"You didn't stop shit." Paxton spat out shaking in horror and fury all over again at the shifting creature before them. He vaguely sees a mountain of something else, his eyes focused on one. The helmet is cracks and unobstructed by the slight tint of the plexiglass he can see Joules in all its horror. [break][break]

Almost like a second wind he reaches back with his left, clawing for the top of Isaac's head and curling fingers into his hair, trying to bring him down and as close to Paxton as possible. As he does, he sends his right up to bop the Rocket in the nose before letting go as he tried once more to get the damn Rocket off of him. As he tries again, to flail harder than his opponent the pile of metal cries out, its long screech starting and stopping pathetically, it's energy running out. And the more it stuttered, the more desperate Paxton became as he tried to turn a lone teal blue eye on his enemy.


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+ Isaac Merlo | clash 2 [break][break]

tl;dr [break]
- we are still flailing madly [break]
- tries to bring isaac in close for a nose punch [break]
- trying to turn and face isaac [break]





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Its not enough to see them on the ground. Its not enough to see the anger, the arrogance leave Ashley's eyes. He wouldn't stop until Ashley's eyes were lifeless, having suffered to the very bitter end. So even while on the ground, Paxton moves in unrelenting. Because Rocket never relented. Rocket never listened. Rocket could not be trusted or reasoned with. Rocket was a scourge that would never be satisfied no matter how much power they amassed or how many people they killed. It's a black hole, tearing through region after region no matter the victims. [break][break]

He has flashed of them. Of CALLISTA MOON who he almost lost with the freedom fighter. Of @sol who they'd thought had been KIA. Of Eris Halla who he'd lost in the beginning bizarre terrorist attacks that only escalated into a full fledged civil war. At one point or another he'd thought them all dead. He'd mourned them, remembered them. He'd been so closed to death so many times. [break][break]

This attempt on his life is insulting. It's pathetic. "Get UP!" he screamed giving another harsh kick to the gut wanting to make the runt before him choke on his own bile. "You don't get to feel sorry for yourself, SAWYER!" he snarled as he came down on the Rocket, pinning him under his body weight and grabbing him by the collar. "C'mon Rocket! Show me self righteous!" he sneered as he punched him again, and again and again. The rest is just grunts of effort as their pokemon bleed out in the ground. Paxton, too blinded by resurfacing hate and fury, to notice anything or anyone else but Ashley.


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+ Ashley Shepard | clash 2 [break][break]

tl;dr [break][break]


- Joules the Magnezone used ELECTRIC TERRAIN (4/5) [break]
- Joules the Magnezone is swapped out with Romeo the Riolu [break]
- Romeo the Riolu uses QUICK ATTACK on Jelly the Bewear [break]
- Paxton kicks Ashley when he's down [break]
- Paxton taunts him and gets on top to punch him until he passes out ( and dies ) [break]


mp tracker [break]
- use SCATTER BANG
- MUTATION growing
- pokemon death

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Paxton takes a shot at the Lucario, the rifle punching into his shoulder as he held it steady. There's a muffled bang at the pokemon moves and a shot intended for the heart goes into the chest. He loads another round into the chamber as Foxtrot chirps in panic and pain, getting grounded by the FLASH CANON. [break][break]

Sparks linger on the tiny bird's body but it flutters weakly, taking off into the skies before dive bombing at the Lucario to administer a solid PECK at the pokemon's neck. As he does, Paxton begins calling the incident in. "Cassidy to HQ, intercepting hostile target in Sector Alpha while en route to Outpost Charlie." he fires another shot to keep the pressure on as his partner goes in for the attack.

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+ ana fell | clash 3/3  [break][break]

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"We can mourn them when we leave." Paxton returned, a small offer for comfort to the ranger. The next admission makes him smile, snorting a little and nodding. "I can say its one of the shittier places I've had to fight in." Not by much, but...still ass. [break][break]

Fox palms him the device and Paxton is careful to put it somewhere safe and padded. "Good luck. I'll make sure to bring this back asap." he said, taking a moment to hold the man's eyes silently wishing him good luck before the scout is off. Paxton is quiet, taking another moment to sit in the stillness of Ultra Sea before swallowing and getting back up. He puts back on the helmet and began heading back to the rifts.

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+ faelan foxgrove | comms 1/2 [break][break]

tl;dr [break]


mp tracker [break]
- growing MUTATIONS [break]
- 5 ic posts  [break]
- participation in pd mission  [break]

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Paxton is already clicking Tango's pokeball desperately. But the pokeball doesn't react and the beam of red light doesn't shoot out to retrieve him. And as the Rockets encroach, he spots a dark red smear at the edge of cracked earth and a broken, sunken spot on the miniature cliff. [break][break]

And then Lam snaps him out of it and he looks towards the oncoming threat. Paxotn drops his pokeball, smashing it wit ha stomp of his heel and shuddering breath. "Go!" He ordered, turning to give chase with Lam as he reached for another pokeball. Hopper comes out again beeping quickly for orders. "Hopper, Outpost Bravo, we're taking Lam and his bird." he explained as the Porygon encircles the running pair once before flashing brightly to TELEPORT the group out of danger.

