Lucia collected her pokeball on the ground and did a small cheer at her success. "One down, three more to go!" Hero let out a small flutter in agreement before they set out for the next target in the Safari Zone.

The next Pokemon the two stumbled across was a lone Nickit in the clearing. It was slowly nibbling on a fallen berry in front of a tree without any sort of care in the world. The girl got her ball ready and knelt down while deciding what their best course of action could be. The Nickit didn't know they were present and they could likely avoid a fight of any kind. SO maybe sneaking up would be a good sort of plan!

Hero laid back as Lucia got down on her belly and slowly snaked her way over to the smaller Pokemon, slowly but surely. Every movement was slow and deliberate. She stopped when its ears twitched every now and again then waited until she could continue on closer. After sneaking up close enough, Lucia tossed her Safari ball at the Nickit's side.

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Lucia continued to help chip away at the load of crystals alongside the rest of her ward. There was very little that anybody could do in the motion of escaping from this hell. She was just being quiet and hoping that she wouldn't attract any unwanted eyes. A couple of the other people would received some meaty hits from the canine Pokemon, which she winced at each time.

"Please be safe, wherever you are, Hero..." she mumbled to herself while sweeping up the rest of the tera shards and crystals from the ground.

Her heart worried about her party and wherever they may be. If they were busy doing tedious labor such as this, would everyone's Pokemon be subjected to the same pain? Lucia whimpered at the idea of any of her friends being treated like everyone had began to treat them. All anybody could do was to work their jobs and be good little workers for the wardens.

The colorful Pokemon let everyone know that their work had come to an end now. The Weakling Floor had not been one of the three to do the best job when it came to being the prized Wooloos. What they did have, however, was a front row seat in which some unfortunate people with them now would be subject to the worst possible fate. Not being beaten to an inch of their life...

But having their Pokemon killed in front of them.

Every Pokeball crushed with a wooden mallet on the screen above them was another horrifying fear swelling in her heart. Would her team be next? What about any other person here? The sound of metal crashing against flesh into a mushy paste had filled the child with so much dread and fear. She stumbled back away from the monitor, her face painted with absolute despair.

"Pl-Please stop!" she called out fruitlessly to the screen, "They can't even do anything like this! Punish us!"

The fleshy sounds wouldn't leave her ears as Lucia clutched the sides of her mask in some vain attempt to muffle out the discomfort. Her tear ridden cheeks only continued to soak up the moisture leaking from her face. So much so that when the vote was made, she was far too inconsolable to cast her vote.

TL;DR:
- Lucia continues working and collecting crystals
- She watched as several people have the Pokeballs crushed into a fine, messy paste
- Unable to take the cruelty to the others, she breaks down once more, reduced to a crying mess
- Lucia can't vote in this mind set and thus votes for FORSAKE

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"Oh, hey, a Yamask!"

Lucia stumbled across a herd of Yamasks that had congregated in the mountainous area of the Safari Zone. She had seen a couple of them before, though one thing did confused her a bunch about why it looked so weird. Hero watched in a keen interest while his trainer watched them together.

"Weird, how come the eye's red? Is it sick?"

Hero puffed up for a moment and then exhaled, almost as if he was shrugging in response. Neither of them seemed to really have any clue, so they'd just have to figure it out later. For now, they had a Pokemon to catch! Hero stormed the front, ready to assault the group with a DRILL RUN.

Some of the Yamask would flee before they suffered at the hands of an awesome attack like this, but more unfortunate ones were caught by the giant drill speeding towards them. Once he was finished, Lucia approached one of the Yamask and attempted to catch it.

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Lucia's freakout hadn't helped matters any in terms of finding a way out of these masks, but hearing the other older man speak up distracted her enough to stop her fear driven tantrum. Tearful eyes behind the mask gazed up at the man as they said they would be okay. She slowly stepped away from him, clearly spooked and not entirely trusting of people, but his soft tone had at least calmed her down some. She remained quiet for a moment, but soon spoke up.

