(got the clear with shiv to repost because of the roll glitch that happened)[break][break]

...A berry?[break][break]

Had this been thrown by one of the event organizers, or was it left by some person in the past...? He thought it to be a rather odd prize, either way, and the shores seemed to be rather far by that point to account for the distance, even if the tide had been well and thorough within its work.[break][break]

Regardless, his confusion had only proven to be momentary as he tucked his find away from the rest. After a cursory look throughout the waters, he found himself gazing upon another spot amidst the sand before making his way over and dusting it off.[break][break]

W1_SfFoP

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acquisition logs:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

• +1 ability capsule (7/23)
• +1 pokeball (7/24)
• +1 mega shard (7/25)
• +1 clamperl (7/26, selling in shop)
• +1 blue shard (7/27)
• +1 ability capsule (7/28)
• +1 pokeball (7/29)
• +1 pokeball (7/30)
• +1 devolution stone (7/31)
• +1 pokeball (8/1)
• +1 ability capsule (8/2)
• +1 pokeball (8/3)
• +1 mega shard (8/4)
• +1 pokeball (8/5)
• +1 egg tutor (8/6)
• +1 ability capsule (8/7)
• +1 pokeball (8/8)
• +1 form change (8/9)
• +1 devolution stone (8/10)
• +1 pokeball (8/11)
• +1 incense (8/12)
• +1 pokeball (8/13)
• +1 salac berry (8/14)
• +1 level tutor (8/15)
• +1 clamperl (8/16, selling in shop)
• +1 pokeball (8/17)
• +1 blue shard (8/18)
• +1 pokeball (8/19)
• +1 gachapon ticket (8/20)
• +1 pokeball (8/21)
• +1 mega shard (8/22)
• +1 pokeball (8/23)
• +1 salac berry (8/24)
• +1 mega stone (8/25)
• +1 item

@tag[break]
+1 still got a mega stone with the reroll pog

☉

…And just like that, the cyberscape surrounding them seemed to be calm once more.[break][break]

A short lived reprieve, of course, as those that had borne witness to the spectacles occurring through the last while (an hour? two hours? truthfully, he hadn’t known nor cared about the time they’d spent within the hellscape they’d been dragged into) had been brought back within the same vicinity. The odd man upon the screen appeared once more and spoke his part as if on cue, and partway through his speech, the Stone, like many others, had averted his attention towards the numerous beams and doppelgangers within them as they awaited acclamations.[break][break]

…It was all so obscure.[break]
It was all so ridiculous.[break][break]

The farewell speeches, ridiculously dramatic. The back and forth between some others regarding who should stay and who should go, needlessly dramatic. Logically, even amidst his own skeptcisms within the faces of those who so desperately attempted to offer himself, there had been some part of him that understood why they would go so far, and why they would make such an overly large fuss about matters.[break][break]

Whether or not he resonated with their sentiments, however, had been a different story.[break][break]

And thus did he gaze upon those both upon the platforms and within the beams with some minor sense of pensiveness, though certainly not concern for how they would fare within the aftermath of their own actions. It had been their lives to live, after all; their choices to make.[break][break]

If they chose to relinquish their lives for the sake of both the acquainted and strangers within the terminal and the region itself, then he saw little reason to persuade any of them to do otherwise.[break][break]

”...I never intended to,” he murmured, a discontented sigh of exasperation leaving his lips as stared at the woman intercepting his gaze. Before long, however, he found his eyes straying towards the flock of Porygon that seemed intent upon encircling them. ”They made their decision. Not like we know any of ‘em personally, so if they wanna burn, let ‘em burn.”[break][break]

He eyed the beasts above them carefully, sounding another, sharp whistle to summon his Noivern alongside him. With a certain tension and readiness, he moved and wove through the barrage of Tri-Attacks as well as he could, casting an idle eye towards the supposed exit platform with a touch of ongoing doubt before eying a certain someone within the distance strike forth at her own clone.[break][break]

After little debate, he sounded another, significantly higher and louder whistle through the air, prompting the wyvern to dash towards his own reflection with an Air Slash at the ready.[break][break]

”Everyone here’s data, though, as far as I can tell— and if we need to free space, then it’s delete or be deleted,” he added soon after, glancing briefly towards MARISOL SIMONE once more.[break][break]

Needless to say, after surviving the past terminals, he’d far from intended to be among the deleted.[break][break]

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TL;DR

• leo's pre-hoenn memories, optimism, and sympathy + empathy have all been nixed.
• self preservation is making a guest appearance pog?
• doesn't trust the need for sacrifice; lowkey judging those that threw themselves so quickly
• comes to the conclusion that they just need less data on board if the issue is overload
• orion (noivern, eva. x2) uses air slash on leo's doppelganger

@cc[break]
notes

☉

Another one.[break]
Another Over-the-Gyarados.[break][break]

Just like the last trick, he fully intended to keep trying to land it, regardless of the rather limited time that he and the other surfers seemed to have by then. Luck and skill hadn't been his for this specific event, but if there had been anything he was familiar with, it was the cycle that experience brought.[break][break]

Inexperience begets failure; failure begets experience; experience begets success.[break]
He resurfaced before long with the intent to go down swinging.[break][break]

m|UqU4_0

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@tag[break]
6600 pts + ?

