…Ah, whatever.[break]
There was bound to be more Pokemon eventually, anyways.[break][break]

Nevertheless, a soft quirk of the lip downward remained upon his expression as he gave a trailing, pensive glare after the most recent creature to escape his clutches; emerald hues lingering upon the general direction, itself, prior to eventually shifting towards the path before him once more. Sighing softly, he only seemed to manage his way along by several paces prior to spotting a couple more creatures along the path, and upon noting one more than the other, he found himself perking up faintly. He clicked his tongue gently as his lip tugged upward.[break][break]

”Well, would ya look at that~.”[break][break]

Triumphant amidst a break well deserved, if he had the gall to say so— which he always, absolutely did. Pausing for just a moment to reach for a spare Pokeball, he tossed the capsule up as if warming himself up before catching it, all before eying the water type for just a second more in order to properly aim and tossing it out a second time towards it. He grinned a bit more as it made contact with a familiar, almost resounding ding-like sound.[break][break]

He only barely caught sight of movement from the corner of his eye right after the fact, and as the siren Pokemon began rattling within its confinements, the man who had thrown it found himself screaming a quick, ”SHIT, FUCK—” as the little hound latched onto his ankle.[break][break][break]

(tl;dr: catch attempt on primarina)

FIORA HYE-JIN YUN [break]
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”What? Oh, yeah, sure— we can actually get a couple right now.”[break][break]

Because after just a little more swimming and guidance by their little sea guide (hats off to you, Sobble), it hadn’t taken too long for him to scope out a rather suspicious pile of rubble a bit farther below. He trusted the fellow Rocket member to keep close to the tether that connected to them to each other (and by extension, her to the boat further above), so he just continued on.[break][break]

A quick glimpse as all it took for him to find a few of the Luvdisc poking out between the cracks.[break]
It was also enough for him to tell that moving shit by hand would be a pain in the ass.[break][break]

So, he turned slightly, gently tugging on the tether as a means for her to follow before turning back towards the rocks. His lips pursed beneath the mask as he gently ran a finger along the nearest of the creatures, checking for any major injuries before just…plucking a couple scales off.[break][break]

‘Cause y’know.[break]
May as well profit before saving them.[break][break]

”We’re better off just goin’ back and lettin’ everyone know where the Luvdisc are since we found ‘em,” he hummed, glancing over his shoulder towards her again. ”If you wanted to take a couple scales before we went back, though, now’s the time.”

ARIADNE MAUCH [break]
mission: luvdisc dive

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Oh. Oho.[break]
Oh, this motherfucker—[break][break]

”Yeah, and I think you’re gonna end up bein’ a sore loser.” He blew a quick raspberry before pulling the microphone he was to use closer to him; idly spinning it between his fingers (as well as he could, at least, with how clunky it was) before humming and grinning a bit more. ”Should make a drinking game outta it, too. Whoever tanks the score the most takes a shot.”

ARIADNE MAUCH [break]
mission: kouple karaoke

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”NO, BITCH. YOU GOTTA EAT.”[break][break]

A smile met a smile; a laugh met a laugh. Although…honestly speaking, with the way his lips curled closer to one side, it would’ve been more accurate to say he donned more of a punch-in-the-face worthy, smug ass smirk, but hey— either way, she was enjoying herself, and he was doing the same.[break][break]

He did scoff jokingly as her hand reached up, though.[break]
He knew why, of course. Blind shit.[break][break]

Even then, though, he gave a sarcastically disgusted, ”Ugh,” at first, clicking his tongue while passing the Farfetch’d leg off not too long after her fingers started roaming. ”Fuckin’ cooties, bro. Disgusting.”[break][break]

A travesty, really.[break][break]

”Yeah, whatever, though— sounds good to me.” He hummed, picking yet another leg up and beginning to snack on it like he did with the others. ”What about the teacups, then? Don’t gotta see for that, anyways. Eyes ain’t a requirement to get spun so fuckin’ hard you puke…”

ARIADNE MAUCH [break]
mission: rondez-view circulation

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”I—... Is—... Is that how it’s supposed to work…?”[break][break]

The look on his face? Confused. Absolutely, fuckin’ confused— but honestly speaking, he wasn’t exactly bothered enough (or qualified enough; that was the more important thing) make give or make a genuinely fruitful or dependable opinion on the matter. He literally just…watched. Watched as she just went straight up to one of the bears and sprayed it in the face. Watched as she came back unscathed, save for some disdainful grumbling.[break][break]

He was shocked that it didn’t come out swinging, but hey— just meant less trouble.[break][break]

”...I can’t believe that actually worked,” he said, his brows furrowed pensively as he watched the remaining creature lure itself towards the newfound scent. His nose scrunched slightly and skeptically, and he pursed his lips as the two seemed to be less apprehensive about interacting.[break][break]

”...How long should the aphrodisiac stuff work its magic, anyways?”

