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trick or party? [m][dd]
POSTED ON Feb 18, 2024 18:44:33 GMT
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“So if it was a rave party you’d consider going?” he backtracked, already reaching for the outfit he’d already chose. And yes, the eyeliner was already there, ready to go and wielded like a magic wand.

“Or anything else?” he added a few moments later.

Time to file even more information in the memory banks about his partner’s likes and dislikes, then.

“…if it was just here around Fortree with the locals, you’re okay with it?” he would hopefully confirm afterward.



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tea, and revelations [s][c]
POSTED ON Feb 18, 2024 18:40:22 GMT
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It was at this point he realized something else.

“Was this… was this why there was someone from Team Rocket who wanted to trash your draciary near Rustboro? Were they trying to lure you back in?” he suddenly asked his friend; wondering if he’d connected the dots a little too late.

(Or early, but there was that, as well.)

Little did he realize that his friend would be getting embroiled in a lot more conflict than the norm down the road; all things considered.

“Have they tried to kidnap you or anything? Or kidnap someone close to you to hold hostage and use as bait?”

(Boy, he had no idea that he was actually taking a good guess about shit that would happen sometime in the future—a certain other friend of his getting kidnapped!)


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Winter Flight [Nontraditional Gym]
POSTED ON Feb 18, 2024 18:33:10 GMT
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El would wonder no longer, as their seemingly ‘aimless wandering’ through the howling grit would be interrupted by the loud, cracking sound of boulders splitting in half—a split second sooner and they’d have been knocked off the back of their Togekiss had they not been careful!

That was one of the things that anyone flying through the air had to be ready for—surprise obstacles! Not to mention that—

Okay, this was new. There were pointy, levitating rocks scattered throughout the latter half of the course; and if they happened to get grazed by one of those, it would really hurt!

Over at where Alex was flying with his Hydreigon, one of the ‘hydra’-mouths then chomped on an incoming boulder and shattered it to dust; before the other ‘hydra’-mouth then punched another out of the way—

Unintentionally sending it straight towards where El and their Togekiss was headed! Yikes!

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Part 1: Sandstorm by Darude; roll exactly one of the two numbers of Alex’s rolls to get through the second half of the obstacle! Do you want to know what happens if you miss?


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Lost World [M/FIT]
POSTED ON Feb 18, 2024 18:28:55 GMT
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“Do you think there’s a way for them to be turned back to normal?” he asked her as he spotted a particular patch of dirt he hadn’t sifted through yet, before crouching down to start getting some dirt to run through the sifting pan he had brought along with him.

“You saw what Terra was capable of while we were stuck in that dreamscape… it was a terrifying sight to see. Like they don’t know us anymore.”

Another sigh escaped him as he saw something—only to realize it was the curve of a Helix Fossil, before he let out a bit of a chuckle.

“There’s this weird online thing going about people calling this one ‘Lord Helix’ and I don’t get it, it’s just an Omanyte,” he cackled; an attempt to lighten up the mood.


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TALES BENEATH THE DYNA TREE (LEAGUE)
POSTED ON Feb 18, 2024 6:52:44 GMT
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He actually liked coming out late in the evenings, because at least he didn’t have to deal with the evil orb hanging in the sky. He wasn’t too much of a fan of the sun; summer was easily his single worst season.

After waiting for the previous person to depart, he would pull up with the same half-bow as last time, before sitting down some distance away—he didn’t want to get in the Calyrex’s personal space.

“My story… is one from home. I’m not really from Hoenn, I’m from Unova, and the culture up north has a lot of folk tales with a hero playing a very big part.”

He then took a deep breath, and began:

“Back when there was more nature around Unova, Pokémon lived peacefully in the forest… well, that was, until humans started encroaching on their borders and cutting down trees to make room for settlements. There was one time a fire was left unattended, and the resulting forest fire would’ve been disastrous…”

He trailed off, providing for some dramatic effect.

“…had three heroes not come to the Pokémon’s rescue. Now it wasn’t exactly specified if the heroes were human that understood the Pokémon’s plight, or Pokémon themselves—however the version I’m most familiar with has the three heroes taking the form of what’s known as the Swords of Justice.”

