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POSTED ON Mar 2, 2023 8:54:31 GMT

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Huh.

Just like that.

Ashley turns his gaze downwards once Jayden is out the door. Silver eyes straight ahead. They are burning a hole in the wall ahead of him. He leans backwards into the bed. Looking at his arm. He looks towards Isaac, who had been sneaking to get a cookie; like a mouse that was caught in a trap.

A scowl marks its way on his mouth, branding him. He wasn't the bad guy here. He shouldn't feel guilty. A Pokemon died. Jayden got to live with a scar. Ashley got to live with scars beyond scars. But through the self-justification and all of the irritation he felt, none more could he feel than himself. To say he isn't at fault is a misunderstanding. They are both products of the well-oiled Rocket machine. They are victims.

... no. That's not quite it.

Ashley scowls down at himself. Self-centered. Through his own fingers clawing at the terrible blankets here at this Arceus-forsaken hospital, it's only made worse when the epiphany of how Jayden feels enters his mind. Stabbed by his best friend, Ashley knows he is a reason Jayden became this. He could have been there, stopped him, or tried something. Anything.

With another cookie swiped from the plate, Ash takes a bite in. Though it is sweet, that bitterness makes every bite burn just a little more. "..." Not a peep more from Ashley.

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POSTED ON Mar 1, 2023 22:54:32 GMT

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War was hell. Always was. Ashley knew the repercussions would serve hurt him years from now, waking up in a cold sweat. He knows this, because he already had that problem when it came to Kanto Rocket. They kept him up at night, staring at a blank ceiling, a ceiling fan that looked back at him in constant motion. He'd recall staring into it as it spun, when eventually his eyes would mistake it for going backwards. How many times that must have happened.

It got darker, but that part of him was gone now.

Jayden wouldn't shut up. And the worst part is, he found himself not frowning at him. Hell, at the fact that Jayden said he was glad Ash was back, he wanted to bark back, to bite at Jayden with that cold, ruthless hatred in his stomach. To fire back with every bit the bile he wanted to. But he found that pool of hatred having emptied. No, something else had taken its place. Regret. In one way, it was Ashley's fault. Not in a bullshit way either. He stabbed Jayden, and in turn, he lost Sushi. It was that simple.

His expression is mournful. "Yeah." He finds himself wanting to snatch another cookie. Anything to get away from the hospital food. "I'm back." Whatever he meant by that, whatever Jayden meant, regardless... all of them were true.

"Look. Jay. I'm not ready to be friends again. Not yet." He finally just says it. Finally. "I'm okay with talking to you. I'm okay being near you. But that's about it." He lets that sit in the air.

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It would have hurt to laugh. Would have. For the most part, Ashley is fine. He's a lot more fine than he thought. Usually, the way these missions go, he gets hurt. Just the other day, he had a shark in his arm, and he had to go to the clinic to get that looked at. It was why he got a tribal tattoo there, a means to just remove that pain. Ash was reckless, always had been. Always will be.

With Isaac and Ashley now forced into it for another two hours, he rubs the back of his neck. Not glamourous, but the reason he took the job in the first place was to pay for the rent so he could look for another apartment. For uh.

Reasons.

When Isaac notes he's keeping the halberd, Ashley laughs. That thing nearly cleaved Hearth down the middle, and he finds himself cackling. "Doubt they'll mind after we tell Mrs. Truesdale what happened." All things considered, Ashley was going to negotiate some a raise. But then an idea comes to mind.

"Hey... it's four AM. Bet you anything they got a TV we can all watch. Kids. Bongo. Caesar. We can get cozy and enjoy some early morning cartoons." It's an idea Ashley swishes around a little, but overall he likes it. A means to get some closure on the end of an insane night.

Wait... was Isaac asleep?

Ashley, damn near about to topple over, walks over towards the blonde, and hoists him up, and that big halberd. "Alright, come on, buddy, we-"

The Golurk nearby would hoist up the halberd, and looked at Ashley with a thumbs-up, leaving the black-haired man to relax and nod back. "Thanks, big guy." He begins the uphill climb, with the help of the ghosts, with the Golurk even going as far as to deliver the halberd towards the living area. While Isaac sleeps, Ashley would take care of everything else in the meantime, on the living area couch, with some random cartoon on. The kids would sleep too, with Bongo joining them.

As Ashley smiles to himself, he would be outside, holding his carton of cigarettes out. He was tempted. And then, he ups and tosses them into the trash.

