[attr="class","callie2"] "more than you, i bet," she challenged him.

[break][break] in reality, working out was a part of callie's daily routine. whether it was doing a morning run or hitting the gym with paxton concordas, it was an ordinary part of being an officer. it had become second nature to her ever since they were in kanto together, and had simply persisted in the time that they had arrived in hoenn.

[break][break] suddenly, the sound of rumbling footsteps drew her pause and she glanced back at the horizon. a collection of SANDY SHOCKS looked like they were thundering up the hill, their electricity glimmering bright in the setting sun.

[break][break] "shoot," she said, suddenly leaping off the box. "looks like we have company."

[break][break] she glanced at her partner, smirking.

[break][break] "you ready?"

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[attr="class","callie2"] "should i be picturing you kissing something else?"

[break][break] she smirked at him, not quite breaking eye-contact.

[break][break] "maybe rocks?"

[break][break] "regirocks more your type, former councilman?"

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[attr="class","callie2"] "first one? no way!" callie laughed.

[break][break] for some reason, it seemed like her words were like butter — the tension disappeared from the air almost immediately as her stakeout partner turned to her with most genuine expression that she'd him wear thus far.

[break][break] callie reached forward to feel his bicep, the muscle bulging beneath her touch, before she leaned back with a satisfied grin.

[break][break] "you're right — those aren't any ordinary muscles. you must've worked hard on them." callie mimicked his same gesture, flexing her own bicep to show-off. callie had gone to countless training sessions alongside paxton concordas too — she could hold her own plenty well.

[break][break] lifting his head off his paws, skoll lifted his head off his paws to stare at his trainer and this other human. he stared at them for a moment, almost disbelieving how similar they were, before letting out a snuff and then closing his eyes again as he put them back on his paws.

[break][break] humans.

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[attr="class","callie2"] callie balked.

[break][break] she was supposed to catch it? wasn't he the gym leader?

[break][break] then again, callie wasn't one to say no. especially not in a situation as urgent as this. the officer reached for her belt, cleverly maneuvering into an empty pokeball before promptly bonking the creature on the head. the beast seemed equally stunned, enveloped by glimmering red, before sucked into the sphere.

[break][break] click.

[break][break] callie turned to Josh Devlin, seeming a little breathless still from the whole ordeal.

[break][breka] "so... done?"

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[attr="class","callie2"] "is that how that works?" she asked, a laugh bubbling in her throat as they both leaped over the final stone and made it to the other side. without a pause, she turned to him, eyes bright amber as she challenged him to a stare.

[break][break] "you went to the other side and - "

[break][break] her lips pursed, voice lowering.

[break][break] "kissed some ghosts?"

[break][break] she pretended to shudder.

[break][break] "ugh."

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[attr="class","callie2"] oh shoot. things were getting a bit dicey, weren't they?

[break][break] still, callie was stubborn and unwilling to give in. especially when it was two against one.

[break][break] callie unclipped her pistol, just as her onix let out a mighty roar, diving into the ground with DIG.

[break][break] beside her, her lycanroc stood to attention as it barked a warning towards the magnificent beast, seemingly unafraid even as it resurrected a QUICK GUARD that was able to swiftly defend them from an INCINERATE that blasted forward.

[break][break] with expertise only gained from years at war, the officer took aim and then shot at the pokemon's weak-points.

[break][break] magical or not, this pokemon was still a pokemon. made of living flesh and bone.

[break][break] and thus, it could bleed.

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[attr="class","callie2"] not the talkative type, huh? that was fine. she could deal with that. it reminded her honestly a little bit of that fishing trip that she'd had with DANNY HALL and Greyson Connors a while back.

[break][break] "no plan," she said with a shrug.

[break][break] "we just watch this outpost, make sure nothing gets in the way of anything."

[break][break] "beat up or shoot anything that comes to close."

[break][break] she glances at him and his charizard, expression gently teasing.

[break][break] "you seem like a strong guy. i mean, look at those biceps."

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[attr="class","callie2"] "titans, huh?"

[break][break] though callie is familiar enough with the legendary pokemon that derive from johto — that is to say, the legendary dogs whose forms are also rumored to have been found in the depths of both the open chasm and network of caves that they now explore — she will be honest to admit that her knowledge is limited when it comes to much else.

[break][break] his hand is gripped as she leaps onto the next stone, only to turn to provide the same back.

[break][break] "that sounds pretty impressive. do you believe it?"

[break][break] a pause.

[break][break] "have you met any titans yourself?"

[break][break] her lips curve into a smirk.

[break][break] "you know, when you died and stuff."

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[attr="class","callie2"] his handshake is met wholeheartedly, only to be dropped at the sound of something in the distance.

[break][break] she yelped when suddenly, a giant creature game lumbering forth. flames licked the air as callie leaped backwards to avoid being smashed to pieces by it's fiery blow.

[break][break] "i can do ground," she said, swiftly reaching for her utility belt. "sylvi! help us out!"

[break][break] the onyx that appears roars loudly before lashing out with IRON TAIL, aiming to sweep the large beast off it's feet.

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[attr="class","callie2"] "a regirock?"

[break][break] callie isn't as familiar with the legendary pokemon, being only a transplant from johto and kanto. that being said, she'd already spent several months in hoenn, but not even that is enough for her to be able to pour over the exhaustive list of files that are certainly in the league's records.

[break][break] a stream trickles before them and callie leaps easily over onto the first wide stone, holding a hand out for the former councilman to follow.

[break][break] "is that the legendary that was in the battle near dewford? i was stationed in lilycove then, so i didn't get to make it to the battle."

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[attr="class","callie2"] she's a little breathless, out of sorts, but otherwise okay.

[break][break] "yeah," she says, fixing him with a quizzical look. "of course i am."

[break][break] why wouldn't she be?

[break][break] callie looks away from him, and then off the edge of a cliff where the waterfall roars. it's her first dip into the chasm so she doesn't know any better, doesn't know the kind of beasts that lie beneath.

[break][break] "how much do you know about the chasm? do you know what that was - was it just an earthquake?"

[break][break] her brow furrowed.

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[attr="class","callie2"] ew. callista.

[break][break] her nose wrinkled.

[break][break] "call me callie."

[break][break] only her mother ever called her callista. astra had always said that her daughter's name was beautiful, lunar, wonderful. and callie hated how much her mother loved it.

[break][break] "josh it is, then - " but her words were also cut off by the sound of a seismic roar. she blinked. "what the hell was that?"

[break][break] unlike josh, callie didn't have the experience of the dangerous pokemon that he was supposedly speaking of. but she'd been in kanto; she was ready for anything.

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[attr="class","callie2"] ah. that was right.

[break][break] probation, ugh.

[break][break] she hated feeling like she was a rookie in boot camp again. it'll breeze by, paxton concordas had told her, though she wasn't exactly sure if she believed him.

[break][break] "well, if you have to fire me later, be gentle okay?" she said instead, letting out a laugh.

[break][break] it was then that the earth beneath their feet gave a sudden RUMBLE, and rather than pull back to hide behind him, callie did the opposite. instinct drove her to leap in front of the former councilman, arm thrown in front, before she realized what had happened. breathlessly, she looked back at him.

[break][break] "you good?"

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