"Ah-I wanna go home...I don't know why anybody would want to throw me in here..."

She lied, it was an absolute lie than was thankfully written on her masked face. Rocket wanted her, of course. But could this really be the work of them? Why imprison others, countless of them if the yells and shouts were anything to go off of, if they were after her?

The middle ground would hum as a trio of Pokemon would descend from the heavens above, or wherever this hellhole had taken all of them. Lucia watched alongside her bunk mate and scooted closer to him with the appearance of these new villains. At least they looked like them. Could somebody as so threatening look like they did? A green canine jumped down with boxes full of goodies, alongside food being given to them.

"Go home? I don't understand any of this..."

Though those masked weirdos have began to speak just while Lucia had shoved one mochi into her mouth to eat. She had been starving training all day and the peach flavor reminded her a little bit of home. One swallow later, and her toxic chain, much like everyone else's, had attached hard to the cell wall around them. It proved to freak her out again, but their "encouragement" to remain dedicated worker bees was more than enough to fully wake her up.

"I don't wanna do this..." Lucia whispered to Atreyu again, this time more tear driven than before. "I'm scared." She cowered in fear for a moment before forcefully being pulled in the direction of the boxes. Belligerently, Lucia followed everybody else's steps and quickly got to work.

She quickly found that trying to extract the tera crystals from rock and stone. It was pretty evident that she wasn't getting anywhere due to, well, being a kid. Lucia could swing a pickaxe maybe three times before tiring herself out. So she'd make her way just grabbing a small hammer and trying to smash away the rock that way.

The armored guards would be standing around them, each one looking just as thrilled to see them work as the next. She had been working hard until the shape of the green dog walking down to some of the people cracking stones for them. One of them looked to be about her age with hands full of a box of shards. The Pokemon rewarded his efforts by slapping the box up as shards flew everywhere. Behind the mask, Lucia scowled at the devious creature as it walked off. Her head craned up to the many guards looking down at them before she made her way over to him.

"Hey." Lucia said quietly while kneeling down to help Hideo search for the shards that he had been robbed of. She kept her voice down and began to try and scurry together whatever shards would remain.

TL;DR:
- Calmed down by Atreyu Hargrave enough to think
- Eats the mochi while being confused about the strange people wanting to go home
- Chained to the wall and forced to work
- Spots the form of Okidogi ruining Hideo Kino 's hard work
- Lucia quietly steps over and begins to help Hideo clean up

Atreyu Hargrave

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"Yeah, he was fully evolved when I last played with him. I remember he was so cute when he was small, but I never really got to see him since I-"

Her voice trailed off as she would realize what she was about to say. She had gotten so caught up in the excitement of catching new Pokemon and more that the idea of just closing her mouth before she said something stupid had slipped her mind. Lucia paused and fully blinked before then trying to quickly sidestep.

"I...left for vacation over here! Y-Yeah, we left home and he stayed behind since he wasn't feeling well. I hope he's feeling better."

Smooth, he probably didn't suspect a thing! Fortunately for her, another Pokemon over the horizon, and another that Lucia noticed. She smirked at the distraction and hurried over at the Varoom. The engine look-alike was roaring across the landscape, creating loads of damage around the area. It blew through a rotting door, all while she squinted at the blur.

"Ooh, that's the next one I want!" She threw out her Wooper, Muck babbling about while then pointing at the Varoom. "That's your target, Muck! Slow it down!"

The Paldean Wooper didn't respond, just barely recognizing his trainer's orders but then waddling to the areas the Varoom was quickly spiraling around and spitting out a sudden MUD SHOT. It wasn't a lot, but the sudden change in terrain had gunked the wheels under control. Lucia smirked, readying her hand until she looked at the pokemon closer.

It's mouth had been tangled in something that covered it completely, and that wasn't to mention the strange barcode-like thing against its side. She frowned at the sight, and then went closer, against her better judgement. The Varoom spun out, trying to get away while stuck in the gunk but was unable to free itself.