☉

Unlike the others, there hadn't been a Pokeball readied for the little fish that found its way to him— but rather than by preference, it simply was due to a sudden lack of capsules that he found himself with.[break][break]

The Remoraid had already been long hooked and reeled from the waters by the time he'd realized his dwindling number of capture devices, but after some debate, he simply cast a curious eye towards the flailing fish before opting to pull it in closer. After suffering from a couple of haphazard slaps against the hand and wrist as the creature sought to escape, he simply unhooked it as quickly as he could before tossing it back into the waters.[break][break]

With more of a careful, selective mind, he baited the line and sent it out once more.[break][break]

Smdpba6n

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catch logs:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

• +1 average gorebyss // 57 + 29 (8/15)
• +1 👑 dynamax lanturn 52 + 91 // (8/16)
• +1 👑 extra small wishiwashi // 19 + 5 (8/17)
• +1 average octillery // 41 + 70 (8/18)
• +1 large mantine // 72 + 81 (8/19)
• +1 average huntail // 61 + 33(8/20)
• +1 👑 shiny small wishiwashi // 17 + 17 (8/21)
• +1 small milotic // 97 + 17 (8/22)
• +1 average remoraid // 40 + 39 (8/23)
• +1 average remoraid // 39 + 52 (8/24)
• +1 pokemon

@tag[break]
+1 average remoraid

☉

Day in and day out, he'd always found himself back at the dunk tank once more. That time around, however, there seemed to be a woman of vaguest familiarity atop the seat. Had he seen her within the prior day? Another day before that? Perhaps even somewhere elsewhere?[break][break]

He hadn't entirely known, but as he found himself at the front of the line, she hadn't been an exception to a smiling of greeting, nor the vigorous throw of Pokeball to target.[break][break]

XuL|QcKk

sploosh Elisabeth Fiorelli[break]
notes

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As simple and plentiful as his Pokeball find had been by that point in time, he simply pocketed it as he'd done so many times prior before beginning to swim within a different direction. It would have its use eventually, after all. That much, he knew for certain.[break][break]

Everything had a use in some way, shape, or form— and that, in itself, had only remained applicable to the next piece of treasure that fate had in store for him as he began to brush the back of his fingers against the sands of a nearby divot once more.[break][break]

XuL|QcKk

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acquisition logs:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

• +1 ability capsule (7/23)
• +1 pokeball (7/24)
• +1 mega shard (7/25)
• +1 clamperl (7/26, selling in shop)
• +1 blue shard (7/27)
• +1 ability capsule (7/28)
• +1 pokeball (7/29)
• +1 pokeball (7/30)
• +1 devolution stone (7/31)
• +1 pokeball (8/1)
• +1 ability capsule (8/2)
• +1 pokeball (8/3)
• +1 mega shard (8/4)
• +1 pokeball (8/5)
• +1 egg tutor (8/6)
• +1 ability capsule (8/7)
• +1 pokeball (8/8)
• +1 form change (8/9)
• +1 devolution stone (8/10)
• +1 pokeball (8/11)
• +1 incense (8/12)
• +1 pokeball (8/13)
• +1 salac berry (8/14)
• +1 level tutor (8/15)
• +1 clamperl (8/16, selling in shop)
• +1 pokeball (8/17)
• +1 blue shard (8/18)
• +1 pokeball (8/19)
• +1 gachapon ticket (8/20)
• +1 pokeball (8/21)
• +1 mega shard (8/22)
• +1 pokeball (8/23)
• +1 salac berry (8/24)
• +1 item

@tag[break]
+1 salac berry

☉

...And what was life if not a series of failures that came so swiftly within the midst of success? All things considered, the taste of it hadn't quite resonated with such a sour chord, that time around; not after such a large win that he'd been vying so long for.[break][break]

Just as he'd done before, he resurfaced as quickly as he could before bringing himself atop his own, respective Mantine. He brushed his hair, dripping and damp, from his face as he scanned the horizon once more for the next wave to arrive.[break][break]

He embarked for another Over-the-Gyarados before long.[break][break]

XuL|QcKk

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@tag[break]
6600 pts + ?

☉

...A conversation, conveniently sidetracked by a rift?[break]
It hadn't been the oddest thing he'd experience.[break][break]

It was concerning, obviously speaking— although in light of recent events, he found an odd sense of calmness (if that had even been the right word to use) as he bore witness to the sudden occurrences around him. Although he hadn't quite released his drink, his gaze shifted momentarily from the woman by him in favor of taking a further glimpse of his surroundings, absentmindedly straying a hand towards the belt hosting his own Pokemon.[break][break]

Before he could so much as process it at first, he found himself gazing upon a beast with a rather ghastly looking flame.[break][break]

After some thought, and after confirming that it, amidst that crowd, hadn't seemed to notice him, he simply shifted his hand towards a vacant capsule and tossed it towards its back before retrieving it and making his way back over.[break][break]

"...Seriously..." he sighed, eying the Pokeball as it laid dormant within his palm. "I don't remember Hoenn being so chaotic growing up..."