ARIADNE MAUCH [break]
mission: pwoduce pangowos pwease!

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A picture, huh?[break]
Sure, why not?[break][break]

He gave a pensive hum while guiding her along, but by the time they’d reached the top of the ridge, that hum transitioned into a chuckle through grinning lips. While he reached into a pocket to ready his phone, he slouched over to lean against her, all while he draped his other arm over her shoulders and hooked it around to pat the opposite shoulder.[break][break]

”Yeah, sure, go for it~.” He rested his chin on her shoulder, briefly raising his hand to poke her cheek before allowing it to rest on her shoulder again, all while unlocking his phone and dangling it between his fingertips after navigating to its camera app. ”Shame ya can’t see the horizon right here, right now, though. Honestly? Pretty fuckin’ nice~.”

ARIADNE MAUCH [break]
mission: sunset selfie

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”Yeaaaah, that’s how ya know it’s done~.”[break][break]

He took a quick pause in what he was doing to glance over, eventually reaching over to softly poke the dough she’d pulled together before shifting a couple paces over. With a low, pensive hum, he gave it a couple of kneads himself before nodding and bringing a free bowl over, lifting the lump and placing it inside.[break][break]

”Now we just let that rest…” he murmured, narrowing his eyes while glancing through the rest of the kitchen. His tongue clicked a few times as he debated what to have her do next. ”Mmmmmn… It’d probably be a shit idea to have ya slice some shit…”[break][break]

Huh.[break][break]

”Ehhh… There should be a few more things you can wash before I dice ‘em. Think you could handle that?”

ARIADNE MAUCH [break]
mission: affection's confections

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If whiplash was embodied by anyone, it’d probably be him.[break][break]

Between how easily and aggressively he had a tendency to snap back and forth between subjects and demeanors sometimes, it hadn’t been too much of a surprise for him to keep his eyes clear upon the poison type as it made its final steps off center stage, only for the sight of a tiny, goddamned dinosaur to make its entrance and make his jaw drop slightly. A quick and shameless huff of breath (let’s be real; it was basically the type of noise a deadass monkey would make) escaped his lips as he immediately straightened up and prepped a spare Pokeball.[break][break]

”Ayo— SICK ‘EM!” he called out pointing towards the dragon as it literally just…minded its own business. It did look at him once he rose his voice (at was honestly hard not to), but by the look of it, it only really had enough time to give what almost sounded like a defensive scream before getting promptly hit by a Tackle and Take Down at the mercy of an Eevee and Shieldon, respectively.[break][break]

The cherry on top? A Pokeball, flung right at it.[break]
Talk about kicking a bitch while it was down.[break][break]

(tl;dr: catch attempt + pog)

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”Bro, what the fuck is that—”[break][break]

Whatever it was, he wanted absolutely none of it. None of it for himself. None of it for his Pokemon— so as he saw it start to make a path generally towards them, he blew a somewhat stressed and hastened raspberry while straightening his back where he sat, calling and gesturing to them with a quick, ”Oi! Guys! C’mere!” while maintaining a gaze on the poison type as it walked on by.[break][break]

Thankfully enough, his two companions scampered over to him without a scratch or second thought.[break]
He still squinted at the thorny…thing as it passed by, though.[break][break]

”That’s right, ya gangly ass thing… Keep chuggin’ on by…”[break][break]

(tl;dr: skipping)

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Steeling yourself minus the steel.[break]
Amazing.[break][break]

…Except there technically was some means of steel, anyways; it was through the Pokemon accompanying him, after all. While a certain bone keeper had still been absent (his means of instilling some sort of ‘time out’ period), he’d brought a couple of his newer additions to the team with him as he decided to take a walk later in the day.[break][break]

He hummed, stifling a small snort as he watched them tussle with one another.[break][break]

”Oi, Whare…!” he called out, eying as the more vulpine of the two began playing a bit more vigorously. ”Careful, or you’ll literally—”[break][break]

..Headbutt the shield Pokemon a bit too hard.[break][break]

He sighed, propping his chin in his hand as his Eevee—ever so ungracefully—rammed his head against the steel type’s head, promptly causing a metallic ring to sound through the nearby area as the furred creature, himself, seemed momentarily disoriented.

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