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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]okay. you know what? this has been… a lot of failure for orchid. maybe one slightly less difficult trick would be better, just this once, to try and net a few points at least. her method of throwing herself in the deep end wasn’t paying off. gearing up, climbing back onto the mantine, orchid gets herself ready for another primarina twist try.
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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]@jupiter is in the tank. [break][break]
orchid has to win this. a previous success in-hand, orchid is more than ready for another go, especially against jupiter torres themself. she won't lose against her damn ex. this time, she’s determined to hit. she doesn’t feel bad at all as she grabs a ball, winding up another throw.[break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]no, no, no. orchid has wasted far too many tries on this magikarp splash. of course she has to keep going now, she’s determined. too committed to back down, orchid gets back on the mantine. magikarp splash, one more attempt.[break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedtag"]MANTINE SURFING #7

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orchid is trying to remind herself that the waves were nice, peaceful — unlike the ones she’d experienced in surfing, at least. at least she wasn’t outright losing here. despite her desire for an incredible find having gone unfulfilled so far, at least she was finding something, and there was still plenty more opportunity. [break][break]

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A Nightly Walk

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…what the hell was that sound? [break][break]

Orchid looks down below her, seeing that the Shieldon had come closer to Quartz. Worriedly, she watches the scene before her, monitoring to make sure the two didn’t break out into a fight. [break][break]

Quartz is just staring at the Shieldon, luckily, so she didn’t seem like she’d attack or that anything would start. She seems to tilt her head, and Orchid is reassured enough that she can be distracted again. [break][break]

The man’s closer now, talking to her. Hm. [break][break]

“No, not bothering me,” she says lightly. They really weren’t — Quartz could probably use the socialization, Orchid knows. She hadn’t had much legitimate contact with others since the breakup with @jupiter . The downsides of being the Pokemon of someone who had to rush from interview to performance to interview, Orchid guesses. “Quartz isn’t the friendliest with strangers, but they seem fine.” [break][break]

Orchid pauses at the next question. She isn’t exactly cold, nor the warmest. Nothing that couldn’t be fixed by going home and sitting in her nice apartment under some blankets that night. “I’m fine, though I appreciate the advice.” She has no real desire to return to the crowds at the moment. Both the crowds that pervaded every other aspect of her life as well as the possibility of running into Jupiter turned her away from it. If she ended up regretting it and wanted a party, she could always throw one later on. [break][break]

“What are you doing this far away?” she asks, perhaps a bit suddenly. Orchid knows her own motivation, but she’d like to know which remain a mystery to her.
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at first, she isn’t sure whether jupiter has noticed her nearby. it doesn’t take long for that to change, though, because soon enough jupiter is addressing her. actually speaking to her. [break][break]
it’s jarring, orchid will admit. to suddenly hear the voice she so carefully avoids, except on nights when maybe she’s a little stupidly vulnerable and maybe it gets to her enough that she watches her phone’s old collection of videos. the only time she’d heard it otherwise had been in surprise-attacks, commercials or interviews that get sprung on her while her tv plays. [break][break]
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“i could say the same about you.” she looks him up and down, still in disbelief, trying to disguise it as judgment. [break][break]
“just moved here,” she offers, after a moment. “gotta be the new popstar in town, or whatever. why are you here?” perhaps it’s more hostile than jupiter deserves, and a pang resounds in her chest at talking to jupiter this way. but then she remembers what had happened the last time she’d been even remotely vulnerable with them. she bites back a comment that comes to the tip of her tongue, the desire to ask jupiter if unova had gotten bored of them. [break][break]
she didn’t even believe that could happen. and again, it’d… it was more hostile than jupiter deserves. at least for now. [break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]three fails. three absolute, miserable fails. this just wouldn’t stand one bit. she can’t be on a losing streak, of all things. ready for another throw, she mentally threatens the force of chance itself if it didn’t give her a success. she needs it, after all.[break][break]

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okay… another iffy, if anything, find. but at least it was something. orchid wonders how others had found the “great finds” she’d been hearing so much about, wondering if she’s out of some loop. she doubts going to a more crowded area would yield any help, though, so she resists the urge to follow where someone else is searching.[break][break]
another dive to the bottom, careful not to get sand in her eyes.[break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]orchid is practically begging for this to work — it’s a matter of her pride. sure, she knows that any she lost would just be replaced the next time she heard a fan call her name, but for now, she’s shamed. [break][break]
orchid is convinced she must be the least lucky person on the planet, with the repeated failures. oh, well. another attempt, another failed magikarp splash, most likely.[break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]another fall into the waves. orchid is just disappointed in herself now — how many times can she fail this? she’s usually good at the things she tries. she supposes this trick’s difficulty hadn’t been exaggerated. she could try another, more simple one, maybe, but she didn’t want to embarrass herself by falling an easier trick. getting back aboard the mantine, she prepares to another magikarp splash attempt. [break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedtag"]MANTINE SURFING #6

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more treasures await, orchid figures, as she continues to scope out the bottom of the ocean for her next discovery. she was maybe pushing it a little, holding her breath this long, and would have to return for air quickly after retrieving this next item. she reaches into the sand at the first hint of something, taking it between her hands. [break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedtag"]CLAMPERL DIVING #7

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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]Orchid hopes to everything she won’t miss a third time in a row. Maybe it was just a game, but the previous failure had reignited a need to succeed. The value of being there and participating existed she guesses, sure, whatever, but it isn’t what she wants in this moment. She steps towards the tank, getting ready to throw again.[break][break]YWhy_KSu[break]

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two successes in a row wasn’t possible, apparently. oh, well! orchid wondered if it would be tow misses instead — it seemed far more likely. at least the failures weren’t getting to her as much anymore; it was just a game after all, and orchid was finally coming to view it as such. [break][break]
orchid looks to the tank. another stranger, another dunk attempt. she winds up a throw.[break][break]

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the other activities at splashfest so far had been fairly hit-or-miss, but at least the diving always provided something. orchid felt good about the relative stability here, the guarantee of some sort of find — even if it wasn’t necessarily a great one. testing her luck in such a way was fun. wondering what will be next, she readies herself, taking a breath before returning to her search below the waves.[break][break]

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[attr="class","llppromisedblurb"]the last attempt… hadn’t been great, orchid wouldn’t lie. it had been as unfortunate as her other attempts, ending with her sputtering in the water for a moment, having lost the mantine. somewhere in the mess of her attempts though, orchid had found that she’d been having fun trying and failing. so, she climbs back aboard the mantine, preparing herself to again attempt the magikarp splash.[break][break]

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MANTINE SURFING #5