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+ lam logan | comms 1/2  [break][break]

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Poppy knocks back the Nidoking with her TERASTALIZED attack but Tango doens't have that kind of fire power. So whe nthe SLUDGE WAVE drops the little bug grows sicker and slower. Still, trying his best to assist he begins another FISSURE attack as the Nidoqueen comes running to help the Nidoking. [break][break]

The earth shakes and cracks. The earth opens and swallows some Nidoran if they don't outright flee. The Nidoking falls, knocked over by the DRAGON HAMMER and the incoming Nidoqueen. And Tango? Tango wheezes under the poison unable to move out of the way. He attempts to dig but the 2 poison types slam it into the edge of his own FISSURE with a resounding CRACK and SPLAT noise before falling into Tango's FISSURE. Paxton turns, expecting to see the Trapinch running back but can't find him anywhere. "No-" the helmet twitches quickly, searching the battlefield for the resilient little bug but nothing comes out. "Tango?!" he called out, seeing a small lull as the Nidoking and Queen's muffled cries escape the cracks in the earth. PARANOIA sets in as he tries to find the little bug, moving towards the open earth before seeing dark clothes, Rockets approaching the site. "Shit!"

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+ lam logan | comms 1/2  [break][break]

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Paxton begins to run, despite being familiar with how persistent AURA SPHERES could be. Still, he could delay it. He keeps his rifle aimed low as he takes off running while Foxtrot dives to intercept the AURA SPEHERE. There's a small blast and he's blasted backwards but flaps up to show he's still kicking. [break][break]

"Roger." he sets up, pulling the rifle close to his chest to keep the buttstock pressed into his shoulder. He closes one eye and takes aim while his pokemon glows and shoots of a spitfire of EMBER attacks at the pair.
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+ ana fell | clash 3/3  [break][break]

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He's not expecting a trap, blinded by dogged determination to get his target to stop moving, and to get to the sound of that SOS signal. They go farther than expected, though it's fine for Paxton. What another bump or bruise. He can't feel it right now. [break][break]

Isaac takes him by surprise though, twisting his body and forcing him off the Rocket and rolling on the ground, dazed for a moment before trying to pop back up. He hears the shots of a muffled rifle and he knows its him. He's not at his post. He should be taking shots. He should have covered for them. He should've kept Joules by his side- [break][break]

The rapid succession of regretful thoughts send him into a full panic, trying to relocate the source of that SOS signal. Then comes the first smash of his head on the stone floor. It sets his head ringing and he doesn't quite understand what's happening until it happens a second times. Then a third. Until all he has left is a few precious seconds between his helmet forced into the ground to breath before impact scrambled him all over again. [break][break]

As this happens he feels trapped, scared just like before. Struggling to breath, and though he's note bleeding from his throat a hand still uselessly goes up to try to stop the nonexistent blood flow. And cut amongst the SOS is a shrill, long screech. Beyond a cry for help, one little Magneton's scream of agony and frustration at a sight they could not interfere with. [break][break]

Paxton can't sleep, can't die here. Joules- he can't see them but he knows the sight so well. A pile of scrap and magnets, leaking a black substance and barely able to keep eyes open dragging itself across the fusty earth. It pinged desperately, and the longer Paxton was kept from them the worse that the screeching became and the tightness in his throat. He needs to get up. [break][break]

The front of his helmet cracks and his eyes are forced shut as piece of plexiglass crack and fall out. He tires to lash out. With Isaac still on his back, he thrusts his elbow back into his side before squirming wildly to get out of the grip he was in. He heard distant explosions and the fall of rocks. Trees falling and lightning crashing. And cutting through it all is still those rifle shots and his partner's screaming. [break][break]

And then he remembered how they'd ended up in that way, as the smoke clears and he sees the oil slick drag behind his bucket of bolts on the dirt. "What...have you done?" Because it hits him all over again. The shock, the panic, the way he'd left himself unguarded. He nearly throws up in his helmet as he felt a ghost of the pain of a knife on his neck. And then he hits again, jabbing an elbow back again and kicking back his leg to try to hit Isaac with the back of his heels. Like a Tauros trying to buck a cowboy, he does anything the rid himself of the weight on his back that wasn't his actual sins.



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+ Isaac Merlo | clash 2 [break][break]

tl;dr [break]
- goes down with ISaac on top [break]
- nearly passes out while getting his helmet smashed into the ground [breal]
- gotta save teen joules, elbows back into ISaac's side [break]
- teen joules is shrieking near death, go crazy [break]
- blame isaac [break]
- elbowing squirming trynna heel kick isaac to get him to let go [break]


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The metal bug seemed deterred only for a second before beeping something quickly and its wings glowing as their powered up. As the creature began moving and swaying, fire blasted out from its FIERY DANCE. His Skarmory shrieks from the burning heat, crumpling as it tried to escape its opponent. [break][break]

In an attempt to protect itself, the Skarmory used SPIKES, tossing scraps of debris back at the strange Volcarona to attempt to slow it down. The thing merely began sparking dangerously, uncontrollably about to blast them with another horrible DISCHARGE.

