Another perfect day to hit the surf. Summer was his favorite season, though you would think he would be more tan for it. Regardless, Cade sets out on top of Gaspacho and finds another wave to attempt that infuriating trick again.

Would they land it this time? They'd come so close on attempts previous. Perhaps fortune would smile on them today.

Cade Atreides attempts the MAGIKARP SPLASH!

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POINT TOTAL: 1750 PTS
CROWNS: 1

MANTINE SURFING + 🏄

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The illustrious FERNANDO SILPH. Without a hesitation, he reels his arm back and casts a throw. He'd never dunked a tycoon before.

Cade Atreides attempts to dunk FERNANDO SILPH!

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DUNK TANK + 🏀

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He'd never seen this guy before. At least, not on the dunk tank. Something about his face seemed familiar, though...

Regardless, Cade only gives himself a moment to wonder where they might have passed by each other before. Before long, he pulls his arm back and attempts his throw. "Nada personal."

Cade Atreides attempts to dunk Adrian Malcolm!

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DUNK TANK + 🏀

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Another perfect day to hit the surf. Summer was his favorite season, though you would think he would be more tan for it. Regardless, Cade sets out on top of Gaspacho and finds another wave to attempt that infuriating trick again.

Would they land it this time? They'd come so close on attempts previous. Perhaps fortune would smile on them today.

Cade Atreides attempts the MAGIKARP SPLASH!

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POINT TOTAL: 1750 PTS
CROWNS: 1

MANTINE SURFING + 🏄

☉

It's the next day, and both Cade Atreides and his Dewgong are excited to go beneath the waves again. Yesterday's haul hadn't been so great, but they had faith that today's would be better. So, without another pause, they set out.

This time, they would explore a region of ocean floor said to contain a shipwreck!

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Cade Atreides found a MEGA SHARD!

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A floating ghost with a single, glowing red eye made a perfect object of chase for a cat such as Kasha. And give chase she did! Cade nearly lost her in the chaos of it all.

The ghost, however, eventually escaped in a thick HAZE. Kasha didn't seem too bothered by the fact, however. She simply sat in a grass clearing and groomed herself until Cade finally caught up.

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⏭ skipping duskull

SAFARI ZONE + KASHA

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"I'm nearby on a job. Be there in 15."

Was that playing it cool enough? Did the idea of abandoning his bounty in favor of her appeal to Summer? Perhaps he shouldn't have responded so quickly.

Truth be told, Cade hadn't indulged in such activities like this for quite some time. Though, even if he had, Summer Atreides was sure to have inspired the same effect anyways. He had to pinch himself every once in a while when he thought about her... just to make sure he wasn't still in that damned virtual reality game.

Wearing a casual black jacket, brown trousers, and boots, he approaches her door and takes a deep breath before knocking. In his hand, he carries a bottle of $80 merlot from the convenience store nearby. The cashier had done him the courtesy of tying a little ribbon around it that she'd taken from a gift bag in one of the aisles.

She'd thought he was going on a cute, romantic date. In his nervousness, he'd prepared like he was. Though, clearly, he already had what Summer needed.

The wine was hopefully, maybe, just the icing on top.

♥ + Summer Atreides

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"I'm not your typical freelancer," Cade responds, beginning to think the girl was more than just the lighthouse keeper's granddaughter. She'd deflected his question again, after all: too well to be a coincidence. "I go where the money sends me. Not that it's any of your concern... unless you're the one I'm--"

"Do you take sugar, dearie?" An old man's voice from upstairs interrupts in an echo. "I have white, brown, and the ones that come in the little yello--"

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!

A sharp peal of thunder, louder than Cade had ever heard in his life, shakes the lighthouse and sends pieces of its ceiling drifting down in a thin layer of cloud. From a high window nearby, the one-eyed blonde can see a terrifying storm engulfing the entire tower. When he turns, he sees that his PANCHAM as run off to hide under the girl's bed.

"What the hell..." The man mutters, never having seen Beto in such a panic. Just as he's about to approach the little panda, however, the sound of shattered glass echoes down from above. He pivots and runs towards the stairs, looking up it to see that it spiraled upwards. "Hey! Old man?! Are you okay?!"

Woeful screaming erupts.

Cade spares a moment to turn towards his Pancham and sharply whistle at it to come by his side. He spares another to sharply glare at the girl next. "Stay here." Then, not quite expecting her to follow his direction, he runs up the stairs and disappears.

