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POSTED ON Jun 12, 2021 15:49:33 GMT
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Giona had quite the week. The conditioner he got from Rockets Against Rankness stripped the dye from his hair, he'd gotten a fresh undercut. He wore a white button-up and black slacks, with a matching tie and boots. If anyone looked at his left arm or shoulder they'd see a series of lightning bolts curled around the muscles, like a tribal-pattern tattoo.

He sidled up to a coffee machine, and hit a 16 oz cup with powdered cream and sugar. He leaned on the counter, turning to face Theo in a way that made his dangling earrings jiggle. Out of the corner of his eye, Theo arrived and moved to center-frame. It wasn't difficult to tower over the 5'7 man.

"Flygon, now. It's been a long week.--Anyways. You called, Sir?"
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fernando vs giona [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jun 12, 2021 4:45:48 GMT
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He was none the wiser. The sarcasm either sailed over his head, or he wasn’t on enough levels of irony to respond appropriately. Either way, the wrinkled face is met with a perfectly smooth 23 year old’s fluoride stare. Some wondered what his skincare routine was. Smoking dries you out, and not smiling keeps laugh-lines down. Perfectly preserved like Dave Navarro.

"Flattery won’t get you anywhere."

Giona looked up at him. His only canon height is Taller Than You, but it wasn't hard to tower over the 5'7 paisano. Giona downed a fifth of his drink. It had the salty and sweet aftertaste of any electrolyte drink, but it went down like tap water and a fistful of raspberries. Combusken pre-emptively continued using Bulk Up. "I don’t have any badges. I work at the bistro in Mauville, I’m here on my day off."




TL;DR: It's on!!
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fernando vs giona [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jun 12, 2021 0:58:23 GMT
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He was a little out of it. Not paying attention. Camped out on the beach in all white linen, looking like he ran through a laundromat in a cartoon. He had tattoos and big boots on. In his hand was a bottle of Feraligatrade, an electrolyte drink that looked like the Cyan that printers use.

He flinched when he turned around, faced by what must be the tallest and most imposing person he'd ever seen. Lulu rocked his shit, but this guy looked like he'd already strangled someone. Nonetheless, he felt one of the pokeballs in his pocket fidget, sliding into his hand. He called forth Combusken. The thing that was too birdlike to be a mammal, with the muscle to fat ratio of a human martial artist.

"Oh. Sorry for assuming that that's why you're here. Anyways, if you wanna kill a few minutes, I'm down."

Giona looked up at him. His only canon height is Taller Than You, but it wasn't hard to tower over the 5'7 paisano. Giona then reached into the cooler behind him, and rolled a bottle so it'd sit at Fernando's feet. Combusken pre-emptively started using Bulk Up. Flexing muscles so hard that they tore and promoted muscle growth, somehow making its defense better. "Stay safe out here, man. I've seen someone die of heat-stroke before."




TL;DR: It's on!!
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adrian, giona, jayden, and gavin (H✩T)
POSTED ON Jun 11, 2021 19:47:10 GMT
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He was still skittish about whether or not the heat actually died down following his brief stint in Fortree. He'd gotten an undercut and let the dye run out of his hair since then, but you can never be too safe.

Giona had a brief moment of calm, the breeze hitting his short-sleeve button-up and exposed arms just right. If anyone looked closer at his left shoulder and tricep they'd see a series of lightning bolts curled around the muscles, like a tribal-pattern tattoo. Between that and his messy greying black hair, he looked as much as a boy could look like the woman on the Crazy Town cover.

The four of them congregated on the sand, hot from the sun bouncing off the thousands of sub-gravel sized rocks under their feet, and humid from the sun glaring at the nearby sea. In his black jorts he felt around for a few pokeballs, in their shrunken size used commonly in shipping palettes. One seemed to fidget in place, guiding itself into his hand.

"Oh! Thank you all for being here. I go by Giona, but if anyone asks, it's Mirco."

Gavin could perhaps remember that name from a conversation he had a month ago. Giona stepped forward and grinned weakly. There was too much of a crowd for him to get away with smoking. This left him restless, since he enjoyed the solitary activity on every level. He'd glanced around, his eyes darting between them. What sprung forth when he withdrew his hand was a jade and lime creature skirting the line between cicada and dragon. "However this goes, it's really gonna make my day."
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POSTED ON Jun 11, 2021 3:24:21 GMT
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Purchasing evolution to turn Vibrava into Flygon. Using the last of 2 Level Tutors obtained in Excursion: Fortree City to teach Flygon Dragon Breath. Total Cost: 50 pd.
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POSTED ON Jun 10, 2021 6:01:02 GMT
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Shit!!! Fuck!!! Abort mission. He bungled it pretty hard, and quickly hid his beet-red face behind the towel, the fabric blurring the line between pink and purple. Giona had to move on. He went over to the racks of barbells, and looked it over.

