ground in a grey hole opened by Phantom Force. Following a minute of building tension, it flew up from below, trying to slam into Breloom.

"Oh, no reason. I just thought based on seeing you alone in the hills that... you'd be suited to a job with a little less supervision."


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oh, i didn't see you there [social]
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 19:28:22 GMT
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The slow putting together of an odd bundle. A little something for every room. He'd actually been one of those perverts who only cooks with a knife block and a series of rubber spatulas and slotted spoons.

His situation was a parallel to Mint's, though he was much further along in the journey. Giona had been a grunt for a few years now. He'd once reveled in an event wherein an admin stole hair and skin care products in bulk, and distributed them. Having an admin position and being on the eve of getting a real government job actually saved his otherwise concerning finances.

Hence, putting together expensive city goods into a shopping cart to take home to a little house in a more quiet town. They treated you like a king in those manufacturing and industry towns like Rustboro and Fallarbor. Even a little rat like Giona could lease a 2 bedroom by himself out there.

The doll fell between the two, and Mint knelt down to grab it. Truth be told, he was twenty-three. He had no use for stuffed animals, but getting a mere chew-toy for his Larvitar and Rowlet meant going up three flights of stairs. Giona relented, letting him have it.

Espurr pointed to him. It had the characteristic thousand yard stare that every Espurr had, but it wrinkled its nose and smiled at Mint a little.

"I'm good! I'm just preparing to move to another city, I found more stable work. You can crash on my couch whenever you want, bud." He said, before looking to the middle distance and choosing his words carefully. He’d spent most of his time being weird on purpose, and here he was, faced with a real chance to relate to someone. “Coupons? Uh, yeah. I have money now, but I have to do everything in my power to keep it.”
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is a half-truth not still a truth? [m][c]
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 19:12:48 GMT
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The clamor died down. People returned to their usual states. Some watched a sports game with rapt attention. The crt monitor blended colors superbly, but nobody could actually hear the commentary track.

A fight slowly started on the opposite side of the bar, but it had nothing to do with this interaction. It slowly peeled people off and funneled them outside. It was like a whirling cartoon dust-cloud of fists.

"Yeah... I guess I just got all worked up for nothing. I used to live in Fortree, but I'm in the process of moving to Rustboro. It's not in the news anymore, might be the safest place to be right now." He said this, before looking back down at his Dr. Pika-vodka and downing a third of it. He then paused as his drink was refilled. He'd regret it later, but he tried to chug the whole thing in one sitting.

"Yeah, man. This was cool. My name is Jonah, I'm sure we'll bump into eachother again. Normally, I'm out on a hike, around Mount Pyre."

Giona wrinkled his nose, feeling the back-of-throat burn that vodka normally pushed on people.




TL;DR: It's the mission where a small part of a larger smear campaign starts.
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the small hours (dw) (OPEN)
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 8:20:54 GMT
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Giona turned to face Jayden, and grinned at him gently. His one dangling earring jiggled. He raised a hand and pointed to the sea. To the darkened pool, nearly black because it had no sunlight and blue sky to reflect. With his free hand, he lobbed another stone. This one was especially smooth and flat, as it skipped across the water seventeen times before sinking.

”People do this sort of thing when they’re stressed out, but... I just think it’s beautiful when the ripples in the dark sea catch the silver light of the moon.”

Distancing? Cowardly? This was less like that than anything he said that night. He was something of a nature respecter. A hiker, who’d been to both the foothills of Mount Pyre, and Mount Chimney. He’d seen colors and shapes in the real world that no human work of art or advertisement would show him.

He smirked. It was impossible to feign shock at what happened next. Stirring the water finally lead to a fresh fish trying to shut him up. A Carvanha leapt from the water, trying to pin Giona with Crunch. Bronzor bore the brunt of the hit, and retaliated with Gyro Ball. A slow grind pinning it against the sand. Giona hurled a pokeball to it.

The next move would be to circle back around in the conversation. To finally step up and try to relate to him.

"That depends. Do you hang out with Cian? Maybe... we could go out to lunch a week from now.”




Notes: CATCHING CARVANHA.
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fernando vs giona [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 5:27:04 GMT
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Well, it's over. Party's over. Go home, everyone. The crowd slowly disperses, drawn by the sound of another ongoing spectacle. That, and the promise of escaping the dry, smoky heat Giona kicked up in the middle of a summer's day.

Either way, it’s admirable that he kept going. That Fernando didn't already walk away. The battle was like one in the game; it was over in a matter of 4-5 well-placed hits. Giona smirked at him, ready to meet his small-talk with more bluster and grandstanding.

"Thanks. If I get this paperwork that I submitted processed, I'll be handing out badges in a couple months."

Giona was simply not aware of who he was. Despite his fame and stature. His face that's been on TV and in magazines countless times. He wouldn't have known. Giona must've had his brain slow-cooked by the sun over the past few days; it wouldn't be until much later that he put two and two together.




TL;DR: Combusken was hit and fainted.
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oh, i didn't see you there [social]
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 4:58:31 GMT
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The familiar feeling of tiles under his feet. The slightly bluish fluorescent lights overhead that kept everyone from dozing off, be they stressed employees or people picking things up late in the day. Before they have to catch the Tropius home, or whatever. It's a living.

