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giona vs stormy [(H✩T)]
POSTED ON Jul 12, 2021 18:45:54 GMT
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He'd finally adjusted to the sweltering heat. To the heat that radiated and made the air wavy in the middle distance, where the sea met the sand. Giona's little sunburns finally evened out, leaving him slightly bronzed all over. That being said, he had to unclip his earrings and cram them into a pocket so they didn't burn his earlobes.

He was met with a knowing stare. A narrowed set of eyes. It only lasted a minute, after which he had a weak grin spread across his face. She'd given him an out, for now. Chances are, it'll get worse if he doesn't keep his cool.

"I don't know. I think I've seen you on TV a couple times. --Hah?! Like... as in... Related to Mr. Silph? I think I ran into him here and didn't recognize him at the time." He said, looking to the shorter woman. He was 23, and just a hair under 5'8. He feigned shock, trying to steer the conversation away from who did or didn't know who. Mismagius slowly drifted over, waving a hand at her that looked like it was hidden in a violet linen sleeve.
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POSTED ON Jul 12, 2021 17:45:10 GMT
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RAID: DESOLATE LAND
POSTED ON Jul 12, 2021 17:08:47 GMT
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The mission began in earnest. The gathering of 21 splintered immediately. He suspected that Groudon would be a much bigger threat, and that was made VERY clear with his foray into the cave. It felt like being inside an artery. Like feeling a heart nearby. The heart rumbled and throbbed, and rippling waves of heat threatened to knock him out.

Every movement of Groudon made the rock rumble, and send spikes through the ceiling of the cave. It was unclear if the people above fared well, under these conditions. They were stalagmites hot to the touch, like the coil on a stove.

Sableye saw the gems crop up, and had to use Power Gem  to check the depth of the cave. It could see perfectly well, but this was a matter of seeing if it could hit the wall uninterrupted. A semi-liquid jet of stones, the Water Gun of rocks, tried to check the wall.

Sableye held his finger in its entire hand like a toddler, as the two made their way deeper, to try to investigate the source of the sound. bGnLYq2N


desolate land

Notes: Sableye shepherded Giona deeper into the cave to investigate the sound. It also used Power Gem on the back wall from the entrance.
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giona vs melody [(H✩T)]
POSTED ON Jul 12, 2021 3:46:22 GMT
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She seemed to get really into the battle. Then, she plugged her phone in and started blaring music. Giona tapped his foot, sure. He’d seen the stage get torn up a couple times, which made it unclear if it was strong enough to begin with. He had his arms folded, with fingers bandaged, but it didn’t seem to affect his mobility.


"I get the feeling that you’d be insulted if I didn’t take it seriously." He said, looking to the shorter woman. He whistled a low note, just barely above simply exhaling, and Sableye opened up with Shadow Claw on Musharna. The little imp crouched, then lunged at the capybara, claws drawn.
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no problems here, officer [m]
POSTED ON Jul 11, 2021 21:33:19 GMT
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This was a nailbiter. A real threat to both of them. The familiar hiss over the earpiece told him a few things. One, there needs to be a filter over the mic so the S sounds don't shred his ears. Two, Mint is still in trouble. My god! He just couldn't spin a convincing enough yarn for them to give up and walk away.

Giona drew close to the wall of the warehouse, next to the giant steel shutter. He ushered Espurr off to the side, and drew out the big guns. There was no other way out of this.

A pokeball with the red R across the top was in his hand, and it opened with no beam, and nothing atop the ground. Instead, a shadow on the ground formed, tinted purple. The platonic ideal of purple, an even blue to red ratio. Gengar slowly moved flat across the ground, taking the form of the shadow belonging to the officer who wasn't holding cuffs.

Giona had to suppress a cackle. Gengar then slowly peeled itself from the ground, just enough to stand between the two. It looked to the one holding cuffs, and wiggled its fingers. Out came a psychic wave that felt dull and thudding, like a weighted blanket on the brain. It attacked with Hypnosis to lull him to sleep, then shoved him at his partner, who'd just dry-swallowed pills to dampen a migraine.

Giona then clenched his teeth, sucking air past them with discomfort. He walked in the opposite direction of the altercation going on, cupping a hand around his earpiece.
"We're on our last legs here. If I escalate any further, they'll probably call backup. Even then, Espurr won't be enough if there's a third person to explain it to them. Don't run if you don't have to, but plan an exit."
He said, chest rising and falling with shallow breaths.



Notes: Gengar used Hypnosis.
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giona vs melody [(H✩T)]
POSTED ON Jul 11, 2021 19:09:32 GMT
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She countered that it was a lot of work. No days off. It seemed to be the opposite of what he currently did... That is to say, working in a hot kitchen until called upon to do some racketeering. No days off, but working too many hours could lead to being arrested. Nonetheless, he smirked.