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+ Colton Boothroyd | interdream 1/2 [break][break]

tl;dr [break]


mp tracker: [break]
- mutation mention

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"Our high profile thief, and an ex gym leader." Paxton offered, nodding as he remembered their profiles comes through his desk once the public list of wanted Rockets had updated. "I would've thought all of their firepower would be wherever the SEAL is hiding." he added with a small shrug. "You look good for going toe to toe with them. Most might leave a blood trail." he said before Fox moved on. [break][break]

"Good, I'm sure our Head Ranger is always happy to see a Ranger come to his aid. Same with Councilwoman Anderson." he said with a small nod. "I've been waiting to see if any egg heads decipher the radio comms on Rocket's end, but its unclear if they're even working in coordination with each other or just set aside groups and let them fend for themselves." [break][break]

The strange comment has the man pensive. He idly runs a hand through his hair, pulling off a loose hair tie to tighten it back down before he had to throw on the helmet again. "Ultra Sea is as vast as it is corrosive. We run solo as a necessity but...it still feels like the place can have too much influence after too long an exposure." Not to mention the strange reports from the expeditions here or aliens and Ultra Beasts controlling their corpses. He can't help a shudder at the thought.

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+ faelan foxgrove | comms 1/2 [break][break]

tl;dr [break]


mp tracker [break]
- growing MUTATIONS
- mutation mention 

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"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he murmured as he watched the lone Rocket?? walk off. Though not without dropping another roudn of POISON GAS to keep Paxton occupied. His Skitty Does her best, running to and fro from person to person trying to wake them up. [break][break]

But eventually, she runs out of HEAL BELL, and eventually she collapses from overexposure to the poison. Paxton carries her away, trying to care for ehr and colleague.s But eventually the antidotes run out and eventually...Sierra stops breathing.


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+ Shizue Murasaki | cargo 1/2 [break][break]

- Paxton tells her to leave again and shoots at her Swalot [break]
- Sierra the Skitty dodges! [break]
- Sierra the Skitty used HEAL BELL [break]


tl;dr [break]


mp tracker [break]
(10) paranoia mention [break]
(50) participation in pd mission [break]
(60) 6 ic posts [break]
(250) for tying a pd mission [break]
(100) cargo mission compelte! [break]
(200) pokemon death [break]



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The TELEPORT goes off without a hitch, a risk he'd avoid taking in the future for sure. But for now, it had worked out. He sets down Elise the second his feet are on solid ground, raising a hand to his helmet and checking the comms, while Hopper chirped anxiously around Elise, confused as to why Beelze hadn't made it. [break][break]

Thankfully though, the Ultra Beast shows up eventually and Hopper beeps its many apologies to the dragon before hovering near Paxton as the man submitted a report, something about difficulty clearing the area, no back up, but no 100% guarantee the seal wasn't in their sector. When he's done, he stuck his hand in his pack pulling out a bit of beef jerky and taking a bite. After a moment, silently, he offered Elise a piece. "Good job."

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+ Elise Calcifet Amor Rose    [break][break]

tl;dr [break]
- Hopper hte Porygon TELEPORTS paxton and elise [break]
- Hopper the Porygon cries an apology at Beelze [break] [break]

mp tracker [break]
(90) 9 MP per IC post in a Postdormitum Battle/Mission. [break]
(50) MP for participation in a Postdormitum Battle/Mission [break]
(150) postdormitum battle complete [break]
(300) postdormitum mission/battle loss [break]
(10) assisting another Pokemon or character in thread [break]
(10) fainting an enemy Pokemon [break]
(50) getting a Pokemon knocked out [break]
(10) paranoia mention [break]


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"I don't take orders from you." he said as he returned Streenstrup, who was on her last legs anyway. Their opponent could have just as easily walked away as Elise and Paxton were about to. Though, he doesn't believe his rookie is out of the woods just yet. He hears the light tapping of heels on rock and pulls out their exit strategy. [break][break]

Hopper the Porygon is summoned, beeping quickly as Paxton runs back on the first sign of projectiles flying towards him. "Running-" was all he could utter to the pink and blue pokemon before it TELEPORTed him to Elise's side as her Naganadel evolved and fired back a FLAMETHROWER. "Continue cover fire." he said to Elise before adding, "'Scuse me." [break][break]

With the addition of the lessened gravity, he secured the range. One arm hooked under her knees and the other against her back. He goes forward, trusting her Ultra Beast could handle it as Hopper beeped a warning to its partner in battle. "Backtracking to position Bravo, we'll go from there." he said to his partner. Hopper beeped a quick acknowledgment before casting another TELEPORT as Paxton doesn't stop running.

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+ Elise Calcifet Amor Rose    [break][break]

tl;dr [break]
- returns Streenstrup the Octillery [break]
- Hopper the Porgyon is swapped out and helps Paxton dodge away [break]
- bridal carries elise so he won't leave her during TELEPORT [break]
- hopper the porygon gives Beelze the Naganadel warning they're leaving before jumping [break]

mp tracker [break]
50 MP for participation in a Postdormitum Battle/Mission - 50 [break]
10 MP per IC post in a Postdormitum Battle/Mission - 30 [break]
10 MP paranoia mention

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