[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

"ugh."

[break][break] callie will never understand it herself. she's never grown up rich, or anything close to it.

[break][break] she pulls back from him, watching as he grabs the pincer and begins to do as he's told, cleaning up the trash along the beach. she follows after him, a little lackluster than before.

[break][break] but his words have a way of bringing the amusement back to her face again, for whatever reason that may be.

[break][break] "oh, you can make jokes now?" she says, lips turning upwards. "which devon employee taught you that particular skill?"

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[attr="class","ooc"] ALEXANDER STONE

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

she snickered.

[break][break] "boring as ever, huh?"

[break][break] but callie couldn't throw stones, not really, when she had become the same thing as him. military work in hoenn was hardly the same as it had been in kanto. the closest thing that she had come close to feeling alive was when she and annalise henderson had chased down kyogre.

[break][break] "i no longer work for the precinct anymore," she said, shrugging her shoulders. "though i probably don't have to tell you that."

[break][break] word traveled, after all.

[break][break] amber eyes lifted towards the creature who nudged towards her, lips curved into a smile.

[break][break] "you're gonna have to try harder if you wanna get through me. why not try him?"

[break][break] mischievous eyes glint towards him.

[break][break] "i think he's ticklish."

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[attr="class","ooc"] Greyson Connors

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

"me?" she snorts. "i suggest you take a look in the mirror, connors."

[break][break] she leaps off the curb where she'd been waiting for him, striding towards him with a smug grin.

[break][break] callie gives him a good-natured shove on the shoulder.

[break][break] "what've you been up to? mr. elite four?"

[break][break] things have changed a lot since the last they met. he climbed to elite four, and she no longer was stationed in lilycove. these days, she was tasked with protecting the council and other high officials within the league.

[attr="class","ooc"] Greyson Connors

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

she rolls her eyes, reaching for him immediately and the forked grabber. even though she knows that he's probably not serious (or at least she hopes he's not serious), she plays along with him.

[break][break] "just. like. this."

[break][break] with emphasis, her hand closes over his as she shows him how to open and closer the grabber, reaching for one of the crumpled pieces of paper on the sandy beach.

[break][break] she glances up at him, bemused.

[break][break] "how'd you make it through life like this?"

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[attr="class","ooc"] ALEXANDER STONE

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

humble as ever — or perhaps, it's just being dismissive — alexander silph pays no attention to her needling. still, it doesn't make the bemusement on her expression any less, enjoying teasing him as she does.

[break][break] "ready as ever," she said, stepping onto the sandy beach beside him. In her hands were the tools for their beach cleanup—a forked grabber that pincers when pressed on one side.

[break][break] "ever picked up trash before?" she asks him, handing one over to him. her lips slide into a smirk. "or is that beneath you, mr. bigshot?"

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[attr="class","ooc"] ALEXANDER STONE

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

"hey," she said, grinning. "i thought you said you were nothing special?"

[break][break] she unfolded her arms from where she was waiting at the beach's curb, amber eyes glancing as the former councilman expertly dismissed the crowd of reporters away.

[break][break] after kyle lopez 's death and the unmarked disappearance of both members of the league and civilians alike, it was no surprise that the likes of ALEXANDER STONE was under the spotlight again. or perhaps this was just the way that people like ALEXANDER STONE lived — constantly dodging the spotlight, even post-mortem death. such was the life of a celebrity that callie previously had taken no part in.

[break][break] "you seem like mr. bigshot to me."

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[attr="class","ooc"] ALEXANDER STONE

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[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","ooc"] fO80oX15 [break]
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Roy Aker [break]
GC RESEARCH STATION

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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","ooc"] oum4Ypcz [break]
TOTAL 893 [break][break]
ALEXANDER STONE [break]
AZ EXPLORE #1

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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","ooc"] SvmUfL7M [break]
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GC RESEARCH STATION

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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","ooc"] AHeO_x4L [break]
TOTAL 366 [break][break]
Josh Devlin [break]
GC MONSTER HUNTER

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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","ooc"] vpjPB1nd [break]
TOTAL 893 [break][break]
ALEXANDER STONE [break]
AZ EXPLORE #1

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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","ooc"] je3tZwHy [break]
TOTAL 366 [break][break]
Josh Devlin [break]
GC MONSTER HUNTER

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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","ooc"] XVN3PInw [break]
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Roy Aker [break]
GC RESEARCH STATION

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