As for music? It was more about a vague mood than genre. Metal, shoegaze, hardcore, whatever. So long as it was sad and horny it was for him. Then again, he couldn’t just say that.

"... I listen to things that are similar to Synth, but I haven’t sat down and tried it. I uh... wow. Thanks. That Mr. Silph did the same." He said, looking to the shorter woman. He whistled a series of descending notes, and 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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giona vs melody [(H✩T)]
POSTED ON Jul 11, 2021 6:45:10 GMT
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Once again, a battle on the beach. A tussle in the hot sun. Another hour of camping out around the cooler. Downing branded sports drinks. Producing so much clear piss, he could start selling to juicing baseball players. He wore a button-up and slacks over boots, looking like an overgrown schoolboy.

He was met with a face that was almost familiar. Puzzling, because of that. The arena proper was finally afforded to him, after a series of non-starters. A series of false-starts and blunders. His opponent had reddish pink hair and a heart-shaped face. It made him think right away about someone he knew at work.

"...You run that gym, right? Is it busy? I was thinking about starting one, but it seems like it'd be too much work." He said, looking to the shorter woman. Planning on getting a stable city job, despite the slightest scrutiny revealing some wild shit. Giona had to grasp for his words carefully. This is a stranger! He had to feel out how weird he could be before being all cryptic like he was with King.
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POSTED ON Jul 10, 2021 23:37:07 GMT
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RAID: DESOLATE LAND
POSTED ON Jul 10, 2021 5:49:02 GMT
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The mission began in earnest. He'd heard rumblings of another war flaring up, but... Groudon sounded like a much bigger threat. There was something comforting about being shoulder to shoulder with 21 other people who agreed. 21 people gathered at the foothills of a mighty volcano.

Every movement of Groudon made the rock rumble, and heat lines fly up from where the land met the sky, like a desert on a hot summer's day. It felt like they were all standing on a muscle it was flexing. Giona wore his white button-up, black slacks, and boots.

A pokeball rustled in his pocket as he grew claustrophobic, darting from the group. A red beam called forth a little indigo imp, who chirped at him. Ushered him into the cave. Surely with its prismatic eyes, it'd catch whatever light could be found there and guide him.

Sableye held his finger in its entire hand like a toddler, as the two bolted for the mouth of the cave. AEPwOdkZ


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Notes: Sableye shepherded Giona into the cave.
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POSTED ON Jul 9, 2021 6:06:02 GMT
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King was right to sniff something out about him. He was a series of small red flags bundled together. The honda civic with hundreds of gatorade bottles on the floor of people. His undercut was fresh, hairs stood at just a 16th of an inch on the sides of his head. He wore grip tape on his arms like a martial artist, but dressed in all black denim like the self-styled Ghost Expert he presented himself to the world as.

"Well, yeah. My friends at work are kinda scary like that."

He refused to elaborate on this. He spotted something from the corner of his eye. Wobbuffet. This perfect cross-section of animal and punching bag. It seemed a little odd that King didn't sniff it out first. He whistled a simple melody, of the sort you'd find in a mobile above a baby's crib.

Gengar snickered, and leapt over to the inflatable tube man. The pokemon most likely to be outside at a car dealership. It used Hypnosis. A wave of psychic energy seemed to make it grow heavy, before it eventually laid down. He tossed a black ball with the red R on it at the creature, after getting up and taking a knee. "I appreciate your honesty. I think everyone is that kind of person, deep down. It's just a matter of what drives them to give up on social graces." He said, looking aside at King. He winced with pain. His entire body felt like grey static on a TV screen.

"Oh, I count on being able to climb down by myself. If I didn't, I wouldn't have bothered climbing up." He said, trying to summon a gentle smile. Nonetheless, it looked like he was still battling the sensation of just waking up. Sounded like it too; he was still dealing with a slight vocal fry.

Gengar then held its paws over its mouth and snickered, jogging back to the two. It then held out the ball for Giona, and Giona grabbed it, sheepishly trying to hide the R on it.
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no problems here, officer [m]
POSTED ON Jul 9, 2021 4:48:35 GMT
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The mission began in earnest. He'd heard all that he needed to hear. The hiss and feedback of the earpiece couldn't obscure it well enough, that Mint was in trouble. That he'd already encountered resistance. Giona didn't seem to have good luck with helping recruits. A bead of sweat ran down the side of his face. He was fit only for setting up safehouses for other people to run. Johnny Appleseed for racketeering.