"Guess I'm finally quitting. Shit kills." He chuckles, before looking up to the stars.

bat-tl;dr:
- With Isaac asleep, the ghosts now freed help Ashley and Isaac out of the tomb.
-- Ash has Isaac, the kids, and Bongo sleep to cartoons on a tele.
--- Ashley quits smoking. Shit kills. He's had enough with spooky ghosts for one lifetime.
- Oh. And Isaac gets to keep his halberd trophy.
-- END.

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Relief feels nice in the moment of. After all, as Isaac remarks the very real fact that they did it, that they pulled it off, only to look over at the very true statement of a blonde stating they could take them, when they could hardly take the halberd they were under. With a chortle, Ashley began to laugh, only to fall down from the coffin, hitting his own back on the stone cold floor.

"Next time, let's just rob a bank. Probably less of a hassle." He says this, knowing little about robbing banks aside from the movies about robbing banks. He just needs a motivation. "Then we can take a vacation to Alola-" And there was the incentive.

Well, part of it. Being able to get twenty-four months ahead on rent helped too, since he had no reason to leave Hoenn.

He smiles. "Alright. Let's let the kids know. We got... two more hours of babysitting till six AM. Let's head up." He finally gets himself up, only to feel his legs tremble and let him fall to the floor once more. "Or... we give ourselves a couple minutes to just... chill. My legs feel like paper machet." Ashley sighs in defeat. The idea of getting up... that was a little too much.

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- BATTLE OVER! Maps are done!
-- Ashley falls over, and talks about robbing banks.
--- Sequel setup.

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It's this point, where Ashley stands at the ready. He begins to jump in place, as he looks behind him. Lucia delivers the Cleanse Tag, and Isaac ran. Good. Ashley grins. This is the Isaac special, so all that mattered was lasting as long as they could. The Pokemon that come after Hearth and Lucia are the Litwick, the Froslass, and the Gengar, all attacking with EMBER, ICE BEAM, and SHADOW BALL, pressing the advantage. Whatever Hearth couldn't protect, Lucia took it, because she had an ace.

ENDURE.

Until the onslaught was over, Ashley wasn't about to move forward. He was trapped... or that's what he would have thought, as the Golurk rushed him down, throwing a SHADOW PUNCH, only to be blocked not by Ashley, but the Hisuian Zoroark itself. The Butcher looked on in a haze of agitation, and attempted to control the beast, but with a raspberry from the female biped responding in kind with BITTER MALICE. The golem and the fox begin to contend, giving Ashley an opening. And as he rushes to the sword, he can feel the Butcher behind him, about to breathe down on him.

When Isaac comes back, halberd in hand, wielding the giant thing with such a level of intensity, the Butcher swings his head around. Pride hit harder than a crit, and he orders all the Pokemon to fire out at Isaac, even growing and expanding in size, the room going dark. The Gengar, the Golurk, the Litwick, the Froslass, everyone bares down on the last defense. Everything they have left. Lucia passes out from the sheer level of pain she has endured, in Hearth's arms, and as the Butcher holds up his massive knife, the shadow being rushes Isaac, readying to swing it down. Three times his original size, the Butcher is about to make his mark.

Exactly as intended. Melly appears in front of Isaac, about to help cushion the blow.

"NO! MORE!" screams Ashley, sword in hand, thrusting downwards into the coffin of Tobias Truesdale; Jamieson Walker, the Butcher, whomever.

The Butcher's body stops, suspended animation as the sword was driven through the coffin by Ashley in the back. The massive knife the Butcher wields, dropped. The shadow begins leaking from the exact spot Ashley pierced, the chest to the heart. The laughter begins to die out, as he claws out towards Isaac, weakly trying to kill one of them. Just one.

Particle by particle, the Butcher began to cease his existence, with the Ghost Pokemon coming to. They had done it. The nightmare was over.

bat-tl;dr:
- While Isaac is away, whatever Hearth can't handle, Lucia tanks with Endure.
-- Lucia will pass out as Isaac returns.
- Melly is on the boy's side.
-- Isaac taunting the Butcher is his downfall.
--- Ashley gets just enough time to skewer the body.
---- Congratulations!