"Hey, wait!" Lucia said, kneeling down to the Varoom and undoing the plastic ties across its mouth. She was quick to tear it off, grunting a little until it tore. She worked on freeing it of its other marks and more. All while the Pokemon shook under her touch. She felt bad for the poor thing and even would have went to coax it had her eyes not locked onto one of the bindings that held a familiar symbol.

The Symbol of Rocket.

Her scream could be heard from afar, scrambling back as she was terrified of what they did to this Pokemon. She heaved and huffed, then looked at the Varoom was one of absolute fear. She had to calm herself down. Don't let anybody know. Right now, she had to get this thing out of sight.

"Ah-I'll get you somewhere safe."

Without another word, she tossed a Pokeball at the Varoom.

[attempting to go for Varoom!]

Jason Huang

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"Don't worry, Hero. This time will go way better!" Lucia said, smiling at the worrisome Dunsparce. It wouldn't be an adventure outside of the house without her beloved companion being the little worryworm that he was. She heaved her bag over the shoulder and then looked at the stash of empty safari balls.

"I'm super prepared this time. And besides, we've got smarts this time. I heard there's a super strong Pokemon here this month! It's sure to get us a badge!"

The gates leading to the safari area opened once more, as the staff would side eye Lucia from the previous time. She did her best to skirt around the requirement of needing an adult this time and hurried inside just as the timer began to count down. It was time to go on a safari.

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Lucia woke up with a sudden groan, having been busy training with her Pokemon when she had recalled some kind of shape coming into the peripheral of her vision. Before any movement was made to identify what it was, she felt a sudden weight smack into the back of her head. She was out like a light before her body hit the ground.

"Ugh, my head..."

She woke up some time later, groggy and her head killing her. Although she had only really heard about what a hangover or migraine felt like from other people, it couldn't be that far away from what she felt right now. Her movements were slow and a bit deliberate, feeling her warm breath stuck inside of a mask of some kind. Hands felt along the visor as the outside world was shrouded in a black tint.

Speaking of world, she wasn't back home near Slateport anymore. No, Lucia was somewhere completely different. Gone were the trees and fields of grass, replaced entirely by the interior of some jail cell. One that barely fit two people while, though had enough room for her and another. But the next discovery was cause for alarm! She had been stripped of everything! Pokemon team, clothing, even her jacket! Instead, she wore a faded green kitakami!

"Wh-What's going on?" she asked nobody in particular. Her young and shrill voice bounced off of the walls. "Where am I? A-And where'd my stuff go?!"

Lucia tried to take the mask off of her face as she was starting to tear up now out of worry. She didn't know where she was or how she even got here. Nothing made sense! There were other people around, she could hear faint voices from in this weird room and other people. But as her hands fell onto the mask to slid it upwards, it wouldn't budge. Something was holding it in place, which only proved to scare her even more.

She tugged harder, fumbling to the floor as she tried to pry it off using her feet as leverage. Her efforts only proved to further cause the chain around her to tighten and constrict.

"PLEASE, SOMEBODY GET THIS THING OFF OF ME!!"

She whined and continued trying to pull at her mask, not noticing the person in the cell with her.

TL;DR:
- Located in the WEAKLING WARD
- Lucia woke up after being knocked out
- She's noticed that all of her stuff is missing, panics
- The mask on her face won't come off, is panicking even more
- Screams for help!

Atreyu Hargrave

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"Yeah, I bet it is sick. I hope it's doing okay. Poor thing..."

Ever the rather naive soul, Lucia watched Jason make quick work of the Koffing and capture it in record time. Hopefully it would receive some much needed medical attention at a PokeCenter or something. She did find the poison-type pretty funny looking, especially when it would evolve and get a cool little friend attached to its body!

After making sure Jason was still ready to go, Lucia went about continuing her adventure through the abandoned area before stumbling across a familiar face sniffing around the roads in front of them. She recognized the shape and couldn't help but smile at the stuffy looking puppy.

"Hey, I know that one too! My Dad used to have one." she said, crouching down and slowly going to tiptoe while its attention was elsewhere. After making sure that she wasn't leaving herself open for attack, Lucia threw another empty pokeball at the Machiff.