Yep, that sure is the Lilycove Department Store. The commerce hub of the east coast. There's something of a flash sale. It went on around the same time as the tournament, and was likely someone having to make the most of buying too much inventory.

Giona's arm bandages were finally able to come off, too. He walked through the floor dedicated to interior design slowly. A small cat walked beside him, holding his finger in its entire hand like a toddler. A Rotom Phone held a list in its notes app, as the two made their way through picking up furniture for their new home, a 1 bathroom 2 bedroom on the edge of Rustboro.

Blackout curtains for the summer, in a coffee-brown. Black pillowcases. He was on cruise control, which lead to an odd incident. He reached for a plush Pikachu at the same time as someone else. They'd feel his hand over theirs, slightly red and without fingerprints still. Giona then pulled his hand right away, as if he'd put it on a hot stove.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there..." He said, before looking to the middle distance and choosing his words carefully. He’d spent most of his time being weird on purpose, and here he was, faced with a real chance to relate to someone. “I think we've met before, right? Is it... Mint?”
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giona vs stormy [(H✩T)]
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 3:38:40 GMT
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He was kind of checked out for the duration of the tournament. It was a low-stakes way to hang out with friends and drink enough feraligatr-ade to fuel a whole soccer team. This was why his eyes lit up. He pointed to the spilled drink, then capped his. He tightened it as much as possible, and tried to gently toss it to her underhanded.

"Yeah, I guess. It's kind of a hassle. But... It's worth having around."

Giona blinked, looking at the display before him. He then smirked. It was never too late to pretend that it was all going according to plan.

"I wanted to bring my Espurr, but this would be a little too much for them." He said, looking to her. Mismagius fell to the sway of Yawn, drifting off to sleep. This happened just in time for Darmanitan to blindside it with an Ice Punch. The tenor of the battle changed considerably. Battles in the games were like this too, with individual mons being felled to 2-4 hits. Rotom followed suit, trying to pin Zebstrika with Ominous Wind to press its advantage. A gust of wind that would feel like a ghost passing through it if it struck.
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CIAN VS GIONA H✩T
POSTED ON Jul 20, 2021 1:28:23 GMT
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This “heat” shit sucks. He can’t walk around covered in black denim without either sweating through it, or slowly baking. He was like a cut of meat in a Sous-Vide, just slowly tenderizing in a dinky little package. "I know, right? This sucks. Until I adjusted to the heat, I had to camp out around a cooler full of electrolyte drinks." He said, looking to Cian.

Giona was in an interesting position, on the beach that day. He just mailed off a building permit for something miles away, but who knows how long it’ll take to be filed in Rustboro. He was playing a waiting game. "Giona. What’s yours, babe?" He asked, as the row of pokeballs clipped to his waistband finally settled.

The sensation was not unlike a pokeball wiggling on the ground before a capture was confirmed. It usually meant that one of his pets needed to go for a walk.



notes: pre battle conversation.
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CIAN VS GIONA H✩T
POSTED ON Jul 19, 2021 12:12:19 GMT
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Once again, a bout on the beach. He’d just now adjusted to the heat. In fact, the heat was good. Heat promotes the expansion of muscles. Giona stood there in black track-pants and a white tee, with a towel wrapped around his neck to stave off a sudden sunburn. "Oh, hey! Are you busy, or can you hang for a few minutes?" He said, looking to Cian.

Giona was in an interesting position, on the beach that day. He had to slowly stop drinking, which led him to have a can of ice-cold sparkling water in each hand. Condensation ran down the sides. He made a gesture to warn Cian, before gently passing one underhanded to him. "If not, I totally get it. You can keep that, by the way. I think it’s... razz-berry?" He asked, as the row of pokeballs clipped to his waistband jiggled a little.

To stop his pants from falling down, he acquiesced. He let the restless thing that felt like it awoke from a long nap escape with a red beam. A little ball of plasma popped and sizzled to life. A Rotom stood before them.



notes: pre battle conversation.
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king vs giona H✩T
POSTED ON Jul 19, 2021 8:13:18 GMT
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King's eyes narrowed. He even seemed to furrow his brow in thought. Was it something he said? Well... it could be the important things he wasn’t saying.

"I found this on a hike to Mount Pyre. It was getting a little too close to these tourists, and they were getting way too worked up about it."

A black and red ball clipped to his belt wiggled with anticipation. Giona obliged it, letting loose what appeared to be a hot air balloon. Drifloon was rumored to steal kids, and this even greater thing certainly had the size and strength to walk away with an adult.

"I guess I’ll go for it, then."

Giona whistled a slowly rising and falling tone, like a dubbed over sound effect of a howling wind in a cartoon. Drifblim responded by setting its sights on Breloom. It let loose an Ominous Wind. A blast of air that felt cold inside rather than cold on the outside of its body. If it struck, it’d be like a ghost walking through it.

"So. You strike me as the kind of person who gets along better with pokemon than people. Did you ever try to be a park ranger, when you were my age?"
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