@tag[break]
catching a h!typhlosion (for x1 form change)[break]
+1 red shard[break]
x3 👑

☉

Yet again, the allure of the dunk tank had brought him back, albeit later within the night, that time around.[break][break]

And upon the seat did he see a woman whom he'd spotted once every so often near the festival attraction, as well. He eyed her with a subtle curiosity and amusement as he fell into the line, though seemingly nothing more than such as he watched those in front of him pitch their shots to take him down.[break][break]

When his turn came, he went through the normal routine he'd made for himself. Take a Pokeball. Toss. Catch. Align with the target.[break][break]

He glanced towards the woman once more, grinning faintly while calling a quick, "You look like a good swimmer~!" before, yet again, chucking the ball with as much force and precision as he could.[break][break]

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@tag[break]
notes

☉

The sight of familiar, reflective scales of a certain radiance met his eye as he pulled upon both line and rod once more. Just like the others, he'd readied a temporary Pokeball to draw the creature into throughout its momentary capture, but before the lights of whites and crimson had fully enveloped it, he couldn't help but gander in subtle awe and appreciation.[break][break]

Of course, though, there were many more creatures to hook and land, so before long, he simply set the then-occupied capsule aside before casting his line out again.[break][break]

QhQa205_

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catch logs:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

• +1 average gorebyss // 57 + 29 (8/15)
• +1 👑 dynamax lanturn 52 + 91 // (8/16)
• +1 👑 extra small wishiwashi // 19 + 5 (8/17)
• +1 average octillery // 41 + 70 (8/18)
• +1 large mantine // 72 + 81 (8/19)
• +1 average huntail // 61 + 33(8/20)
• +1 👑 shiny small wishiwashi // 17 + 17 (8/21)
• +1 small milotic // 97 + 17 (8/22)
• +1 average remoraid // 40 + 39 (8/23)
• +1 pokemon

@tag[break]
+1 average remoraid

☉

A third shard of recently similar ilk, by the look of it.[break][break]

Upon closer inspection, he couldn't help but note that maybe, just maybe, the different shards he'd found prior could possibly have been joined together in such a way to form a complete, proper product. As he slipped the third shard away with the rest of his findings, he made a subtle, mental note to reach out to someone for aid.[break][break]

Until then, however, he would pass the time by diving deeper and continuing his search.[break][break]

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acquisition logs:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

• +1 ability capsule (7/23)
• +1 pokeball (7/24)
• +1 mega shard (7/25)
• +1 clamperl (7/26, selling in shop)
• +1 blue shard (7/27)
• +1 ability capsule (7/28)
• +1 pokeball (7/29)
• +1 pokeball (7/30)
• +1 devolution stone (7/31)
• +1 pokeball (8/1)
• +1 ability capsule (8/2)
• +1 pokeball (8/3)
• +1 mega shard (8/4)
• +1 pokeball (8/5)
• +1 egg tutor (8/6)
• +1 ability capsule (8/7)
• +1 pokeball (8/8)
• +1 form change (8/9)
• +1 devolution stone (8/10)
• +1 pokeball (8/11)
• +1 incense (8/12)
• +1 pokeball (8/13)
• +1 salac berry (8/14)
• +1 level tutor (8/15)
• +1 clamperl (8/16, selling in shop)
• +1 pokeball (8/17)
• +1 blue shard (8/18)
• +1 pokeball (8/19)
• +1 gachapon ticket (8/20)
• +1 pokeball (8/21)
• +1 mega shard (8/22)
• +1 pokeball (8/23)
• +1 item

@tag[break]
+1 pokeball

☉

Finally. Finally, he tasted the taste of success— and never had it tasted as sweet at it had as he and his bestial companion returned atop the water's surfaces.[break][break]

Though he did catch himself after a moment or two, a swift cry of equal parts victory and pent of stress left his lips; a cheer in all of its unbound glory. Before long, however, he glanced around as the Mantine continued to ferry him across the ripples and lighter waves around him.[break][break]

With a deep breath, he gazed towards the horizon again.[break][break]

Naturally, the intent was to keep the ball rolling with an Over-the-Gyarados, next.[break][break]

lnMukZzJ

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@tag[break]
6600 pts + ?

☉

...That time around, his visit was maybe just a little bit more biased.[break][break]

How could it not be, after all, with such a familiar face readied atop the dunk seat? He'd almost missed the sight, truthfully speaking, and had needed little more than a second glance towards the attraction to see who, specifically, had claimed the throne for herself— but upon realizing who was above the waters, it hadn't taken him long at all to fall in line.[break][break]

With a grin, he picked one of the Pokeballs up for a countless time, tossing and catching it several more times than before as he called out with a brisk voice amidst the festivities.[break][break]

"Hey~."[break][break]

He caught the ball once more before winding up with more vigor than he'd done prior, grinning wider as he lobbed it at the target.[break][break]

"Just want you to know, this is definitely personal...!"[break][break]

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gtfo MARISOL SIMONE[break]
notes

☉