He rolled a good 80 pounder down and caught it on his shoulders, then supported by his hands. People loved bragging about their squat numbers, but he could tell who was talking about their leg press numbers and trying to conflate the two. He folded his knees with the bar clasped in knuckles turning white over his shoulders, then returned to a standing position twenty times. He then set the bar on the rack, and pouted, scratching at a perfectly circular bite-mark on his neck.

Was he hitting on him?? He felt a disconnect nonetheless. A weightlessness to his words. He'd love to say more cryptic shit to Bryan, but that would have to wait. "Just started. I had to change in the barracks." Now, to follow up. "I can just do 40 for the next... 10 minutes? Do you need someone to spot you?" Not that that sounded any less gay.


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running with scissors [dw/o]
POSTED ON Jun 9, 2021 6:41:08 GMT
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A rainy day, on an excursion to Route 121. It was nostalgic, just a few blocks from where he and Chryssa crashed after ducking the feds. Trying his luck? Definitely. Not without cause though. A month ago, he'd taken a trip via Phantom Force. Been exposed to the surreal beauty of the dreary grey world.

The rain seemed to cling to his plum-skin colored scarf. He decided to call it quits and make the pilgrimage to Mount Pyre, if only for shelter. Entering the mouth of the cave, he felt dead silence. The only sounds audible were murmurings of people here to pay respects, and the sound of rain pelting every surface outside, be it metal rock or the river.

Uncomfortable. Not because he was couldn't smoke, he just felt out of place in the populated rooms. Giona clenched his teeth, steering himself up a flight of stairs, into a room adjacent to one filled by trainers. "Oh nooooo. I'm all alone." He said, pantomiming clutching his pearls. A month ago, a Haunter nearly took his head off. Now, he seemed to be daring such creatures to try again. Just as an insurance policy, he drew a recently obtained Honedge forth, from a pokeball that was Kohl-black. "I need to take you for a walk." He said, his weird vocalizations ringing out through the room.



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POSTED ON Jun 8, 2021 20:24:47 GMT
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A mirror image of last month's excursion into Slateport. Clearing out an abandoned safehouse, making sure it was up to code before moving in. Sootopolis was far more humid, surrounded on all sides by volcanic activity. By water that was warm even under the surface, even away from the sun's glare. It was unlike anything he'd ever felt.

Giona had a camerupt crush hanging out of a lip. He took apart a lighter, and used the pin to jiggle the inside of the lock with a bandaged left hand. As risky as it was, it was so much easier than looking for the key, or swinging open the steel shutter that covered a fifth of the building. Sweat from his brow worked its way into the sides of the fresh undercut.

Ribbons of smoke trailed from his face. He wore his trenchcoat like a cape to keep the sun off, with a grey mesh jersey and basketball shorts  to keep the heat and moisture from clinging to his skin. If anyone looked closer at his left shoulder and bicep they'd see a series of lightning bolts curled around the muscles, like a tribal-pattern tattoo. Between that and his greying black hair, he looked as much as a boy could look like the woman on the Crazy Town cover.

Giona heard footsteps behind him, and already began mentally rehearsing his cover story and assumed name, since he couldn't just brain someone in broad daylight. He turned around slowly.

"Oh! It's you."

Giona stepped forward and grinned weakly. He opened the carton of Camerupt Crushes in one of his coat pockets and offered an unusually fat cigarette to Killian, alongside a reassembled black plastic lighter.

He'd remembered his face well enough, but he struggled with names. Always did. Nonetheless, this was someone who he trusted on an assignment that could've killed them all. "Welcome back, homie. It's been a while. I just picked the lock."




TL;DR: We're building a safehouse.
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Prison Rules [m][c]
POSTED ON Jun 8, 2021 6:01:03 GMT
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They would leave together. Her eyes narrowed, and he mirrored her with a toothy grin. A grin of the sort that pulled the skin near his eyes.

The tunnel opened. The cicada's chirping didn't seem 'audible'. It was more of a felt sensation between his ears, like a splitting headache.

The tunnel was cold. Not cold in a wintery way that bit at his skin, but more... cold in a cool way that he could feel in his teeth. Like he was submerged in a pool of menthol. Then came the feeling like a fist pushing the sternum out of his chest.

Giona marveled at the impressionist beauty of the grey world, but he snapped awake when she said they had to cross over to the other side. He could run, easily. He'd done so much running already.

