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moonlight monsters [hgt-g]
POSTED ON Nov 17, 2024 15:57:30 GMT
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"Ah... Aha, ha ha, yeah... There sure are, aren't there...?"

Try as she might, she just couldn't escape that war, could she? The mere thought of it was enough to drag her mood down, and the longer it lingered in her mind, the further down it went. And yet, try as she might, she just couldn't climb her way back up, could she? Mitsuru was a Krabby in a bucket, constantly trying to climb out, only to be pulled back down by the other Krabby. Who were also herself? If that made sense?

Whether it did or not, it ultimately did not matter. Before she could reach whatever conclusion or dead end awaited her, she was brought back to reality by a sinister red glow and low rumbling growl.

"I-it should be, but, well, uh..."

If there were ever a ghost or a ghoul in need of hunting, then it was surely right in front of her. Yet, the mere idea of trying to fight this thing was enough to make her throat drop into her stomach. Surely, there had to be some other way, right?

"Maybe... Maybe it's actually a nice monster?" She hoped aloud, taking one very small and very cautious in the direction of the beast. "U-um, hello, Sir! Can, uh, can we help you?"



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[HGT] claws and fangs
POSTED ON Nov 17, 2024 14:52:25 GMT
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She should've died.

She should've been killed by the Kleavor right there and then. Her head should've been split open by its brutal stone axes. She should've been cut in half and left to rot in these dark and misty woods, all but forgotten and mostly unmourned.

And yet, somehow, Mitsuru survived. The lethal attack was stalled for long enough that the Dhelmise could come to her aid, and the call of the Ranger was enough to snap her out of her stupor. And, with her wits returned to her at least momentarily, she did the only thing she could think to do in such a situation - Run away as fast as she could.

And so, she did. She ran and she ran and she ran, as hard as fast as she can. And, for better or for worse, she ran in the same direction as Robin.

"Look... I just... Look! You don't understand! It's hard, okay?! It's... It's just hard! Don't... Just don't! I don't need help! I'll be fine!"

The sound of a barrier shattering behind her quickly dispelled that illusion.

"EEP! HELP!"



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Tsuru
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[HGT] claws and fangs
POSTED ON Oct 30, 2024 23:29:28 GMT
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire. As she scrambled away from the raging Kleavor, Mitsuru couldn't help but feel a tad nostalgic for ten seconds ago, when her biggest problem was a silly misunderstanding. Yet the monstrous insect in front of her was anything but silly, and that went doubly so for its axes.

Luckily, the ranger had created an opponent! In this moment, the Kleavor was stuck, its attack stalled by the Dhelmise's chains. This was her chance! All she had to do was send out one of her Pokemon, order them to attack, and knock it out.

But as her fingertips hovered over her Pokeballs, that sounded so much easier said than done. After all, what if the attack didn't actually finish it off? Or, what if it broke free of the Anchor Shot before the attack could connect? Or, or what if there was another Kleavor that was waiting to ambush whichever Pokemon came out? Or, or, or...

Or she'd wait too long and miss her chance. Breaking free from the tangling chain, the Kleavor immediately resumed its rampaging with renewed fervor, aiming yet another Stone Axe right at Mitsuru!

"Ww-wait! No! Stop! STOP!"



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POSTED ON Oct 30, 2024 4:32:28 GMT
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"What? No! What, what, why would I-- Why would you even say that?!"

Mitsuru was flabbergasted. Of all the things she was expecting to be accused of, "being a ghost" was not one of them. Just because she wanted to die all the time didn't meant she actually was dead! Her brain genuinely struggled to process it. Part of her wondered if she'd somehow hallucinated it. Was looking for Hoothoot seriously so suspicious? And why a ghost? She didn't even look like a ghost! She wasn't even white! N-not that you had to be white to be a ghost, but, y'know, ghosts were, well, they were usually...

...Did that Kleavor belong to her, or...?

"LOOK OUT!"

As the Stone Axe came crashing down, Mitsuru flung herself into the ranger, sending them both tumbling away from the impact and narrowly avoiding becoming an actual ghost in the process.



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[HGT] claws and fangs
POSTED ON Oct 28, 2024 23:14:57 GMT
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Taking back her phone, the first thing Mitsuru did was thorough wipe the camera with the sleeve of her kimono. Then, taking a deep breath, she glanced down at the screen. And it was still recording! Whew. Okay, good. At least it didn't break, because she definitely couldn't afford to replace it right now.

Once she was sure that her viral video-in-the-making wasn't jeopardised, she looked back to the stranger. Should she thank her? Hm. On one hand, she did help pick her phone out of the mud, which was very nice of her. But, on the other, it was her fault it ended up there in the first place... Then, her eye drifted over to the ranger armband, and she suddenly straightened up a little.

"Um, thank you very much, miss."

Heck! This wasn't good. If this ranger thought she was out here for suspicious reasons, she might end up getting arrested. Even worse, if she thought she was out here for stupid reasons, she might end up getting escorted back while being on the receiving end of a condescending lecture. Seeing as both of them meant she'd have no footage to work with, that meant neither of them were particularly tenable. Quick, think of a good lie, think of a good lie, think of a good lie...!

"Oh, me? Ha, well, I'm just, ha, I'm just here to catch a Hoothoot! I, like, totes can't get enough of those silly little guys! Aren't they, like, soooooooo cute~?"



