…Oh, that silence was foreboding.[break][break]

He would reiterate that it was a joke, but the silence that came after the question he’d asked was telling in itself. His eyes remained upon the bear before him. He did his best to dismiss the attempt of a joke he made.[break][break]

A sigh escaped his lips as her response rung through the air, though, and he offered little resistance upon hearing her footsteps trail towards him again.[break][break]

”And this is what I get for joking, for once~...” he murmured with a low, exasperated sigh and smile of amusement. Swept alongside her with hand in hand, he closed his eyes for a brief moment before opening them just in time to give the two employees overseeing them a coyly entertained glare in passing.[break][break]

He gave them both a shrug and a small salute with a flick of his fingers before being pulled into the hallway, and quickly after the woman accompanying spoke her part, he eyed her (subtly relishing the disdain she’d seemed more than glad to express) and gave an idling hum of amusement..[break][break]

”...You’re so heated over a simple mistake~.”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: pwoduce pangowos pwease!

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Ah, so patronizing.[break]
So this was what it was like to be on the other side of it.[break][break]

The glare remained, but not too long after they arrived along the top of the pathways, it softened slightly despite lingering; instead inheriting a soft touch of amusement and coyness, alike, as he briefly overlooked the sights strewn out before them.[break][break]

”Mhm~. Always trying my best, but that aside~...”[break][break]

He hummed lowly, eying the horizon for a while longer before tossing the capsule of a familiar ghost type in front of them. As she gave her normal (jarring) sound indicative of her specimen, the trainer, himself, took his phone out and handed it off to her before resting his chin upon the woman’s shoulder. His arms wrapped around her waist as he side eyed up at her, giving another, content hum and grin.[break][break]

”...What say we take a picture or two~? The view’s nice enough for it~.”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: sunset selfie

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…Oh, this was an oddly unfortunate place for this to happen in.[break][break]

Nevertheless, the sights and energies that began surging within the bounds of the widened halls and shopping outlets only served to surprise him for only a handful of moments, and as he found himself as one of the few, calmer individuals within the mess (he gave a rather amused and curious eye to those that immediately turned tail and began running, despite the gravity of everything), he merely gave a softly idling hum while hooking a hand to one of the capsules he’d always brought with him before tossing it out to reveal the image of his beloved Gripper Pokemon.[break][break]

Just in time, too, as a sudden flare of energy manifested some ways in front of them.[break][break]

A creature lunged forth from it, though the ashen haired man merely sought to lean to the side slightly in attempt to catch a better glimpse of it as the Dusknoir placed herself between him and his would-be attacker. He glanced up with a curious look, eying the ghost before nodding towards the altered fire type—the Typhlosion, he could only assume—before them.[break][break]

”Do what you need to, Byeol~.”[break][break]

And so she did. Though scathed by several plumes of flame to begin with, she dissipated and vanished from sight for just a small while before reappearing by the dual type’s flank. The beast turned tail towards her, though not in time to avoid a wound up Shadow Punch.[break][break]

Humming, Dal took the opportunity to toss a spare Pokeball out as it was distracted,

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--using x1 form change and x1 pokeball to catch a hisuian typhlosion

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Same as ever.[break][break]

Another day meant another venture— and that time around, he just so happened to be trekking and lingering around and about with his more recent companions; one of which had actually been rather familiar with the area. He watched as a particular little puppet floated to and fro around the rigid grounds of the mountain, all while his remaining two Pokemon remained with him.

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He thought about it for a little while, gradually swimming his way over to join her after letting go of the Primarina’s flipper. Rather than joining her closely, however, he took care to stop a couple of feet’s worth of distance behind her as she spoke her part, furrowing his brows while surveying the areas beneath them from where he remained.[break][break]

He clicked his tongue, eying her while shrugging.[break][break]

”I’d personally say we head back, then,” he murmured, narrowing his eyes towards the cave for a small while longer before turning around. As he began to make his way back to the dual type awaiting them, he inhaled deeply yet quickly, breathing the breath out within a similar manner as he softly took the creature’s flipper and pulled himself the remaining distance back to her. ”If we did manage to clear the rubble ourselves, it’d take hours by hand. …If using a proper move to clear the area isn’t an option, then we’re better off calling for professionals and guiding them here now that we at least have the location.”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: luvdisc dive

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So quick to change the subject as always.[break][break]

”Fine, fine~...” he murmured, pressing his tongue against the inside of his mouth with a chuckle and a smirk, gently tapping the foot crossed atop the other within the air in tandem to the rhythms of the song. His eyes fixated upon the lyrics as they appeared upon the scream preemptively, and then towards the number as it began counting down towards lower numbers accordingly.[break][break]

He hummed, idly tilting his own microphone towards his lips in preparation.[break][break]

”...I still demand to talk to him soon, though~.”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: kouple karaoke

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Ah, so they were going to do some split observation.[break]
Best a start as any, he supposed.[break][break]

