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Pie and Berries

POSTED ON Jun 29, 2024 0:23:30 GMT

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A psychedelic gym, Kouji Matsubara wasn’t here to challenge it surprisingly enough, he just so happened to be in the area. It had been a while since he had last interacted with Desiree, all the way back in Fortree, and only in passing. Still, things had changed a lot though a part of him should have expected such.
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Artist, and Gym Leader.
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It was an illustrious combination, then again to make it in one…A person required a high level of drive to reach such heights. Then again, he had sought to test them all out in various ways, this time though; he just walked in. ”Oi oi, Desiree; was in the area, how about some of that strawberry pie.”
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She’d recognize him, right?

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Uncognition

POSTED ON Jun 29, 2024 0:19:30 GMT

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Dewford had a new gym leader.
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Kouji had expected such eventually considering Navy’s ascension to Elite four, but the person who had taken over it surprised him. Did the two of them know each other? Tsubaki and Navidson, it was a strange combination. He leaned against the railing not far outside of the gym, the last time he had been in Dewford had been to hunt Isaac.
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Now?
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He wasn’t quite sure, a part of him was excited to see an old friend, a part of him wanted to punish a traitor, and a good half wanted to hide away. It was strange, but not enough to chase him away from this.
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Still, a part of him wondered what would have come had he taken her hand; once upon a time he left the weight of a bomb in hers, and yet he couldn’t lay the weight of his future in her hand. What a strange thought, enough to make him laugh at himself, but he only had one path left, all others closed.
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For the sake of his dream.
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” Mah, what time are closing hours? Feels like I’ve been here for way too long.” He said as he looked down at his empty wrist before shaking his head, really; what the hell was he hoping to achieve?

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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki

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Protecting Buriance

POSTED ON Jun 29, 2024 0:08:09 GMT

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Kouji was supposed to be working, as he looked over the heap of a person at his feet, he gave a long sigh, a cigarette hanging off his lip. He had stopped smoking a year ago, but occasionally he gave in to the fix, and this was one of those scenarios.
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He didn’t have a lot of time to hold any true regrets either, as he could hear a loud conundrum not too far away. ”Guess a Ranger can deal with it.” He stated to no one in particular, only Absol was here to hear him. The dark type didn’t pay attention to the mess they’ve made of people as he nudged his trainer in that direction, the glowing of his eyes seemed to suggest that something was amiss here.
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” Alright, alright.” Kouji stated as he began to move in the direction he was being pushed towards, flicking away the cigarette; only to have a large section of a tree sail over his head, barely missing him.
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Whatever this Pokemon or group of Pokemon were, they had to be strong enough to do that. The raucous was loud, the energy was high, and then came another loud crash as it forced its way past some more trees.
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That direction was…
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The cemetery, what a rude set of Pokemon.
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Kouji kicked into high gear, directing his Absol to release a Psycho Cut in that general direction, to cut the Pokemon off before he went into a sprint, Absol was easily keeping up pace behind him during this exchange.
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”Hopefully no-one else is getting caught up in this…” He said as he purposefully dropped a pokeball, for Sableye to come out, the dark ghost sinking into a shadow to clean up his other mess.
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Luckily, as he came closer, he saw that the psycho cut did cut a trench that slowed the other pokemon down.

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Free Bird

POSTED ON Jun 29, 2024 0:06:44 GMT

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”Alright, I decided to take ya long on a mission.” It was more covert and riskier than others. Kouji could admit that much to himself right now, he was sure of its danger, but it was the perfect way to test Kokou.
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The Rocket had been around longer than him, but he was younger, and hadn’t seem some of the horrors the region had to offer. The hardest thing for some rockets was the act of killing, and the act of bringing in a comrade, this mission included both.
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A deserter.
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”Hope you’re prepared. We left our Pokeballs behind cos this guy can trace the radiation from them. We’ll have to jump him quickly, and wrap it up.”

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Kokou Inudai

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PKMN HUNTER

POSTED ON Jun 29, 2024 0:05:40 GMT

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BOND BRIDGE

POSTED ON Jun 29, 2024 0:05:21 GMT

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Cutting Close

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 22:05:57 GMT

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”Gotcha. Now about that off-time, how about an early finish on fridays, so I can get the saturday and sunday for extra study time.” He wasn’t quite sure what he was going to study, Kouji cleaned off his knife. He hadn’t even finished high school, dropping out at fifteen.
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He really was an overall mess, even so he kept his facade friendly, jovial as he wiped his knife down and threw the handkerchief in the water to join the body of his buddy.
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”Hm, a shame.” He said at the water before he shrugged again, he wasn’t sure what he was supposed to feel over this. But then again Jester wasn’t his closest friend.
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”What do you say for a drink, and then find the nearest cages for some bare knuckle fighting.”