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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2023 19:19:52 GMT

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The moment Mr. Raptis leaves, Ashley nearly drops his gun, only to look at it. He still stands in shock, yet when he sees Zev's nod of approval, he doesn't feel good or bad. No, quite the contrary.[break][break]

He feels empty.[break][break]

Was this what Cillian Quinn meant? Not to fall too fast? Some time ago, he had offed a hiker on a trail with Zev, and barely could sleep for days. Today, he doesn't even kill, and he feels nothing. No shame. Nothing in his chest, beating and telling him to stop. He just nods to Zev, and follows. His eyes are on the gun. White noise fills his mind.[break][break]

He just ruined some guy's life with physical therapy, and potentially made another an amputee. Was murder a mercy? He finds himself wondering... by the time they left the building, Ashley is so far in his head, that when Zev finally addresses him a block away, Ashley snaps back.[break][break]

"Huh?" Back to HQ? Right. The mission. He gives a nod, and says it plainly. "Thanks, Zev. Really." He nods, before turning on his heel. Was he making a mistake?[break][break]

That well of emptiness wasn't drying up anytime soon. He walks on.[break]

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NOTES

- Quiet after the fact. Feeling empty.[break]
-- Thanks Zev as they left, and begins to walk off.

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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2023 18:20:59 GMT

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The moment Hearth stood in defiance to the Butcher, the battle had begun. Victory does not come so easy, as easy as it always did. The Butcher's eyes were wide, the way he stared into Hearth's soul, to push him towards the edge. To kill that contemptable blonde that half ruined his plans, that damn near ruined everything.

But a twisted smile comes when Isaac yells that they had this. If he can't take Hearth, that was fine. It was time to really hurt the boys. Letting Hearth's mind rest, the shadowy thing holds an arm upwards, as Isaac yelled to Ashley. Ashley had begun running, eyeing a sword at the side of the room. It was time to crucify this sonuvabitch.

From the ceiling, eyes of red would bare down on him, as Ashley skidded to a halt, eyes upwards. "Shit." All manner of Ghost Pokemon, descended like angels ready to wreak havoc from the ceiling. Not every single one that appeared before. A Golurk. A Froslass. Litwicks. A Gengar. Melly, the Hisuian Zoroark. It was a whole party, and the duo were invited. They floated, preparing to protect their alpha. The laughter would begin from the Butcher, as if taunting the duo how hopeless the situation was. This was it. Either these boys fell, or he disappeared. Tobias Truesdale would not be ended.

With the release of his last Pokemon, Lucia appears battered and bruised. "Hey... go run to Isaac, alright? He'll keep you safe." The little Pachirisu shoots a teary-eyed look to Ashley, who ruffles her fur with a hand. His white shirt matted by tears as the squirrel comes in for a hug, and scurrying away to Isaac's side. She was scared. She was terrified. She didn't want this. She didn't want to die.

He turns his gaze towards Isaac, shooting his best friend a toothy grin.

"We got one more shot at this." Lucia came with a gift to Isaac. Ashley's last cleanse tag he had on him. "Long as you can, right?" He cracks his neck with a tilt to the side, and prepares for the heftiest run of his life.

He really wished he went to the gym more.

bat-tl;dr:
- Oh shit, Hearth is fine.
-- That's okay, Butcher has a Plan B.
--- Summons enemies from every fight, and prepares.
- Ashley prepares a run, sends his last Cleanse Tag to Isaac with Lucia.
-- He about to make the biggest run he's made.

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Ashley felt okay. He shot off quite literally the smallest part of the man's hand. There was just a stub there, and instead of letting his lunch hit the floor, he rose a brow and just smiled. He was fine?[break][break]

"Good boy. You do understand how to follow directions. Looks like your daddy really did train you well." Seriously, wherever this smartass side of him came from, he didn't know if he liked it or not. He just kept rolling with it. "If you still want your pinky to be reattachable, I'd recommend you get to the hospital. Now. Make sure to help your bodyguard up too. Clocks ticking, Mr. Raptis. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock."[break][break]

He sure as hell wasn't going to, and as he kept the gun trained on Mr. Raptis, more than just a threat, he turns to Zev. Almost like looking for his approval.[break][break]

Theo really did teach him well.[break]

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- He's fine.[break]
-- Tells Mr. Raptis to get to the hospital. Now.[break]
--- Looking at Zev for approval.

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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2023 2:06:10 GMT

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The gate was cleared of the foes. Hearth pulling through, and staying stable. Ashley had just Lucia left. He needed to give the little squirrel as much resting time as possible... because they were on E. Only two left. Ashley's heart sinks, as he returns Sunny and puts away Pulse. He was just one Ashley in now. Whatever was left... he just hoped that it wasn't a stressful battle.

Damn. Why did he have to leave Bongo outside?

"Dammit..." He bites his bottom lip. With the torch in hand, he looks to Hearth and Isaac both, nodding. It was... oppressingly quiet, as Isaac led the way. To try and give Hearth some level of quiet company, he looks to the Typhlosion, as they round the corner to the stairs. "Good job, Hearth. You're a credit to Isaac's team." He pats the Typhlosion on the shoulder.