He wondered if anyone else had picked this tale.

“Cobalion, the leader, would help everyone get out to safety. Terrakion, the strongest of the three, would bulldoze whatever obstacles to help those trapped by the fire escape. And Virizion, fastest of them all, would run back and forth to help the older Pokémon who were left behind; or otherwise would’ve been lost.”

He then wrung his hands after he was done.

“The funny thing is, another region supposedly took this story of heroism and turned it into their own version—the Three Musketeers, I don’t know if you’ve heard of them; but they’re three human swordsmen who fought against the corruption and tyranny of an evil king to bring the rightful heir to the throne.”

Whew, this was tiring.

“As for the Pokémon who were saved from the forest fire? They were eternally thankful that their heroes had saved them, because while they had lost their home; they had gained three protectors who would watch over the new forest that they would all live in.”

He had no idea if the Calyrex was impressed…

“Well, that’s my tail for this evening.”



Alex picked the Unovan version of the Swords of Justice story to tell; that narrates three heroes who saved lots of lives from a forest fire.

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POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 21:14:07 GMT
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The moment she mentioned what she wanted, his eyebrows went up—thankfully he had his goggles on as they flew straight into the storm proper.

“Then why didn’t you get one like Kaguya while were out at the moon?!” he exclaimed over the howling wind as, against his better judgement, he nudged Kaguya to fly straight into the middle of the howling—and extremely painful if they got hit—storm that was swirling over the jungle far, far below.

He could see bamboo stalks flying; and other glittering, glinting pieces of what appeared to be metal—

“Are you fucking nuts?! We’ll get killed!” he yelled over the grit and debris that swirled all around them; meanwhile the Celesteela would then sudden fucking accelerate towards the middle of the storm using her Autotomize technique!

“Wha—WHOA!” he yelped a few moments afterward as he ducked down, bracing himself as they flew into the worst of the storm made of so many flying things that were absolutely dangerous if a single one nicked or cut him open…



doing prompt 34: encounter a CELESTIAL STORM of emerald steel, metal, and bamboo in ultra crater's realm or on the moon. these storms raze the terrain and tear apart anything caught within it. however, should you get to the storm's core, one can find a GRASSIUM Z-CRYSTAL that becomes permanently defunct once the storm ends.


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You Engage Thunder and Storm [M][C/Alexei]
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 19:49:12 GMT
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The Salamence would roar out of sheer displeasure at the sight and the pressure forcing him down to the ground while the single biggest lightning strike would come screaming down from the microburst that had knocked the other to the ground and—

And—

“Holy fucking shit.”

He would stare up in silent awe, shock, and abject terror as something that looked familiar had come down alongside the burst of lightning; he could feel the static charge on his skin and smell something burnt—

“Stand the fuck back.”

Quickly recalling the Salamence who was about to charge recklessly towards what he presumed what Thundurus, he swapped the Moon Ball with a Cherish Ball; popping it open to full size before summoning his own Tornadus in a flash of red light.

While his didn’t look like the more avianid version he’d encountered previously; fact of the matter was that a sudden Bleakwind Storm came blowing forth from the purple-and-green cloudman; an attempt to repel the other… brother.


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SNOWBOY SHOWDOWN ❆
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 19:40:22 GMT
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“Wait a second—what?” he blinked.

Thomas—there could only be one.

“Hold up, hold up one second are you talking about and Miss Desiree being a thing?” he clarified; because well, he and Tom were really good friends who went way back and… well, they were the ones who found a certain egg that he’d hatched and was now carrying in his possession.

It wouldn’t take too long for him to spot another merchandise table… and for some reason he made headway towards it and grabbed one of the Ranger calendars for sale.

Without further preamble he would flip almost halfway; he stopped on the July spread and guffawed because that was his friend right there, puffing a vape and not predisposed to wearing shirts

“Holy shit, he got even more ink than last year?!” he guffawed before flipping the thing towards August to check if the one he would see was…

Ehehehe…

Of course, the popping sound of fireworks above wouldn’t go unnoticed either. Were they really that close to the entire event coming to a close, so soon?



