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POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 6:16:07 GMT

She should book it, probably. And, to her credit, she did. Carried away by Altaria. He was tipped off by the grunt asking for her phone, and clenched his teeth. There was a nonzero chance that she had pictures. That she could start the manhunt on him again, after he wiggled out of prison for doing arson near Fortree.

Then, her Altaria loomed over them, instead of merely booking it in the opposite direction. It sung, at a frequency that disoriented Giona. Left him kind of fatigued. On the other hand, it managed to completely put Sableye to sleep, as it went limp next to him.

Giona hefted the little imp up in his hands, looking into its eyes, the lids somehow fitting over the huge prisms. He was still clenching his teeth, but by now he was sucking in air past his teeth with discomfort. He started to shake the little imp, trying to jolt it awake.

He just had to hope that the grunt could stall her until he could get it awake. It was a brisk morning in a temperate-forested area. Despite this, a bead of sweat ran down his face. He once again started talking, still inflected with the back of the throat delivery of someone who smoked.

"Come ooooooooooon. Get up! Get up! I need you to do Power Gem! Then you can take your little nap!”

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is a half-truth not still a truth? [m][c]

POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 4:55:15 GMT

The tavern had its fair share of clamor. Of some watching the game on the small CRT monitor. Of some listening with rapt attention, as he added flavor to arguments that were already flaring up. Like a bouillon cube in a pot of soup.

It was clear that he'd been countered. Nonetheless. He chose his next words very carefully, after a minute of mulling them over. After downing another third of his drink. The mix of carbonated soda and alcohol scoured his throat. It was like a kitchen sponge going down, but the taste was impeccable.

"My problem with what went down wasn't force. They could've killed those bandits in the woods. Would've been fine with it. My problem is. They used fire to settle the matter. Next to Fortree City. A city that's covered in grass. A third of the buildings are built on the side of gargantuan trees. My problem, is the flagrant disregard for the town they were supposedly protecting. It shouldn't be that hard to find some other flying type." He said this, before looking back down at his drink and downing a fifth of it. He then tapped on the counter, and the bartender-- a young man with an impossibly sharp haircut, approached.

Giona pointed up at the vodka-soda on the menu, and whispered for a Dr. Pika in it. He seemed fixated on the buzzed down sides of his gelled up undercut, as he poured the drink.

Amor Rose

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lars, baldr, and giona[H✩T]

POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 3:58:02 GMT

Once again, a battle on the beach. A tussle in the hot sun. The two nodded, seemingly taking him up on his offer. He reached for his tee, tugging at the collar to try and fan himself. It blocked the sun, sure. But he still managed to sweat like a dog in the heat.

Balder made it clear that this would be no ordinary challenge. Normally, it'd strike him as just bluster. He'd have humored him anyways, being mostly bluster himself. However, a Heatran landed on the field, its four gargantuan paws displacing sand merely by standing on it.

Giona smirked. He was really in for some shit. Nonetheless, he had to pretend that he wasn't trembling, that his smirk was genuine. That he was just fooling around, with an impish expression like a cat slowly pushing something off the counter.

"Alright. I'm ready when you are." He said, looking to the two older men. He whistled, with a note descending. Like someone doing an impression of something falling off a cliff. Gengar took note, snickering and "falling" into the ground. Into a tunnel created by Phantom Force. The entrance looked like a grey smear of paint on the sand; the sand that was gold, save for the glass-like sediment inside that occasionally caught the sun and flashed white.

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a welcome gift

POSTED ON Jul 8, 2021 0:12:27 GMT

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Having known for a while what it was like to be a grunt, to be an expendable cog, he thought. Giona hadn't the power to change this, but what he did have was a gift aimed at a promising recruit. Someone who he didn't know, who got along with his friends thus far.

Giona is sending a Litwick (see thread) to siobhan burke .

