Wait, wait, wait, this was a gym leader? A gym leader?! That was great- he could tell Nico! But he let his excitement about telling his boyfriend fade, trying to not snort at the poacher comment.

"A lot of punches, I say."

But he was smiling, offering out his hand for a handshake. "Matt Vice, rookie ranger." He told him, sounding a little proud of himself at the title, he did just earn it after all. "Guess there's lot of stuff I need to learn."

noah faber

Matt had signed up to help with any recent mission that needed help- and that got him sent out to Petalburg to help with a recent fire recovery. There was supposed to be a partner with him, he wasn't sure who it was though. Guess he would find out when he got there.

Luckily for this mission Nana would be great in transporting supplies across the town. Gauntlet could help too with smaller boxes, along with his Pidgeot. He entered the town on Nana's back, attached to her was a wagon that had a lot of supplies to get spread out to those in need. Seeing a line and a tent, he went to it. Waving to one of the volunteers. "Ranger Matt here to help, supposed to be with someone else/" He asked, hoping to find who he was supposed to be working with.

"The other ranger I believe is already outside helping." Informed the volunteer, as Matt nodded and went to take Nana and the supplies to look for the one he was working with. He needed to know where he was going, after all!

Greyson Connors

[VALOR MISSION - FIRE STARTER]

Oh heck yeah! I wanted to do the arson one, this works out perfectly! ^^

Greyson Connors

Matt kept looking the dog over. "No, not like a hybrid... well maybe. He just feels like a rock." A gentle tap to the growltihe's body. "Kazzy's body is naturally hard and dense. Yeah he's fluffy, but if you don't be careful his collar is gonna stab you a few times." Shrugging at that, he let go of Caesar and gave him a few good pats. "A good boy, though." He kind of wanted one that looked like that, was pretty neat.

The last question threw him for a loop. Caught completely off guard. Looking at him with a face. Frowning slowly at that, he wasn't sure if he wanted to answer.. looking off to the side. All he ever did was talk to Nico or JT about it... but JT was gone being with Aki, and Nico... he didn't want to bring him down with his anxiety.

"Well, I got six siblings. They're all a handful." He was rubbing his finger under his nose. "I'm the oldest, helped my parents raise them. So always been the one they go to for help." So he was used to being a provider. "Helped with homework, bullies, you name it. My youngest brother struggles a lot in school. He's super smart, but the class bores him, and it gets him picked on." Matt shook his head. "School learned to nip that in the bud because they are scared of my mom." That made him laugh. "Woman is a tiny spitfire."

Isaac Merlo

Matt cocked a brow as he was simply. Stared at. The annoyance clearly spread over his face, wanting to tell this guy off, but not going to fight at his first official ranger event. Hmph. After making sure Josh Devlin got his food cleaned up, he was checking his phone to see Anna's message. Looking around for her, he found her. Waving at her.

"She invited us over to sit, let's go." He said, looking relieved and actually excited for once through the entire night. Grabbing his own plate of food, he went to head over towards annalise henderson. But stopped halfway there at the announcement. Hearing Anna's name mentioned, he looked towards her direction and gave a loud whistle for her. Going over and setting his plate down, he gave her a hug.

"Congrats!"

Matt held Nana tightly. Feeling his blood pumping, everything was stars, it always was after they finished a good run, after 100 bad ones. Looking towards Isaac, he nodded. Patting Nana gently. "Yeah. Want to beat Josh and I want..." Well, he was a ranger. A glance towards Isaac, it made this awkward. Rolling his eyes, he was just going to leave the next part out.

"Want to beat Josh and be able to use this if a time comes for it. Tired of being drilled about how speed works."

There it was, the slight resentment he was holding. Being scolded like that.. it was kind of new. He cared for his siblings and he was a good kid, but now it seemed everything around him was falling apart. Was this the pressures of being an adult? Did he let his personal life get far to messy for him to comprehend? No! Men don't feel this way. Shaking these thoughts out of his head like a mad dog, he finally laid his eyes onto Isaac a final time.

"Have to protect my family."