The stairs down has this ominous presence, like heading directly into a pit of worms, or walking headfirst into a Venus flytrap closing its way in. Either way, they would have to submerge into whatever fresh hell awaits them... but the worst was yet to come.

As they round the corner, and finally see a couple of stairs leading up, the trio sees a room barely lit. But the words ever so present on the top of what looks like... a tomb? Ashley speaks them, and he looks to Isaac soon after.

"Tobias Truesdale."

Trepidation comes finally by way of the chill and rigor of seeing so plainly in the room, the one figure of the Butcher. Ashley takes a moment to analyze the room. Rusted blades adorning pedestals. A coffin behind the Butcher. The red lights and carpet... and then realizes what's below them, and he retches. "Blood..."

He turns to Isaac. "Okay... we just need to make it to the coffin and skewer the corpse... shouldn't be too hard, right?" Unfortunately for the duo, the Butcher holds a hand out towards Hearth. In an attempt to dominate the mind. Part Ghost, after all.

The final gambit.

bat-tl;dr:
- The trio reaches the tomb of Tobias Truesdale; the serial killer the Butcher.
-- The Butcher awaits them, and attempts to enslave Hearth to kill the boys.
--- It's go time. Last waltz.

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The moment Isaac gets in the way, Ashley is just about to toss his ass out of the way with Sunny, when Echo comes in like the green blur, and creates what Ashley surmised as a Golurk-sized hole in the floor, and it kept building, the cycle repeating, and Ashley staring on. While Echo is handling this, Ashley calls out to Pulse.

"Keep the Hex up. Until that one is done!" The battlefield needed to be leveled. These Golurk were beating the hell out of them, Hearth, Echo, Pulse, and Sunny all in states worse for wear, with Pulse's batteries running lower and lower with each passing moment. It would run out of juice eventually, which meant so would their light. He curses under his breath. Another Hex. Another Hex. Another one. Another one. Each blast of shadowy power would flicker the light harder. Pulse was pushing as much as it could out of itself.

The other Golurk was just about to smite Echo, when the Infernal Parade goes off, and Ashley's eyes watch as the soul burn begins. Its not gonna be a powerful move, not on the Golurk, but its the rapid burning that'll be the victor of today. Unfortunately, Echo is on the receiving end of pain, and the Shadow Punch clubs the Ralts, right into Isaac's chest.

Sunny isn't done yet though. That little Scorbunny gets himself up in Ashley's arms, eyes shaky and woozy. A shared look between him and Sunny leads to a nod, and a Cleanse Tag pressed on the bunny. Making a quick spin, he prepares the throw, holding onto Sunny's arms, as he spins once, twice, three times, and then throw. Sunny prepares for the jump upwards; an uppercutting HI JUMP KICK right to the jaw of the parade-having Golurk. As soon as Sunny makes the last impact, and flies further upwards, the little bunny falls unconscious, falling towards the carpet, right into the fist of the Golurk, preparing another SHADOW PUNCH, meant to take Sunny out in one arm swipe... and inches away from impact... only for the Infernal Parade to claim its victim. Hearth victorious. Ashley catches the bunny, just as the Golurk begins to fade, its big sturdy body limp.

Pulse, exhausting the energy supply it has and in Ashley's phone, lands on the carpet, as the last Golurk, burning, and Hex'd into infinitum, fades. Leaving Ashley with one Pokemon left standing; a badly wounded Lucia. And hopefully, a standing Hearth.

"Phone's dead. Looks like we're going by torchlight now."

bat-tl;dr:
- Echo gets shadow bopped into Isaac, out cold.
-- Pulse continues to Hex the BURNED one until its phone power goes out, double KO. Exhausted.
--- Sunny is thrown by Ashley to Hi Jump Kick the Golurk being paraded in the jaw.
---- The Golurk falls thanks to Hearth and Sunny, but Sunny free falls back into Ash's arms, KO'd.
- Remaining Pokemon: Hearth the Hisuian Typhlosion, Lucia the Pachirisu. Nothing but a torch.
-- The final bit awaits.

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With Echo's psychic power hoisting it to the floor, and how it was magnetized to a floor state, the halberd was pulled out of the Golurk's hand, irritatingly enough, leaving Hearth and a mildly tired Sunny left to weather the storm of what was to come. With it in mind, Hearth takes the inititiative and Flame Wheel the heck out of the halberd-Golurk's face.