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giona vs stormy [(H✩T)]

POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 22:48:13 GMT

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 was met with a familiar face. One that had him shaking in the boots he wore under his schoolboy button-up and slacks. A voice that pierced the ambient noise of an entire forest's worth of wood crackling around them. His eyes widened, as if she'd already pulled a gun on him. Nonetheless, he had to stick to his guns and bluster through it.

"Hey. It's been a while. Are you down to clown? My boys from work ain't here yet." He said, looking to the shorter woman. He was 23, and just a hair under 5'8. Voice slightly fried, like a semi-active smoker. She could probably just citizen's-arrest him right here. His shadow grew long and violet, waving in the wind like a flag. It then stood up, taking the shape of a Mismagius, with its trademark w-shaped mouth. Nonetheless, it wasn't ready to fight yet. It kind of loomed over Giona, smiling innocently next to his perfect INTJ stare.

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fernando vs giona [H✩T]

POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 21:30:18 GMT

Something was up. Normally, a breach of conduct like this would’ve been penalized. Someone would’ve done some ref-begging. Tried to get him disqualified. Even though he’s already on a losing streak. He adjusted his trucker hat so the brim wouldn obscure his eyebrows. This would’ve been worth having back when he had long, unkempt metalhead hair.

Either way, it’s admirable that he waited. Well, it’s honor that killed the samurai. Giona saw heat-waves rising off the sand, and had a slight grin.

"Flame Burst."

Meanwhile on the sand, it looked like Morpeko was battling the elements as much as the two infront of it. It let out Bullet Seed, a series of scattered seeds pushed at a speed that’d hurt, by the same principle that made Hydro Pump scary. It’d harmlessly ping off of Combusken’s layer of short, bristle-like feathers, but the burst of 5 rounds left it just as disoriented and injured as Morpeko.

Flame Burst came in response. An attempt to keep at a distance and kick the heat way up on Fernando’s side of the field. A gout of flame was sent straight for Morpeko, but it’d make the sands even hotter if it missed. "..."

FERNANDO SILPH

TL;DR: Combusken was hit and used Flame Burst.

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POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 20:55:29 GMT

She should book it, probably. Giona cleared his throat, beckoned by Sableye holding his finger in its hand like a toddler, pointing. Its ears perked up when it heard her start talking. Eventually, it let go of him and scampered off, standing somewhere between the two of them. Its eye-prisms caught the sun, glaring at Shiloh like a pair of car headlights.

Then, he got a good look at her. His excuses seemed... inadequate, the way she snuck in that dismissive comment. He shook his head, causing a pair of green quartz earrings to jiggle. He spoke with the slight vocal fry of a semi-active smoker. "Yeah, it’s real shady to do this in an alley instead of blocking a paid parking space, or Arceus forbid the whole street. You some kinda country bumpkin?”

He unfolded his arms, causing folds of wool to slide down his arms, covering all but his bandaged fingers. She needed some... convincing. If he pounced, she could run and tell someone. He could go back to the correctional center. He burned off his fingerprints, but they’d make it work.

Sableye perked up. The indigo-tinted imp stood on its hind legs, straightening its back. It flashed its eyes at her, trying to cast Confuse Ray. Trying to send a refracted column of light back and forth to disorient her. Giona then whistled, trying to get the grunt in on this.

"You can’t get between me and my job. For the first time, I have something that pays better than unemployment benefits.”

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Notes: Sableye used Confuse Ray. for ambiance

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POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 3:51:35 GMT

She should book it, probably. Giona cleared his throat, beckoned by Sableye holding his finger in its hand like a toddler, pointing. Its ears perked up when it heard her bump into the wall, but Giona rolled his eyes and dismissed it.

Then, he got a good look at her. She bumped into the wall, backing away from them. He was unsure about how well-rehearsed Mr. Del Mar was in their cover-story, so he didn't call him over. In fact, he peered around for him, and tried to wave a hand to beckon him back to the truck. His eyes were still adjusting to the rising sun.