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Field of Nostalgia

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 21:58:38 GMT

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Kouji returned the hug with some energy, it was a strange motion and a strange feeling; but it was warm just as well. ”Hah, y’know me. I’m great at staying out of trouble.” Both of them knew that to not be true, yet he said it anyway, because making a promise like that wouldn’t be fair.
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The hug broke, and he watched her walk away, leaning up against the fence; he realised that he had far too much to do in such a short span of time. Reacquainting himself with his old town had already grown heavy enough.
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But it had been a pleasant first day back, that much Kouji could be sure of. He rolled his neck from side to side, before he prepared for the jobs of the night. He was a member of Rocket, even if he wanted to pretend that he was in a sickly sweet dream of living a normal life, even for a little while.
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Work needed to be done.
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Yet it was rare for him to feel dirty about it.

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WRATH OF REGISTEEL

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 21:02:46 GMT

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They had barely made it through the skin of their teeth, Kouji could feel it, but at the same time he wasn’t sure what to make of this building battle, which only grew heavier with each and every strike, as if trying to bury them in a tomb
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He egged on Tyranitar, wondering when the pokemon would get back to his side and with a sharp call. ”Route Q.” The pokemon began to stomp heavily on the ground, causing it to shake below the Registeel.
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This thing was tough, the barriers seemed to continually come back…Or were there simply just that many to begin with?
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It was getting harder and harder to tell with each moment, it felt like they were swimming against a rip current.
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Crack At It

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 20:54:51 GMT

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It felt strange to simply share the side after all of it, then again it wasn’t as if Kouji could mine everything in this area, so he drew back his Weavile and released his Duraludon. ”Okay, okay, okay! We can share this side, gosh, stop twisting my arm.” He tried to exaggerate after giving in so easily.
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”Wait, you’re one of the gym leaders that is kinda a gym leader?” He had looked at the gym challenge before. He crossed his arms over his chest before looking around for a moment.
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”Makes sense why you were so strong, especially with that Pon as well.” He pointed at the Ogerpon, a subtle smirk on his face. Maybe one day he’d get the blood pumping fight he wa- Nah, he didn’t even want that at the present. As if his fighting spirit had been taken away from him.
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”I might pop by that gym of yours some day.”

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Cutting Close

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 20:50:20 GMT

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”Uwaaa…Scary...Mind if wrap this up?” Kouji said aloud, a knife ready in his hand; then again the inside of his jacket was chock full of them. He gripped the handle tightly, even as the umbral chains were wrapping tightly around the traitor. ”Did you really think that’d work? C’mon, you should’ve said you were investigating something and forgot to call in, idiot. You’re lucky Underboss Quinn’s gonna leave your family out of it.”
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It was casual, warm even as Kouji twirled the knife between his fingers as if he was doing a simple party trick. Jester was having trouble breathing, though it was obvious he had heard the words. It had taken significant effort to draw in the breath needed to reply, to say the words he needed to say. Fear had been overtaken by rage as his countenance turned scarlet, in part pressure, in part anger.
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”Did any of my work mean anything to you guys? The hours I put in when I could’ve watched my kid grow up! The times in the breakroom drinking and eating together, nothing? C’mon Matsubara, we’re friends ri-”
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It was a swift movement, a swipe of his arm with the blade that had cut the man’s throat wide open, trachea exposed, jugular open, he didn’t manage to avoid the gurgling out of blood as it popped.
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”Yeah, course we’re friends. I’ll come visit ya in the border, k?” He spoke with a chipper voice to the man who was losing his last light. He turned back to Cillian. ”Hm…We taking his body back? He might have some accounts and stuff that work off fingerprints.”
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He didn't hesitate this time, not like with Eris Halla, nor like he did with his father. It made his words a lie however, he didn't feel anything after that like he had just finished a stranger. He hadn't shied away from killing even before joining this organization, but it was becoming easier and easier as time went on, and the weight became lighter. Like he was chipping away at parts of himself.

