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The sight of the fallen Blissey sparks nothing in him; guilt being as nonexistent as any sense of achievement. It’s a battleground. Pokémon will inevitably fall. The fact that one has been dealt with doesn’t mean absolute victory.
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The appearance of the Sylveon confirms this.
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For a second, it brings reminders; thoughts of the Sylveon that waits for him back at his home in Sootopolis. The one that had been the only surviving member of his late wife’s team. The one who had guarded her body with its life. The one who is aggressive, distrusting of most people, yet that is finally beginning to warm up to
BARNABY FINCH. The one that is one of the only pokémon that truly matter to Mars.
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This Sylveon is not Achelous. Far from it.
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This Sylveon is commanded to do something for which Mars would kill it under regular circumstances.
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These aren’t regular circumstances, though. He reminds himself of that fact. He reminds himself that their goal here is not to kill every League supporter in sight.
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”Call Quartz back.” He tells
BARNABY FINCH in a whisper and with a mere glance. Barnaby will understand his intent, that much he’s certain of. With a click of a pokéball, the Urshifu is called back as well.
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It all lasts mere seconds.
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There are no words. There are no gestures. There is just the way the pistol’s barrel goes from being pointed at
MARISOL SIMONE to pointing at
Leonidas Stone instead, and immediately afterwards, the loud and explosive ring of a gunshot just as the Z-MOVE is fired as well.
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The gun is lowered, and one of the masked individuals quickly puts a hand on the shoulder of the other.
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Immediately, they disappear.
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Vanished with no traces of their presence.
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The sounds of combat are muffled and distant where they TELEPORT to; still Mount Pyre, but far from the summit where their objective awaits. A spot Mars teleports so often to that it has been committed to memory, making appearing there all too easy. For now, a safe place for them.
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And yet not safe enough to remove their masks. There’s no knowing who might be watching.
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The Unown is called to watch their backs for them.
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”I’ll teleport you back to the peak in a second.” That second is needed to catch his breath. He knows he’ll need to use his teleportation abilities constantly once back at the summit, and that will inevitably take a toll on him. From behind the mask, Mars looks at Barnaby, and at that moment, he takes his hand in his. There’s a light squeeze.
”You better not die on me.”[break][break]
He can’t ask him to stay safe, but he can ask him to do this one thing. Survive. Win this battle.
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Mars will do the same. For himself and
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MASK / DISGUISE[break]
▷ MARS tells BARNABY to call back STEELIX
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▷ URSHIFU is called back to avoid TWINKLE TACKLE
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▷ MARS SHOOTS LEONIDAS
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▷ MARS AND BARNABY TELEPORT TO SAFETY because gotta focus on the primal point
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▷ UNOWN released to watch for danger
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▷ Taking a moment to rest
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MERITS EARNED: 150 MP[break]
+ 50 MP for participating in a battle
[break]+ 10 MP for assisting another character and/or their Pokemon.
[break]+ 10 MP per IC post in a spin-off thread
[break]+ 10 MP for knocking out another character's Pokémon
[break]+ 10 MP for assisting another character and/or their Pokemon
[break]+ 10 MP per IC post in a spin-off thread
[break]+ 10 MP for assisting another character and/or their Pokemon
[break]+ 10 MP per IC post in a spin-off thread
[break]+ 10 MP for knocking out another character's Pokémon
[break]+ 10 MP for assisting another character and/or their Pokemon
[break]+ 10 MP per IC post in a spin-off thread