"I'm not leaving you. We don't have much time."

Giona stepped forward and kneeled, trying to fit his head under Chryssa's shoulder. He then stood up, trying to take the weight and pressure off of her injured leg. He wouldn't be able to run like this, but speedwalking together would be fine.

He'd if nothing else be able to make good on his promise of fighting them all. Giona clenched his teeth with discomfort when the eggshell cracking sound came. The world contorted, and color bled from things. The fabric pattern on his jumpsuit and the enamel pins seemed to look more like teardrops made of felt and iron. "--Not now. We're almost there."




TL;DR: It's the Prison Break Mission. We're doing Prison Break. The mission where someone breaks out of prison.
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POSTED ON Jun 8, 2021 5:10:07 GMT
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Giona had to beat the heat. The constant 70 degree burst of sun on Mauville's concrete cube buildings and semi-paved ground. Not even getting an undercut helped. Goddamn. So, that kept him on the sub. On the submarine that sat far from the surface of the water, where it was relatively cool. It kept him on the sub despite not being allowed to smoke on the sub. Despite not being able to smoke making him restless.

He stepped into the training facility in a pair of black mesh basketball shorts, with a plum-colored towel around his neck. Bryan hit the rods on the Mook Yan Jong, the dummy whose concentric rings sent wooden clubs at him from either side and many heights. Giona folded his arms and waited for him to stop before addressing him. Giona had a layer of what could best be described as boxer hand-wrap tape around his left arm, from the forearm to the fingers. He was as tall as Bryan, but narrower. More like a seasoned cyclist. "Do you come here often?" Sounded like a bad pickup line. Time to elaborate. "We need more Rockets like you, if that's the case." Not that that sounded any less gay.
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POSTED ON Jun 8, 2021 4:26:23 GMT
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Thanks!! I would love to take Honedge!!
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POSTED ON Jun 8, 2021 2:05:31 GMT
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I’d like to redeem a gacha ticket obtained in thread. total cost: 0 pd
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POSTED ON Jun 7, 2021 16:30:02 GMT
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One last step to their job. A large, hairless mammal sat there bawling as Trapinch yanked the shell off, then scaled its back and dunked it over its head. Giona then withdrew the new Slowking, and put it down in the shipping pallet.

Trapinch looked up at him and stamped his little feet. Its jaw opened and closed to mimic talking, but it could only chirp at different pitches. Giona scooped the big ant into his arms, and rocked it to sleep under one bicep. When it finally nodded off, he withdrew Trapinch to its ball.

Asriel reached out to him again. Giona shrugged his shoulders, picking up the shipping pallet. "Aaaaaaaaand we're done. I can take these back to the safehouse in Mauville for distribution." He then paused, and acknowledged him. "A little over a year, how about you?"




TL;DR: their work here is done.
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electrifying performance! [m] [c]
POSTED ON Jun 7, 2021 2:49:13 GMT
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The battle seemed to wind down. Some Pikachu were trapped in the shipping pallet of pokeballs. Some fled, knowing the risk to be far greater than the reward. Especially since Raichu was knocked out cold infront of them. It must've been maddening for them. They must've declared lifelong grudges against these two, if they had such a level of awareness.

"Well, it's time to pack up." He said, followed by Trapinch looking at him and stomping its little feet. The ant opened and closed its jaw to mimic talking, but it didn't form words. Giona scooped it up into his arms, then brought out a pokeball after rocking it to sleep on one bicep.

Giona then withdrew it, and looked to Plank. "Thanks. It means a lot that you'd be here."

Giona said, stepping aside and kneeling down. He picked up the shipping pallet full of pokeballs. Rows of capsules that were kohl-black, but the candy-red R was scratched off. Giona walked over to her, arching a brow. He held the pallet in two hands, expecting her to drop the ball holding Raichu.

"I run the safehouse in Mauville. I can walk these back, and get a truck out in a day to pick 'em up."



TL;DR: Packing up.
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POSTED ON Jun 6, 2021 17:58:47 GMT
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Giona’s eyes lit up when the trunk of the car was peeled open. It seemed to go over much better than trying to burrow through it. Toxicroak went over it with a series of piercing jabs. Giona called back Vibrava with a red beam, into a pokeball that was kohl-black all over, with a candy-red R turned to face Theo.

The taller man seemed to zero in on him, leaning in to ask for his name. “Giona Ferrara.” He responded, in a hushed tone. He hadn’t met Theo yet, but it wouldn’t be hard for the man to do some digging. To see that he worked at the safehouse in Mauville. To see the prior arrest.



TL;DR: Game over.
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