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Cillian Quinn

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Field of Nostalgia

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 20:31:37 GMT

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”Hm? The hell you talking about, I’m always right y’know?” A cheeky grin on his face, before he crossed his arms again and huffed, turning his head upwards. An overall cocky display of body language before it was broken by his laughter.”You’ll get used to my new and improved wisdo-”
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He was interrupted by the berry bouncing off the side of his head and hitting the floor, a wry smile on his face after the fact before he put on a blank expression. ”Hahaha, truce?” He extended his hand for a shake, his calloused palms from hours of work, training and combat.
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”You shouldn’t be surprised, I am in the prime of my youth. There was this Amigo craze in the summer, but that app got taken down pretty quick…Think it was server issues?” He couldn’t quite remember, but then again everyone was just offering up their information for free regardless.
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Yet the mood was bound to turn to the mood he had set it towards, Kouji was fully aware of that fact, he knew that he didn’t truly need to worry but…
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”Easier said than done, y’know?” Not worrying wasn’t really in his dictionary, then again Kouji was unused to having people to worry about. He thought he’d severed all the links that could tie him down, and another comes out of the woodworks. ”You’ve got a needed skill, you might get thrown into the worst of i-” Better to not jinx it.
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Still, there was a warmth in her eyes that he himself lacked, one that drew a person in; it wasn’t just the shine of the blue, but the smile in those eyes. So Kouji averted his gaze, eyes stuck on the path in front of him.
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”Whatever, if you ever find yourself in over your head, just come calling for me.”

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Meteoric Crash

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 20:31:10 GMT

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It was hard not to notice the strange speech of this person; it sounded just a little off. Kouji couldn’t even tell whether they were a boy or a girl either. The name seemed to inspire girl, but he shrugged.
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Not his business.
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”Ettie huh? What’d you mean by packmates, like you guys are all a pack…Like a Houndoom pack?” He posed the question using his own point of reference as he looked over the rest of the pokemon. He didn’t feel any intent to harm from any of them, so he settled into comfort rather quickly and patted the neck of his Dracozolt to stop him from acting reckless.
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It was a touchy moment, so he didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble to a kid of all people.
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”Friend is trying to feed Dracozolt here, he needs a lot of food for those powerful legs, or else he’ll waste away.” He explained while indicating for his pokemon to twirl on the spot, which the dragon type did reluctantly.

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Hard Hit [DW]

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 20:26:22 GMT

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Kouji looked himself over properly, and found there was no damage before he gave an inspection to Hunchkrow, finding nothing amiss there either. ”Spick and span, nothing to worry about with us.” He said as he gave a thumbs up, Kouji looked on over his shoulder at the pokemon that were gathering up.
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”They’re pretty impressionable pokemon, Pancham; cute as hell but turn into a menace when they evolve.” He said thinking of his own Pangoro, though there was a fond smile on his face.
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A memory faded, but it wasn’t that important for the present him. Kouji cracked his neck before looking around. ”So y’know a bunch about the environment and pokemon huh? Having a smarty pants like yourself around might help out.” There was energy in his voice that hadn’t been there before.
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”How about hanging around us for a bit. I’m training my pokemon, as well as tryna catch some new ones…”
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It was that moment he heard Absol’s cry of attention, turning his head; he looked over at the Magmortar fighting a Pansear, the heat of the surroundings went up almost immediately. He nodded at his Absol, who went for the larger Magmortar, he didn’t want to have to deal with a forest fire pre-emptively ending his training trip.
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”Guess you can join the team.” He said as he threw a pokeball at the Magmortar.

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Field of Nostalgia

POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 1:00:03 GMT

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”Please don’t kick my ass, I just discovered my new title as Dr.Love.” Kouji found himself cringing as he said the title aloud before shaking his head, he definitely would not be making that joke anytime soon.
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With the casual soft breeze, the slow steps, walking alongside and the butterfree overhead, a part of him did think that this scenery didn’t suit him. He couldn’t relax in such a calm atmosphere, but he covered up that feeling as fast as he could.
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His dull golden eyes managed to regain some measure of a spark as the conversation continued, like a flickering bulb that shine came and went as the conversation continued, he held eye contact as he really thought about her last couple statements.
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”Y’know, I’m not against it, but I ain’t chasing it either. There’s very few things I ain’t open to.” That was the preamble as he thought about dating apps, there was that amigo too from before; but it was Trainer’s Eye, the more refined version of the app that took over the limelight now.
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”You might find a one night hook up, might find the love of ya life, or just some person you like sharing pokemon pictures with. Who knows?” He said slowly, a few laughs coming up as he stretched out.
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”Well, I don’t wanna spoil the fun for ya. You’ll see the fun it yourself.” Kouji stated as he looked out at the path in front of them, they were almost at the other side of the berry patch.
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Still, he did push the idea a lot, didn’t he? Kouji wasn’t quite sure why, but then again as he watched Tempest and Cillian, a part of him saw just what that spark of love could do for people. It was good for the soul, but then there was the opposite in his father when that spark was lost. People really were strange individuals, weren’t they?
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”Gotta be careful now though, Ranger life ain’t easy. You might start getting called up to those dangerous places.” He couldn’t picture her in any of those battlefields he’d been in during the last year, a part of him didn’t want to see her go to them.
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”A lot of people never come back.” He didn’t want to leave a dour air, but a part of him felt that it needed to be said.

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