Breathing in a deep, yet slower and lazier breath, he merely gave a hum in response and agreement as she went off to interact with the other Pangoro. The breath escaped his lips within a soft, elongated sigh of exasperation as he walked a small distance to meet with the one he’d apparently been assigned with.[break][break]

”Hm~...” he hummed to himself, giving an idle half glance over his shoulder; his gaze focused upon the greens off to his side more than the surroundings behind him, though calling out across the clearing soon after. ”Not seeing much wrong here, but it would be awkward if these breeders didn’t have much progress because the Pangoro were the same gender, wouldn’t it~?”[break][break]

Chuckling, he quirked his lip while looking back towards his own quarry, crossing his arms.[break]
…He narrowed his eyes after the words he’d intended to be a joke properly sank in.[break][break]

”...The one you're looking at is female, right?”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: pwoduce pangowos pwease!

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He shot her a quick glare, however amused he may have actually been.[break][break]

”I can assure you, Officer,” he hummed with a faint bite to his words (one that had been some parts annoyed, but ultimately still coyly amused as ever), ”that I, in fact, will not be needing Chengqing’s help~.” His gaze remained upon her for several moments more as if challenging, though only strayed at the touch of her hand against his.[break][break]

Despite the outward tension, he breathed a sigh of faux exasperation as he shifted his hand back to fully envelop hers, slipping his fingers between the spaces of hers all the while.[break][break]

”Yours is the only support I’d need to persevere anyways, no~?” he added, sparing her a glance from the corner of his eye as they walked along. ”And…other cliche lines like that.”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: sunset selfie

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Oh, she thought she was doing damage control.[break]
How cute.[break][break]

”Hm. A number of people, honestly~.” The question prompted a raise of brows as he eyed her, and as he gave another hum, the corners of his lips tugged faintly more upward in favor of an amused expression. ”I have a few other colleagues that have a sweet tooth, for one… I’m sure your colleagues would enjoy it, too— especially that one that talks about his kid so often. If he doesn’t have a sweet tooth, his kid probably does~...”[break][break]

He watched as she reached for another cookie, shrugging with that same, idle smile of his all the while.[break][break]

”Aside from that, though~? Most of them are for the Pokemon,” he went on, briefly leaning over a bit in attempt to catch a glimpse of the living room some ways away. His eyes scanned the couches (for none other than the aforementioned creatures, of course) before he brought his eyes to meet hers, once more. ”I’m sure they’d enjoy a treat~. You know how their appetites can be sometimes, anywho…”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: affection's confections

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”Yes, yes— I know you have a point, already, Fiora~...”[break][break]

The words were spoken in tandem with a somewhat heftier sigh of exasperation— specifically a genuine sort of exasperation, for once. From the corner of his eye did he trail an idle gaze after her, eventually turning in order to join her as she leaned against the railings of the attraction lines around them.[break][break]

Following that, he peered down at the stick of fluffy confectionaries he still held within his hand in thought.[break][break]

”...I still don’t see the draw, personally— but you’ve already seen my files~. I’m sure you’re well aware of why that’s the case…” He took another, deeper breath as he picked another piece of the sugary candy off, idly placing it upon his tongue and allowing it to dissolve within his mouth before taking a second share and offering it to her, all while leaning his arm and shoulder against hers gently with a small, musing smile. ”I’ll leave it up to you to change my opinions, then~...”

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
mission: rondez-view circulation

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She hadn’t found anything, but apparently, something found her.[break][break]

The smile he wore faltered faintly at the sight of a sudden, puppet-like apparition appearing from seemingly nowhere, and before he could so much as react accordingly, he’d realized that he’d witnessed a Shuppet appear, only to have its Sucker Punch responded to with a Payback once the altered Zorua recovered from the ambush. Just as quickly as she’d been struck, the newcomer of a ghost type had flown some ways before catching itself.[break][break]

It looked winded.[break][break]
He stared at it before pulling a Pokeball out and tossing it after everything seemed to finally calm down.[break][break]

(tl;dr: catch attempt)

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Another day, another visit.[break][break]

It hadn’t been terribly long since the distortion had appeared (and with it, brought a rather curious creature into his life), but in light of that, he’d decided to make a couple more ventures up the mountain than usual in order to seek out the area and its keepers. After all, places such as this had always been somewhat of a sanctuary to him.[break][break]

It was one of the only things he found worthwhile to protect.[break][break]

So, he’d approached one of the groundskeepers upon arrival— though not without letting a curious little creature run around and examine the area in the meantime. By the time he finished his conversation, he hummed while peering around for just a few moments before spying the fox and walking over with a hum and a smile.[break][break]

”Hm. You haven’t found anything, Kumi~?” the man mused, crouching while extending a hand to softly pat the creature’s head. ”It was was rather chaotic… I suppose it would be fair for you to be as confused about what happened as the rest of us were…”

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