Only to find some strange, cryptid-like creature on the next floor.

MISSION + lilith eirwin

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"H-Hey now! I didn't say nuthin' about the Pokémon getting a snowcone!" The vendor protests.

Cade, however, closes the cart latch with a clank and pats its metal surface. "You want us to escort you or not?" He says, calling his Sableye to his side with a chirp. It slinks across the sand as a shadow, reemerging over his shoulder like a haunting conjoined twin. "Good Pokémon is what something like that takes."

Ultimately, the vendor relents. As he wheels his cart in the direction of their destination, Cade turns to the girl with a snort. He didn't believe her about GROUDON, of course. But those were real GYARADOS scales if he'd ever seen any. Just as his eye begins to take notice of the scars on her arm, however, she lowers her prize.

"Hm? NADYA and I? We can handle anything." He says, letting his Sableye's toothy smirk speak for itself as they walk alongside the vendor. "What's your name, anyway, capitan? Do your parents approve your dangerous escapades?" He smiles.

MISSION + Eris Halla

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The blaze of their battle rages on and reaches a fever pitch. Joaquin flings himself forward into those flames willingly, screeching more like a howler monkey as opposed a lemur. It attempts to evade the BRICK BREAK and respond with a DRAIN PUNCH.

In the intensity of this moment, Cade Atreides develops a wide, toothy smirk. He's on the brink of joyous laughter. He hadn't felt this alive in what felt like ages. Not since...

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🤼‍♀️ torpor: 101/151
💥 KNOCKOUT ROUND (DEFENDER): DRAIN PUNCH

EFFECT: The user gains +30 to their lowest column's roll and lowers the opponent's highest column by the same amount.
BODY PRESS, DRAIN PUNCH, FLYING PRESS.

MATCH 2A + ruslan skye

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So this was how Hoenn dealt with calamity... festivals. In that way, he supposes, the people of Hoenn really weren't all that different from his own. Cade understood the need to boost morale. The caged bird really did sing because, otherwise, all it had left to do was die.

Still, he looks up to the sky and wonders if anyone noteworthy is out doing something about their 'cage'. And, as dulcet tones reach his ears, the SENSU STYLE ORICORIO perched on his shoulder begins to dance. He turns to the bird and smiles, not all that surprised Melody Miro 's music had received SOFÍA's approval.

Not one for loud crowds and unwanted physical contact, however, the one-eyed blonde maneuvers his way past a bevy of dancing people and makes way for the beach bar. Unfortunately, his Oricorio develops a bad case of a tantrum, not wanting to leave the concert just yet.

So she finds the closest shoulder to hop onto (that's you Amelia Livy ), causing Cade to stop in his tracks and turn around with a sigh. "Sofía..." He says with a disapproving tone and a trademark 'dad' glare.

Sofía, however, hides behind the woman's hair and fluffs up the feathers at her crown with a pout.

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TL;DR

♛ Reacted to Melody Miro 's song and the state of Hoenn after dahlia goode 's speech
💎 Cade Atreides heads to the beach bar until his ORICORIO hops onto Amelia Livy 's shoulder to stop him; ORICORIO pouts and refuses to leave the concert just yet

MAINSTAGE + SOFÍA

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Hoping he would have better luck at scavenging the ocean floor than he did trying the MAGIKARP SPLASH, Cade returned his rental MANTINE for the day and set back out into the ocean with his Dewgong. They would dive down at spot near LOVER'S PEAK. It didn't occur to him that they might come across something disgusting until they were already there.

On the other hand, however, perhaps they'd find a MEGA STONE that a scorned lover cast off to the sea? He'd had an ex tear his coats with a GRANBULL once. Hell really hath no fury like a woman's scorn...

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Cade Atreides found a POKEBALL!

CLAMPERL DIVING + 🐚

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Gaspacho the rental Mantine and he had built up quite a rapport over the last couple of days. Today, Cade had brought him a nice tasty treat: brine shrimp packed into small cubes. He spent about ten minutes or so feeding these to the manta.

Afterwards, however, the two set out to find another wave and try that damned trick move again...

Cade Atreides attempts the MAGIKARP SPLASH!

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POINT TOTAL: 1750 PTS
CROWNS: 1

MANTINE SURFING + 🏄

☉