A hefty Flamethrower had been all that was needed to set a new fire ablaze.[break][break]

Among several others that required ignition, however, it was only one amidst a field of others needed. With a soft smile of gratefulness, the man leaned down to give the little lion that burst forth with the flame a quick scratch upon his head before playfully tapping his back and gesturing along to a few other friends of his.[break][break]

”You mind giving them a hand, Regulus~?” he cooed, a laugh finding a way within his words upon noting the immediate snap of the cat’s gaze towards the direction referenced. ”I promise I’ll have some fresh food waiting for you when you get back.”[break][break]

It was apparently all that was needed to be said to send the Litleo running off to aid his trainer’s fellow friends and employees.[break][break]

He wondered what he’d do without the cub at these company cookouts, sometimes.

MARISOL SIMONE[break]
mission: sunny day, bonus met

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No matter the times and places he’d stayed within and experienced, the familiar sight of the dimly lit heavens strewn above him had always been a source of solace. His chest lifted within a slow, softened calmness as a breath filled his lungs, all while hues of amber flickered faintly within the face of a bonfire crackling mere feet away from him as he gazed upon the various specks of white high above.[break][break]

He sighed out before long, eyes veiling lightly as his form hunched over. His elbow found its way atop a knee; his chin and jaw, the palm of his hand.[break][break]

...I wonder if I really decided to change things up a bit too late, he wondered to himself.

MARISOL SIMONE[break]
mission: hot summer nights

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With lowered eyelids within a focused guise, he glared along the shoreline.[break][break]

The superstition is a cool one, but damn if these things are hard to find…[break][break]

The thought passed his mind as a single tooth caught his eye, a spark of recognition and brief relief briefly igniting within them as he knelt long enough to fetch it. With a careful touch, he shifted it tenderly between the tips of his fingers, pressing the serrated edges of the fang against his skin softly in examination.[break][break]

”...You had any luck finding anything yet?” he called out, tucking the item away for safekeeping as he cast a glance over his shoulder.

MARISOL SIMONE[break]
mission: to sink one's teeth

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Honestly, by this point, with how often he seemed to gravitate towards it, he figured that he’d may as well just camp the damn tank.[break][break]

…So he did exactly that.[break][break]

After a fair amount of sightseeing around the other festivities (and after spending what was probably a bit too much on the event food and such), he made his return to his apparent, recently favorited attraction. It seemed like there was a new person on the seat than the last time he’d visited.[break][break]

No matter.[break]
No hard feelings, as usual.[break][break]

ONproyKa

@tag[break]
notes

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Oh, that shit looked sparkly..[break][break]

Valuable, too— and he’d only barely tucked it into the bag he’d brought with him before spying yet another object within another crevice just several feet away. He gave the serpent with him a soft pat, in urging him to continue searching as he collected whatever their next find was. [break][break]

ONproyKa

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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 item

@tag[break]
+1 clamperl (selling)

☉

And with all the grace of a sloshed bitch, he hit the water before long again.[break][break]

Unsuccessful. He’d seen his own fair share of failure through trial and error, but at the very least, it was much easier and funner to deal with, given the situation at hand.[break][break]

With a brief sputter upon resurfacing, he quickly climbed atop the back of his Mantine once more; a look of not disdain, but rather excitement in the face of a newfound challenge, gracing his lips in the form of a widened grin.[break][break]

”That’s what I’m talking about…” he laughed, scoping out for the next, low riding wave. ”Again! We’re gonna land the damn Primarina Twist eventually!”[break][break]

ONproyKa

@tag[break]
600 pts + ?

☉

He took the silence, alongside the curious look, as a means to go on.[break][break]

Within the midst of the wordless approval and patience, a softened, almost inaudible hum left his lips as the words shuffled within his mind once more. Before long, however, he opted to simply raise a hand up to his lips, tapping a thumb against no more than a couple of times.[break][break]

”...Remind me again why you don’t just talk?” he mused on at first, his tone thoughtful as a look of curiosity sparked within his eyes. ”I’m sorry if it’s a touchy topic, but…I’ve heard you laugh, at least. I actually remember you cursing on instinct once or twice before, too…”[break][break]

He eyed her, lowering his hand back into a pocket.[break][break]

”...If you can talk, it’d just be easier, no?”

EUN-HA PARK [break]
notes

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Another day, another toss.[break]
Was he absolutely gonna start making this a daily habit? Absolutely.[break][break]

He jogged over, taking another baseball and giving it the same, cursory, feeling toss and catches he’d done before. With a quick lift of the leg in a windup, he unleashed that sucker towards the target again.[break][break]

Py9YabQw

@tag[break]
notes

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Maybe two more things should do the trick?[break]
Three? At least before he had to go back to unload his finds.[break][break]

Maybe three was pushing it, but either way, he continued on after snatching his second find. Once again, with the help of the serpent guiding him along, he perused the nearby ocean floors before catching sight of another cranny far beneath the water’s surface, eying a spot wedged between the spaces of a nearby coral reef.[break][break]

2wCQPsRL

[break][break]

acquisition logs:[break]

SPOILER: Click to show

• +1 ability capsule (7/23)
• +1 pokeball (7/24)
• +1 mega shard (7/25)
• +1 item

@tag[break]
+1 mega shard pog

☉

First two down.[break]
It was time to give the next one a shot.[break][break]

Though he’d witnessed those around him take their shots and wipe out all around him, he kept his eyes forward while eying the waves. He scanned the horizon for the oncoming ones before locking eyes with a lower one.[break][break]

He leaned forward, urging the Mantine beneath him towards it only a small time after returning from his last trick.[break][break]

Primarina Twist time.[break][break]

rPerz5fn

@tag[break]
600 pts + ?

☉

It hadn’t been every day that he found himself being the one with an invitation, rather than the other way around.[break]
Not from this specific person, at least.[break][break]

It was almost pleasantly endearing due to the fact, truthfully speaking, and precisely why he figured that he’d may as well tag along. With a loose bag slung over his shoulder, he lifted himself from a crouch with a soft sigh; his head doing the same towards the sky as he slipped a couple of herbs into the aforementioned containment. Hazel hues gazed across the hues of soft azure strewn above them.[break][break]

He hummed lowly.[break][break]

...Why’s all of this even happening?[break][break]

A short thought to none other than himself as he breathed another sigh, craning his head down to peer across the clearing before him. Slipping his fingers beneath the strap of the pack resting against his shoulder, he tugged it as his heels shifted beneath him, turning his form in further surveillance.[break][break]

”So, like…how many more herbs do you think we’ll be needing?” he asked, eying a familiar, ashen haired woman some small ways away. ”You said the center you’re stationed at needed more to make more salves and stuff, right? What’s the future stock looking like?”

MARISOL SIMONE[break]
mission: stockpile

☉

”Hey, Mari, I found it…!”[break][break]

He called the words across the dimmed interior of the lighthouse’s highest floor only minutes after a quick, yet as thorough of a search as he could muster. Before him laid a familiar, darkly striped sheep(?), its tail curled loosely around it as its darkly hued eyes remained veiled over.[break][break]

Narrowing his eyes, the man quirked his lip in thought, taking a careful knee by the creature.[break][break]

”...It’s alive, at least…” he murmured, a careful eye watching the Pokemon’s chest rise and fall. ”I dunno, though. It almost seems…”[break][break]

He paused for a moment, furrowing his brows while glancing over towards the other person present.[break][break]

”...Tired? I guess that’d be the best way to put it.”

MARISOL SIMONE[break]
mission: lights out

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