Another pokemon of interest, but the question is could it survive? He snaps his fingers and Pyroars attacks going in to incinerate the squid like pokemon before going in for a crunch. seems like no. It wasn't strong enough As it's fainted body fell to be left As prey.


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+ @safari

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Finally something that seemed of worth fighting as a wailmer was bouncing its way back to the water. With a whistle he orders for his Pryroar to go using a hard CRUNCH. Though like the cowards before the whale pokemon was quick to escape. Pity, onto the next then.


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+ @safari

[attr="class","pokeclass"]

Raphael just glances to the side ignoring the looks the two Rockets were being given by their clear pettiness of each other as the one arm man calls. Another round card is drawn after two others at the table fold. [Break][break]

"this is child's play, he flips the chip to the side with a pokeball on it and taps it before he puts the single chip down. This was more than money now, not that the deal and them would get it as they shouldn't.



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+ THEO BECKETT
[break]+ Mission: Rigged Gacha Rolls

Pryde looks at his hand, his expression doesn't change. He looks to Theo's bet, "Better than yours I'm sure" it's a challenge and he raises.



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+ THEO BECKETT
[break]+ Mission: Rigged Gacha Rolls

He doesn't bite, not this time. [Break][break]

"Well normally when one goes into a casino it's for drinks and fun," he finishes a drink before he tips a dollar for another, "But now that you're here I'll settle for one of two" why the other brings out this side of him he doesn't know. But he finds he can't help it. He buys into another game with his winnings as new cards are dealt.




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+ THEO BECKETT
[break]+ Mission: Rigged Gacha Rolls

As Theo would go to pat his shoulder his arm was quick to act, though not of his own accord. A tight grip would be had on Theo’s wrist to prevent the other from touching him. [break][break]

=Danger danger, threat detected=

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The Rotom in his arm would alert, for a moment squeezing tighter before Raphael finally ordered it. ”Down,” he commands and immediately the arm lets Theo go. ”Apologies,” his sorry was meant more for the table than for Theo, but final best are place as Pryde shows his hand for a win. He doesn’t let himself get baited again though like he did with his boy’s name. ”No I couldn’t” he admits but probably not for the reasons Theo thinks, ”my wife and I raised a strong soldier.” he’s going to ignore the other’s involvement with his son’s training





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+ THEO BECKETT
[break]+ Mission: Rigged Gacha Rolls

Pryde listens with incredible interest as the other shows off his abilities a tad more. Oh how’d he love to study it himself, though the discomfort the other shows may go missed by most, he sees it. While experimentation on pokemon was an all clear for him, people felt different in his eyes. For the briefest of moments he wonders if once he is able to get back in the labs again if he would be asked to work on this project as well. Or would he? ”By sheer force of will?” he questions curious how it moves without even needing to move himself. [break][break]

It isn’t until the mention of the actual test where he begins to pain a better picture of what the other has gone through. As he’s sure he’s done the same if not worse to some pokemon whenever asked to. ”I would be grateful if you’ll allow me access as at the moment the labs aren’t for me,” as if to prove a point he would reach for a pen on Gavin’s desk with his right hand, and while at first he seems to have it just fine it isn’t long before it breaks in two, “Still getting use to trying to handle pressure I can’t feel I’m causing, but it’s always fun to learn of something new, though sorry it has to be at your expense, is there no other avatars to test?”




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+ Cillian Quinn
[break]+ Social

There is finally a twitch in his mask as he raises again, but this time at the name rather than the act he had up. He takes a drink from what was given to him by one of the waitress that walked the casino floor. [Break][break]

"Better than your brother"



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+ THEO BECKETT
[break]+ Mission: Rigged Gacha Rolls

”No, but you might as well have” there is humor there as he says it, but there is clear clarity that the old man’s mind was very closed off to the idea. He held two pokemon, and two pokemon only in high regard the Nidoking his wife gave him when they started dating, and the now Pyroar he had for a gift for them both when he proposed. Otherwise they all meant nothing. [break][break]

”And when a tool breaks you simply replace it, like we did with the subjects back in the labs” Pryde adds to the metaphors but he’ll just listen to the underboss for now. Gavin’s position, rather than shared passed, being the only thing letting him humor the idea of ‘bonding’ with his pokemon. [break][break]

”I’m aware how some close bonds evolve pokemon, I’ve never done it personally as I can’t make that connection,” Would the other know of his avoidance of pokemon of such nature? ”Unfortunate,” is all he can muster to spare about the fallen Lucario. His understanding of pokemon bond still limited to the two he owned, but he could imagine small grief at the passing of symbols of his relationship. [break][break]

He does perk up at the challenge though, ”Why not, though I warn you know Mr. King,” he us sure to use the alias, ”We a tad rusty” with that he’d call on his Pyroar to counter the thunder cat. Falling for it’s intimidation, but she wouldn’t go down easily.




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+ Cillian Quinn // H✩T
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[attr="class","pokeclass"]

There is a small chuckle, ”Whats with that look, almost seems like you’ve seen a ghost?” he jest, though considering the boy’s dabbling in ghost pokemon it wasn’t too much of a surprised, just like the Shuppet that circled them. Pryde nodding to it in some greeting, he’ll never really understand ghost Pokémon’s fascination with him. While the other agrees Pryde heads toward one of the unused battle grounds that the Event had provided. [break][break]

”I’ve heard news about your father,” he comments, curious seeing how the young man has lost his parents and brother while he himself lost a son. Maybe he’s a tad interested in the perspective change before he calls out one of his own pokemon.



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+ jayden cross // H✩T
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”I highly doubt he’d care to,” he simply replies about Theo seeing as the two had very poor history with one another. He’ll leave it at that for now unless the underboss asked otherwise. [break][break]

For now he’d simply watch, eyes widening with interest as the other has basically become a smoke bomb, but there was clearly more to the mist than just that. The way Gavin’s form begins to shift as it thickens around him while the miasma filled the room. Curiously he drifts his hand through the smoke as if to test if it had any affect on the skin of humans. Thankfully it doesn’t but he does still listen with his interest clearly peaked. ”So reanimating in a sense, wonder if there is a chemical in the smoke that activates something in the brain,” because of course a man of science would try to think of magic as science just unexplained. [break][break]

”Has the mist you produce been tested?” there are so many other questions he’d love to ask, but this is the first.


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+ Cillian Quinn
[break]+ Social

‘Llyod’ gives a smile, one that is polite as he follows the pecking order of things. And this was the man who was now an underboss as well. He tilts his head at the shorter rocket, having expected something different based off what he knew of the Rocket Beast in Kanto. ”Yes, Liam King recommend a battle with you,” he drops Gavin’s current alias to make it easily known for the other just who he was a part of. [break][break]

“My Wife spoke highly of your skill, I hope I don’t end up being a bore for you as I’m very much out of practice,” he drops a tad more recognition, but that is about all he had. Hearsay, for now he’ll take out two pokeballs, ”Is a double battle fine with you?”




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+ Chu-e Choi // H✩T
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The bait is taken, and not just by those he was playing with. The first three cards are shown and his face alters some almost like he wasn’t expecting but he was. The old man has been giving a fake tell for the past hour for times like these as he ‘hesitantly’ raises which encourages others to raise. ”Of course I do,” unlike his mask with the players he does little to hide his sarcasm with Theo. [break][break]

Another card dealt and another round of betting goes. ”And I suppose you do too as you wouldn’t have come to sit with me if you haven’t. How’s Asriel?”

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+ THEO BECKETT
[break]+ Mission: Rigged Gacha Rolls