Leaving it at that, he looked back to the weird growlithe. Lifting a brow, he hopped off Nana. Going over, he let the pup sniff him, before he would attempt to touch him. Blinking as he felt like... Kazzy. Waving the other dog over, he felt them both. Tilting his head, he rubbed his chin softly. "His fur kind of reminds me of Kazzy's..."

Isaac Merlo

Matt really hoped so. Even if Kazzy's over the top energy was too much sometimes, he still adored it. Along with Nico, he knew his future to be husband wouldn't change Kazzy for the world. Smiling at the thought, he was brought back as Isaac started speaking. A motorcycle might be a better option than Nana, but he wasn't sure.

At being asked to see, Matt turned to stare at him. Did he not see him fail miserably? But he did want to prove he could do this. Looking at Nana, he scratched under her chin. "Wanna give it another go?" He asked, she looked at him, firmly nodding. "Aight then." Heaving himself up into her saddle, he motioned her around to the correct spot. "Demuu, herd Kazzy and the other pup away."

Demuu barked, going to herd the growlithe and rockruff into spots they couldn't get hurt from. Matt was now squinting at the growlithe. "The hell is wrong with your dog??" Matt asked, flabbergasted, but he shook his head. "Alright Nana, you know the deal."

The two would start off in a gentle run, before turning and Nana hunkered down. Feet went aglow and the two went dashing across the bridge again. The blur of them as they rushed by, the speed of the wind could knock everyone back if they weren't prepared to deal with it. But they were gone, the two see sliding to a drastic stop over the bridge. Matt clinging to Nana for dear life, white knuckled... Well he didn't fall off this time. But he sure felt jolted.

Isaac Merlo

MISSION REPORT

[url="https://pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/thread/28570/peace-brother?page=1&scrollTo=327502"]peace, my brother[/url] - Civilian - Heal Bell[break]
FT. @galaxy  @joshdevlin

Matt frowned, but he guessed Josh had a point. Wrinkling his nose in frustration, he let it go. No reason to get angry over being corrected. Obviously Josh knew more about this, even if he felt off about it. Or maybe he was used to the idea of people owning a Luxray? Since Nico's uncle also had one, so he grew up around seeing them.

"Don't really like this job, feels wrong, but you right the money is gonna be dope. Can afford to hopefully get that ring I want too for Nico.."

Oh, oh did he just let Josh in on a little surprise he was planning? He sure did. Since he had to ask Josh about something later.

"When we get back, I got something to ask you, bro." Winking at him, he then returned Gauntlet to his ball, going to pick up Demuu. "Well if that's all we got here, let's go get this turned in, Josh."

Josh Devlin

Matt followed, listening to everything Josh had to say about it. That was until the cops spooked him. Gauntlet soon zoomed to his side, looking ready to fight! Demuu came up to the other side, her fur on end, growling at them. The tension in the air was high and Matt did not like it.

Once they were cleared, Matt and his pokemon relaxed. Arms crossing over his chest and looking annoyed. "Jeez... didn't want the real thieving experience." Exhaling, he nudged his pokemon to settle, and they relaxed near his legs.

"Electric pokemon is going to take out this entire place... also this is sorta dumb." He pointed to all the computers connected in once spot. "One outage and the entire mall goes down." Looks like Matt had the same ideas as Josh.

Josh Devlin

REDEEMING

welcome to the poké mart!

1X ABSOLITE from here

Stone was found by his rockruff, Kazzy, who was digging in the dirt.

I choose you - In a relationship with nicodemus unken
Bone to pick - rival is Isaac Merlo example
Megakeystone - here

Okay, he was going to toss him completely into the water. In fact, he was on his way to toss him just like how Maui tosses Moana without a care- only to pause as he sees how happy Kazzy is. Dropping his hands to his pockets, he watched him zoom around. Chuckling and shaking his head.

"Hope he never loses that playfulness, even when he evolves."

Sighing and running a hand through his dreads, he went back to Nana. Adjusting her saddle, making sure to add some foot straps, might keep him from being flung off. Then Isaac said he did this in the air. Snapping his head back. Okay, he even knew this? Now he was just down right pissy. Did he just do everything he did!? Or... or was he copying Isaac- that was a even worse thought.

"....Yeah. Planning on racing Nana against a gym. Nico does too."

Isaac Merlo