If it were only that easy. There was still a second one, and it was out for some blood.

With a thrust of his own arm, the Golurk would swing his arm back, and thrust it forward into a SHADOW PUNCH, intent to collide with the fire wheel and take most of the damage for the other. The good news? The Golurk hit now, began to feel a burning sensation. BURN. The bad news was that that punch hit its mark, and only one was effective. The Golurk shook his hand. Childsplay.

Then came the most terrifying thing. They began to split. The halberd Golurk began to sprint at Sunny, and these golems were not slow. The rushing golem wound his arm back, and would proceed with his own SHADOW PUNCH, intent to fling the bunny into the fountain of mysterious red water, only to be caught by Ashley. That hit was not only direct. It was CRITICAL. Sunny was bleeding, bad. But he was still up.

"Fuck." The Golurk was now in front of Ashley, and silver eyes stared on in defiance to the lurking behemoth of a being in front of him.

They were running out of options. "Isaac. You got any big moves you're saving on me?" Anything to equalize this. Sunny was hurt; badly. Lucia wasn't doing too well either. Pulse was a information hub, not a fighter. Bongo, Jelly, and Chad were out, either of the mansion or commission. Which meant... Ashley was out of options. Except one.

"Pulse. Hex the burnt one by Hearth." The Rotom's flashlight began to flicker, causing immense pain on the one Hearth hit. But the one next to him eyed Ashley with intent.

bat-tl;dr:
- Hearth Flame Wheels a Shadow Punching Golurk! They are burnt, but unaffected!
-- The other Golurk Shadow Punches Sunny, a critical hit, and a near KO!
--- Ashley catches Sunny, now before the golem.
---- Orders a quick Hex from Pulse onto the Burnt Golurk. It's VERY effective. That's gotta hurt.
----- Ashley is about to get throttled. Asks Isaac if he has a big finishing move.

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POSTED ON Feb 27, 2023 23:07:28 GMT

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His facial expression softens, as the young Raptis began to seat himself down, with a bravado folding faster than his Monday night laundry. Silver eyes watched him sit himself down, and he gives a tired, but still quite dominating smirk.[break][break]

"You do know how to follow directions. Good boy." he coos out, though the barrel of his pistol never once leaves its mark. The threat never ending.[break][break]

Now. The sell. This was the part that required him to retain as much as he could of his composure, while also readying every counterattack. A man in his position had no room to negotiate. Therefore, this should be rather easy. At least, he's hoping it is.[break][break]

Clearing his throat with his free hand, Ash makes his pitch. "Your father knew his place. You should have too, and you failed him. As such, our protection fee will raise five percent from what we asked your father. That's the warning to you. Then, after you say yes, you're going to drive your bodyguard here to the hospital, tell them his gun misfired because he left the safety off. Idiotic move, really, but hey, that's the subpar hired help you put in your midst. Then you're going to pay his hospital bill in full as well as his therapy, considering this was your blunder to begin with. If either of you mention Rocket caused this well... to ensure you don't get any funny ideas-"[break][break]

Ashley fires his pistol again, aimed for Mr. Raptis' left pinky in an attempt to blow it off.[break][break]

"-next time-" he stops, in case Mr. Raptis screams. "-be quiet -next time you even think to do something this moronic again, look really hard at your hand there and remember; could have been eight. Worry about it. Are we clear?" He waits for the response. Silver eyes flinching only a little. Shit...[break][break]

Where the hell was this coming from?

Zev Harcourt[break][break]

NOTES

- Ashley gives Mr. Raptis the order of operations and how they would work.[break]
-- Ensures he follows directions by now having only one pinky.[break]
--- He's definitely got it. Holy Arceus, Ashley.

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Sweetheart Sale 2023

POSTED ON Feb 24, 2023 5:10:25 GMT

TEAS & DESSERTS:

Chosen Sender - Petunia[break][break]
ORDER DETAILS: A heart-shaped box with a green wrapping paper, and a silver bow. Inside, an assortment of chocolate-coated strawberries, with white icing in swirls around the circumference of the candy fruit. [break][break] TO: kepler brueshaber [break][break] CARD: "Always thinking of you wherever I go. Don't eat these all at once, but do try to enjoy them." - Love, Ash[break][break]

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POSTED ON Feb 24, 2023 1:14:31 GMT

Time to flex.

Doctor said light activities. So. Bake date kepler brueshaber.

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Ash

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December 2

Aspertia City, Unova

Pansexual

Picking up the pieces

5'11'' height

But I, I will, go on howling and hollow

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