↠ prompt: reference the fireworks show
↠ prompt: purchase or look at a ranger calendar no Alex don’t be a THOT in public
↠ snowboy: decoration (97), top (69), middle (35), bottom (1)


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Making memories [S/Amigo/C]
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 19:21:26 GMT
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“It depends on who’s nesting, and what time of the year it is,” he remarked.

“When it’s closer to winter, hilariously—yes, even a tropical location like Hoenn does have winter, it’s the Talonflame that fly over from Kalos who start popping out eggs. Clutches are usually between four to five on average, and we have… a lot of nesting pairs who stop over here on their trip. They leave in the spring.”

That wasn’t even the end of it.

“Towards the summer, Toucannon that don’t live in the aviaries on the grounds come to nest and they depart in the fall. And boy do they get really loud so I advise earplugs,” he chuckled.

He would then go on to explain that Vivillon would nest at all times of the year, and how dependent on their originating location their wing patterns would be—

“We have some Vivillon nesting now, and there’re more coming in a few weeks. We never run out of nesting Bug-types on the grounds, too.”

As for the bipedal avians who could only run on the ground—

“Of course we have accommodations for the landbound ones, too—this isn’t your ordinary Sanctuary for nothing. Do you want to take a closer look?”


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In the Saddle Again [Alexei]
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 19:12:24 GMT
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Normally this obstacle would appear closer to the end of the challenge, however he had a feeling that whoever had set up this configuration (Claire) wanted to watch him suffer especially since there were new Toucannon arriving all the time and they needed to let all that excess energy out from time to time.

(Getting all cooped up in that aviary would drive someone crazy after some time, if he was being honest.)

Either way, his own hair very nearly got singed off by a rogue Beak Blast attack that came screaming too close for comfort towards his head!

“Yow!” he yelped as he ducked low and his Dragonite continued to weave through the barrage of shelled seeds exploding and bursts of concentrated firepower exploding.

Not too far away…

The redhead would be making better progress than he was, having found a ‘flight pattern’ from the rat-a-tat’ing burst of exploding Bullet Seed attacks getting incinerated by the resultant Beak Blast explosions going off.

In a moment of clarity, they would be able to gain the lead, however one shouldn’t rest on laurels so early on in the course!

There would be a seemingly straight ‘barrage’ of exploding firepower coming from several directions—and both challenger and Gym Leader would do well to get out of range before they got trapped in the searing beams’ path!

V7IGL1i0



Part 1; the Toucannon™ Gauntlet: due to all of his Toucannon knowing the ability Skill Link, Bullet Seed will always hit five times! Accompanying the hard-shelled barrage is the Beak Blast opening cannons; the powerful bursts blocking any singular clear way through.

Roll higher than the total of Alex’s rolls to proceed; do you want to know what happens if you miss the target?


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Winter Flight [Nontraditional Gym]
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 6:04:42 GMT
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“There was a reason why when I picked flying, it wasn’t just the type but the entire theme to go along with it,” he began once El was done explaining their side of things.

“There’s a whole lot of Pokémon that can fly, even though they’re not strictly classified in the ‘Flying’ type as a whole, so why discriminate? That’s why I have as many of the ones that can fly on my roster whenever challengers come by to ask for either a traditional or a non-traditional match.”

There was this grin on his face as he continued.

“And besides, there are also battles that are fought in the sea, and in the skies—battle itself isn’t just limited to being flat on the ground.”

He then realized something else—

“Were you in the Silph cup that was held here on the Fortree grounds the last time there was a big race?” he confirmed. He knew that there was a Togekiss among the participants, however he just had to make sure—

“And yes, the aerial obstacle course is also more of a lesson as well in navigation through multiple situations. You never know what’s going to happen.”

In short order they would arrive at the ‘starting point’ of where the obstacle course would begin—

He would then pull out his bird whistle and then blow on it exactly once; before a Hydreigon would come flying over from somewhere.