[attempting to go for Maschiff!]

Jason Huang

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The Dunsparce nodded at Gwyar's introduction of himself before Lucia had put him down. He shook his scaly body and slithered back along the ground before coming to rest at her side again.

Lancelette's reaction to hearing the name of its natural enemy wasn't totally out of left field. Lucia knew that the entire Corviknight line in Paldea tended to be under threat of being hit with rocks from the fearsome pink warriors. But she laughed along with Gwyar and then looked back up at the bird.

"I bet! Lancelette's definitely one of the strongest looking Corviknights I've seen! Will she be battling at your gym?"

She hoped not. That was going to be a fearsome battle indeed. It would need a Pokemon in itself just to counter it.

Once Gwyar lowered the mount's body to the ground, Lucia's mind clicked on what they were about to do. Her entire form vibrated with excitement. Was she actual going to just ride on a flying Pokemon like this?!

"Yesyesyes!"

She picked of Hero once more and held him tight before taking Gwyar's hand and then hopping onto the Corviknight.

Gwyar Wledig

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It was the advice war as old as time. People who believed that the strongest of Pokemon were unable to be overthrown by ones that were made to be weaker versus the camp which believed that any pokemon could bring a trainer greatness through hard work and dedication. She didn't know which one she fell into, to be honest, although she did have some reservations.

"You specialize in bug-types? Aren't they weak to a lot of other types? Why did you pick them?"

It wasn't judgemental or anything close to it, but a genuine question from somebody inexperienced in the ways of the Pokemon world.

"But I get what you're saying though. I'm searching for a lot of cool Pokemon to add to my team too. And to evolve mine sometime soon. I don't know if Hero will ever evolve though, but he's already perfect like this."

The Dunsparce had been with her since she was a toddler, and no doubt had been able to evolve for some time, at least she thought. But it didn't matter. She didn't want him to evolve if he didn't want to.

John Sullivan

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Back down on his legs, Lucia looked back to Doug has he continued to explain typing and how a team was intended to be built. The lesson hadn't escaped from her since her time in Blueberry. It made sense, given that numerous trainers tended to either specialize in one certain niche or generalize their build to hit a comfortable medium between types they counter and can be countered by.

"That makes sense." she nodded her head, her messy black hair bobbing up and down. "And each Pokemon has a bunch of moves that aren't its type, so it's useful to aim for ones that are stronger against more than they are weak, right? Or should you aim for moves that deal more damage if the typings match up?"

John Sullivan

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"It would, but do you have a"

Wow, he was super tall! Or she was really short. But Gwyar was towering above her like some mountain of muscle. Would she be that tall one day? She'd have to eat as many vegetables as possible to get as tall as he was!

Speaking of giants, he threw out his giant Corviknight that somehow had been just as tall as he was, at least to a child like her. The sight of one had made her grin widely. Seeing a Corviknight in person like that in person was quite the sight, especially considering what happened to most of the population back home.

"A Corviknight?! I haven't seen one of these in person before!" Lucia smiled, then took a bow before the majestic flying type to show respect. "It's nice to meet you, Lancelette! I bet you'll be able to help us find those teens!"

The conversation went onto her partner, which she took great pleasure in showing off. Lucia picked up Hero like a stuffed doll before cradling him in her hands. Her chest puffed up as if to proudly boast about his prowess.

"This is Hero. He's the very first Pokemon I ever caught and best Dunsparce ever! When I was little, my brother taught me how to catch Pokemon and I tried to catch him and failed. I must have cried super hard, because he wandered up and tried to make me feel better. Ever since, he's taken care of me!"

SHero let out a short huff and waddled in her arms, though Lucia looked back up to Lancelette.

"Back in Paldea, we almost never saw Corviknights outside of trainers and farms. We had these Pokemon called Tinkaton that would throw rocks at them to hunt them and pry off all the armor, bit by bit."

Gwyar Wledig

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