He folded his arms, and the cardigan bunched up around his elbows; The cardigan sliding back revealed to her bandaged hands, and the start of a lightning bolt pattern half-sleeve tattoo on one elbow. He raised a brow, and spoke with a slight vocal fry; he tried to cut down on smoking, but it was proving... difficult.

"Hello. We're contracted out by the Battle Tent Circuit. We're in-charge of the rentals used by challengers at the Slateport location. Can I help you?”

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POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 2:59:24 GMT

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FESTIVAL OF CHAMPIONS

POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 1:45:12 GMT

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An end to the incredibly long day on the beach. The countless trips to the Pokémon center. The knowing side-eye from the Nurse Joy who probably wishes she was a human General Practitioner by now. The hours of camping out by the cooler chugging electrolyte drinks to stay hydrated. The countless clear pisses he could’ve sold to juicing baseball players.

To that end, he was on the beach again. Countless faces. Multiple coolers. He did his stock move and beelined for a cooler. Giona pried one open and pulled out two Razz berry wine coolers, sizing them up. He wore a fisherman’s fit with a vest and shorts lined with pockets, over black sandals.

His shadow was purple-tinted, but otherwise looked normal. Having fetched a drink, he looked around. Spotting a familiar face, he slowly made his way to the throng of people surrounding him, so as not to either intrude or look like he was running at them. It looks like they’d already started to drive him up the wall. Seeing another familiar face out of the corner of his eye, he beckoned jayden cross over.

"Hey, man. Are you cool? You looked lost." He said, looking at Jayden with a slight grin. Stormy Silph might be able to remember that prominent nose and slight vocal fry, though he tried to look different. He then nodded at FERNANDO SILPH , and raised a wine cooler. He pried the cap off, and downed a third of it. “Hey, man. This weather, huh?! I was this close to passing out when we battled on the hot sand.” Hi|ZmhlQ

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HNN - VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4

POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 22:56:54 GMT

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POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 19:17:06 GMT

The night grew too old. The sun rose. And somehow. Somehow, the two of them were still at the truck. Still ordering a Sableye to shepherd Gardevoir into the truck. He'd chosen it because its eyes were prisms, which adjusted to any light. His hair was parted down the middle, a fuchsia scarf covering his mouth, sitting atop a sienna cardigan and board shorts. He looked like an adjunct professor. Like a former twunk.

He had his cover-story rehearsed, incase they got caught. He had a row of pokeballs tucked into the holster under the cardigan. He looked to his partner in crime, a taller man of twenty-six. Giona was an associate. Not high enough to escape field-work entirely, but high enough to rope grunts into helping. A good earner.

The snap didn't come with a flash, so it's not like he would've noticed her. Sableye on the other hand grabbed his finger in its whole hand like a toddler, and pointed. Giona squatted next to it, and arched a brow, not picking up on the hint.

"...Are you okay? You weren't this fidgety around Adrian.”

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lars, baldr, and giona[H✩T]

POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 17:38:07 GMT

Once again, a battle on the beach. A tussle in the hot sun. Giona was like a cat in a way; he did things sort of arbitrarily. Having built up a collection as of late, he was planning on shooting for being something of an expert on Ghost types. On having something his name was attached to that wasn't a forest fire.

To that end, he was met with not one but two people against whom he could put on a show. A sort of demo-reel for the general public. He nodded to the other two, and stood with his back to the sun. He wore black denim shorts, and a slightly oversized white rash-guard tee to block the sun.

Giona held out a white Premier-Ball, and pushed the button. It opened, and clattered to the ground after a red flash. Nothing came out, as far as the two of them could tell.

"I think the cooler's nearby... I gotta quit camping out by it. Hey, are you down to clown?" He said, looking to the two older men. He was 23, and just a hair under 5'8. His shadow grew long and purple, waving in the wind like a flag. It then stood up, taking the shape of a Gengar, with its trademark wicked grin.

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POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 5:40:49 GMT

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Purchasing 2x gacha tickets.

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