“I’d love to take the race with my own Togekiss, however she’s rather small for her species and wouldn’t bear my weight! So you’ll be going up against my Hydreigon instead. While they may look to be blind, they also have a great sense of hearing, so…”

The ‘Cerberus’-like draconid bellowed, snapping his arm-hands before looking in the approximate direction where he stood.

“Here, take these goggles, you’ll need it when we go through there. Meet you in the air!” he continued as he then got on the back of his Hydreigon (with no saddle, scandalous) before flying up to the ‘aerial’ starting point where Ethan this time, waited for them on the back of a Fearow.

This would be more on El’s benefit, as he’d already flown this course several times and loved every single time he’d done it.

“O-okay, so,” the brown-haired receptionist would begin, stammering slightly as the Fearow adjusted altitude to match the Togekiss, “…all you need to do is to get through the entire course in one piece. It’s also all-natural flying, so no Pokémon moves of any kind allowed! There are four obstacles you’ll both be flying through—so it’s not a race, it’s more on a technical navigation course through what you see up ahead. Oh, as a reminder, Be careful out there, and see you both at the opposite end!”

With that, the starting whistle would go off and the challenge was on!

The first obstacle would be a blinding, cascading grit of howling sand and stone; a literal Sandstorm of epic proportions.

The Hydreigon would then fly through the howling grit; not relying on his sense of sight but on his sense of hearing to traverse through the storm that was blowing around the area.

The rocks and sand would make it rather difficult for both of them to see, especially with falling boulders coming from several surprise directions making this no walk in the park!

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Part 1: Sandstorm by Darude; roll higher than the total of Alex’s rolls to get through the first half of the obstacle! Do you want to know what happens if you roll lower?


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Air Superiority (Gym)
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 4:57:00 GMT
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The heebie-jeebie radar went off the moment he realized just what Pokémon she’d brought along.

(Look, he has an innate radar for Ghost-types, okay?! He can tell!)

“Alright, you two, come on—don’t want to wreck the reception area, follow me,” he continued as he gave Claire a smirk before heading towards the right-side door that led to the outdoor, open-air arena and opening the door.

“Ladies first,” he would call over Johanna’s way. Once they were both outside, he would follow them and close the door behind him.

Surprisingly, there was no aerial show of Flying-type Pokémon that would greet her—as it was feeding time, so they were all on the grounds scattered everywhere, feasting on bird seed, Berries, and the like.

“You wanted just the one-on-one match, right?” he confirmed a few moments later once they’d reached the arena.


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GYM JAM
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 4:51:05 GMT
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For what it was worth, he had a feeling Hideo knew what they were up to while they were making the traverse through the ‘cyberscape’ of the RKS system; and he tilted his head in the tiniest of nods.

“Pretty much,” he would confirm the younger Gym Leader’s words, before…

Oh, it was about to go down.

The normally bright-eyed look he would give his fellow non-trad champion, and the one he thought would be someone he could rely and lean on in the hardest of times; had gone out.

(Ideally, he’d have gone over to where the black-haired man was and given him a right-ass punch across the face to deck him, but now was not the time for that. There would be words had after this meeting, though.)

He took a deep breath before turning to Miss Freya.

“Getting angry in a gathering such as this wouldn’t do you well if you’re looking to win everyone over,” he began in a quiet voice.

“Especially when it involves situations like this where Team Rocket also has their fingers stuck in the pie and we’re trying to come up with something solid that we can use against them moving forward; since they think we’re disorganized and function without direction.”

There would be more information coming.

“As it is, I understand your rage about us concealing these ‘secrets’ from you, but they were done with good reason. As over here said, the reason why we chose to reveal them now is because we’re at the point in time where we can trust everyone assembled here to assess the situation, and talk it over in a civilized manner; and come up with plans on how to prepare for what’s coming to include what we shared with you so far—and knowing Team Rocket, prepare for what they’ve most likely got brewing over where they’re holed up.”

He exhaled, before continuing.

“I have something else—remember whom I mentioned earlier, the one who attacked me recently? Since he’s publicly known to be a Rocket member, I just want to let you know that for some time previously, he was the Gym Leader of Pacifidlog. Shell Badge, if you can remember that time there was a research ship anchored off-shore some distance away from the little town out there. Who knows how much information he has about the Gym Leaders now, all things considered.”