Giona drew close to the wall of the warehouse, next to the giant steel shutter. He rounded the corner, catching a glance at the two accosting Mint. They looked like mall security shaking down a teen, though Mint was a year older than him. A grin grew from ear to ear.

The little cat kicked in his arms, pushing his sleeves back. Giona bit his lip. Any further, and the light might catch an identifying tattoo. He'd already struck out on an assignment recently with a Mr. Del Mar, and this was definitely pushing his luck. He exhaled through his nose, the night was crisp enough that it formed a little mist.

Espurr's ears parted. It started to rumble with a dormant psychic energy, like a cat purring so hard that it starts vibrating. Giona had to suppress a sinister cackle. The stern looking woman clutched at her head, thumbs over her temples. It felt like the two sides of her head were rubbing against eachother, like the tightly wound gears of a Turkish coffee-grinder. In other words, it attacked a human with Confusion.

Giona then turned back, taking cover against the wall. Surely, one of the two would comfort the other. He raised a finger to his earpiece, first to adjust the volume. At this rate, he'd need a hearing aid by the time he hit 30.
"Well, now they have something more urgent to attend to than you loitering."
He said, with a suppressed snicker.



Notes: Espurr used Confusion.
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POSTED ON Jul 9, 2021 2:23:52 GMT
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POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 23:04:57 GMT
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She should book it, probably. To her credit, she did. The bird overhead slipped from their grasp. It took off, sending her far away from the two of them. His head felt heavy, and like his ears were somehow disconnected from it. He wanted to bury his head in the sand like some flightless bird. 

Then, he paused to take stock of the situation. Giona jogged over to the back of the truck, Sableye in his arms. He’d finally stirred the little imp awake. Giona whistled, and it leapt up to grab the door of the shutter and slam it, then locked the back of the truck. Giona then jogged to the side, the imp over his shoulder. He looked at the driver, a grunt in the trademark black beret. "Let’s make ourselves scarce, okay?! Hit the gas!!”

He then walked back over to his accomplice, looking weary. Giona knelt beside his sedated pet and held a warm hand over it, trying to stir the Glaceon awake again.

Giona looked up at the other man, and let out a sigh, followed by a knowing nod. He jutted his chin out, careful to not look past his eyebrows, or seem upset.

"I’ve been here before. I’ve even been to a holding cell. Your next step is just ducking and waiting for the heat to die down. Change your appearance if you’re in a public-facing job. Stay at the Submarine until we disappear from the news if you can. Some of our top brass is in the same boat as us. We just have to be patient.”




Notes: Sableye woke up, far too late. Giona attempts to impart something of value on Martín. for ambiance
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POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 7:10:48 GMT
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Giona felt the phone buzz in his hand as he received the notification from Kyle. The notification SOUND on the other hand was an impish snickering, like that of a Gastly. A string of numbers and letters. Charming. It was like a dog walked across the keyboard, but it'd suffice. Giona looked back up at Kyle. His eyes widened, at the prospect of getting a group together to battle again. He struck out the first time, but it wasn't always going to be like that.

"Hell yeah, dude. I'm down for whatever. Even outside of the tournament. If you're down to clown after the festival shuts down, you can find me in Mauville."

The waves rolled in. Giona raised a hand to adjust his necktie. His slacks had seams in the middle of the thighs, as if they were ironed recently. He then glanced off to the side, thinking and choosing his words carefully. He then lit up the phone again, and started typing.

"We had a four-way thing on the beach with two other guys," He paused. "But I don't get to tag-battle that often. Either way, it'll be cool. We can figure it out when it happens. When we're all there, camped out around another cooler full of drinks. I can hit up Mischa in a minute."




Notes: The battle is effectively over, and Giona is trying to wrangle one of his contacts for another.
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POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 6:45:28 GMT
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Giona met him with a knowing nod. "I've done some land conservation work in my day, I'm more than ready." He said, responding in kind with the euphemism he used when wrangling Pikachu with Ms. Vela. He glanced down at Espurr, who kept tugging at his finger and pointing at the cave entrance.

Giona laughed heartily, then held a bandaged hand to his chest with fingers spread out. Elijah would be able to notice one of his fingers twitching. Espurr then looked up at the cave entrance and let out the steady, rhythmic clicking of a cat trying to lure a bird.

"Oh. You know how cats are when you first get 'em. They hide in part of your apartment, and it takes a while to figure out if they actually like you. My fingers are fine, I was picking a lock with a lighter at work to show off, and... burned my fingerprints off."
He said, with a dismissive wave of the hand against his chest. What appeared to be the Gloom from earlier crept closer, but wouldn't leave the mouth of the cave. It then turned back and seemed to call, beckoning for something else in the cave.



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