Okay, now that that was done…

“If you want to hand out suspensions later, you can do that; however we have to focus on the bigger picture here—we have to prepare against whatever else shit is coming on the horizon because of the effects that this—that ‘Dynamax’ is bringing to the table.”

To Navy’s question, he shook his head.

“No. Nothing like that. He’s more a companion for me at the moment. I would hazard a guess the same may be true for Hideo, however I’ll have him answer for himself.”

He then remembered something else, as he was trying to bring the entire conversation back on track.

“If anyone else here was stranded in that version of Galar, I was stuck there too; if you need information regarding the twenty or so years that we were trapped there and saw the ‘Dynamax’ phenomenon at work, I have notes as well that I can share with anyone who needs it.”

(For that was his blessing and curse at the same time—loathe as he was to forget what happened in that Hammerlocke; something compelled him to take notes of as much information in that little ‘world’ as he could.)

As it was, the Stormbringer was looking over everyone else before coming to hover beside him, arms folded over.



• Alex agrees quietly with Hideo’s statement about the timing of their revelations
however that is all for naught as what happened next means SHIT WILL GO DOWN, between him and Josh at least
• Alex just gives little Josh this stare of disbelief, however his thoughts are going a million miles a minute; the clear look of betrayal is now evident on his face as he now glares at the other man before turning to address the situation at hand
• he said what he said: if there’s a need to dole out suspensions, he’s willing to take that however everyone has to focus on the issue at hand; if we gotta work together we gotta work together
• in case anyone else needs more information for Dynamax, he also has notes to share since he kept track of most shit happening in that Hammerlocke in Goodbye Galar


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POSTED ON Feb 17, 2024 4:18:25 GMT
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He’d very nearly gotten swept up in the battle, keeping one side of his peripheral vision on his best two—when he realized something.

“…you were a Gym Leader before, right?” he asked; his own gaze hardening the longer he stared at… at his ex.

(One of many he’s had over the years, but shh. We don’t talk about that.)

“Tell me, were you already deep in Rocket when you decided to join for a short time, as the island village’s Gym Leader?”

He remembered that before the research vessel that had appeared there (and apparently, his partner had challenged and somehow won, that there was another Gym there—however it was one that seemingly took up an expansive area off-shore because of the myriad facilities it had brought back then.

(Damn it, had he really been a Gym Leader for so long?!)

While the Salamence had succeeded in sinking the electrified maw into the Vaporeon’s skin, a split-second warning offered him the chance to throw up a Protective screen, an attempt to stave off the incoming Ice Beam that would’ve wiped him out of the skies had it hit.

At the same time, the Braviary let out a warning screech in the Salamence’s direction; before dropping another avalanche of boulders in the form of a Rock Slide towards the Carracosta; waiting to see what it would do next.



Braviary and Salamence are out on the field!

Salamence throws up a Protect to stave off the incoming point-blank Ice Beam, while Braviary drops a new avalanche of Rock Slide boulders as close to the Carracosta as possible!


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POSTED ON Feb 15, 2024 19:25:33 GMT
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What better way to go back into the rip in reality that was smack in the middle of Fortree’s downtown, than on the back of a certain ‘moon princess’?

He was… fucking floored when he realized just how fast someone like Kaguya had suddenly grown up to. The last time he saw her, she was but a wee little baby he was able to carry in his arm, one-handed!

(This was, of course, since gravity was all fucked up on the ‘moon’ where he’d found her.)

Anyway!

“Hold on tight!” he hollered over the blowing wind, all things considered as the Celesteela soared above the jungle, hot exhaust from far below seemingly casting a heat haze over the area they’d covered so far.

“What are you looking for out here, this time?!” he exclaimed a few moments afterward as he pulled down his aviator goggles; the better to keep the dangerously hot ‘exhaust’ from out of his face before they flew right into a—

Are you kidding me.



🗺️ utilize a sygna suit and/or ultra beast in an advantageous way. (flying over the crater jungle on Kaguya)

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