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moonlight monsters [hgt-g]
POSTED ON Oct 28, 2024 2:12:14 GMT
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This was good. This was great! Instead of being mauled to death by some kind of horrid ghoul, she instead got to have a nice talk with an old friend. Well, old acquaintance, she supposed. They only met once, back when they were doing volunteer work on the Sea Mauville, so maybe "friend" was a little forward. Still! Nothing better than a little chit chat! They could gossip, catch up, get up-to-date on all of the nursing and the mysticism and... The homeless, and the bankruptcy, and... And the... Um...

This was bad. This was terrible! Instead of being mauled to death by some kind of horrid ghoul, she had to engage in small talk with someone she barely knew! The mere idea of it made Mitsuru's stomach drop into the abyss. Please, ghosts, take her now.

"Oh, well, y'know. Just getting some exercise, taking a walk, putting my steps in, hunting ghosts, getting some fresh air... The usual!"

All the while, she was totally unaware of the encroaching gloom.

"But, if you're heading to work, then I probably shouldn't keep you, huh?"



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POSTED ON Oct 26, 2024 2:43:00 GMT
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"Paranormal investigating" was many things:

It was physically exhausting. It was mentally taxing. It was emotionally draining. It was spiritually ruinous. It was very intensive on phone battery. It was bad on the knees and worse on the back. It was troublesome to find and even more so to prove. It was a complete financial blackhole. It was, to cut a long story very short, hard.

But more than all of that, it was extremely popular, and so Mitsuru had no choice but to drag herself out to yet another spooky forest to bum around in the dark and the cold following vague tracks in pursuit of some kind of ghost or ghoul that may or may not exist.

Well, it could be worse. She could be... Um... Ah, no, actually, it couldn't get worse. This was about as bad as her life could possibly--

Bump. "Oof!"

As she bumped into the stranger, Mitsuru lost grip of her phone, and before she knew it, her state-of-the-art Oranberry was sent tumbling from her hand and landed down in the muddy footprint with a splotch. Oh. It did actually get worse, huh? Ah. Hm.

"Haaaaaah... It's fine, just... Be more careful next time... Please...? Pretty please...?"



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Tsuru
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POSTED ON Oct 15, 2024 4:23:50 GMT
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Okay! Back to the grind.

Sure, Lady Crane's Mystic Services might be bankrupt, and okay, Mitsuru was technically homeless, and alright, maybe she had more important things to be doing than hunting "ghosts" in the woods at night. But! Those things? Were hard. Very, very, very hard. So, they could wait for tomorrow.

Besides, maybe if she cobbled together a good enough video, it would "go viral"! And if that happened, it'd basically solve all her problems anyway! All she had to do was take her beat-up old smartphone, record some ghoul or goblin, and upload it to the internet. Then would come the fame, then would come the money, and before she knew it, she'd be renting high street retail space again in the blink of an eye! All she had to do was find some terrible but intriguing creature worth recording, and as luck would have it, she'd heard rumours about a particular cryptid that would do just the tri--

"--EEEEP!"

Mitsuru jumped out of her skin, scrambling back away from the screaming light. Lucky for her, though, this was no otherworldly entity here to drag her to hell for some undisclosed sins. Much the opposite, the face she saw was a familiar one.

"O-oh! You're... Katharina, right? What're you doing here?"



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Women Previously in Caves [M]
POSTED ON Oct 12, 2024 22:43:33 GMT
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Mitsuru had never felt so lost in her entire life.

She'd failed to find who she was looking for amidst the sudden panic. She'd failed to help the people in need as the waters began to rise. She'd failed to stop Kyogre from getting the blue crystal. She couldn't even protect her own Pokemon from the great leviathan that devastated Sootopolis like a storm. Her Walking Wake was missing. Her Garganacl lay fainted in its Pokeball. Her Dusclops was lost somewhere deep in the water. And Trubby? Trubby was, lucky, alive. Different, but alive. She should've counted her blessings that he'd managed to survive the Origin Pulse, but instead, all she could think about was how she'd failed to keep him safe when it mattered the most.

She had failed at just about everything she could've failed at. And yet, here she was. Hundreds, maybe even thousands, had tried and succeeded in their missions, only to end up dying to the overwhelming power of this natural disaster. But she, of all people, was still here.

It didn't really make sense, did it? She supposed that the Gods were kind in that way. Or, maybe they were cruel? Or maybe they were just completely indifferent to it all.

As she aimlessly walked through the ruined streets of Sootopolis, she wondered: What was she supposed to do now? She couldn't stay here, she knew that much. But what else was there for her? She could go back to Slateport, back to her failing business and her miserable attempt at a personal life. Or she could move back to Johto, and try to claw back some of the dignity she once had. O-or, maybe she could try and go back to...

Bump. She accidentally walked right into a familiar-looking woman, and staggered back a step.

"A-Aah, sorry..."



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ghost of a ghost
POSTED ON Oct 5, 2024 23:50:14 GMT
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"U-um... No, no, I don't play those... Those kinds of games..."

Nope. She definitely hadn't played Rondez-Vous of Love before. She totally didn't have it installed on her phone right now. She definitely hadn't spent many a late night playing it. She totally hadn't spent tens of hours playing dozens of different ' routes. She absolutely wouldn't take part in such dubious, invasive, and utterly juvenile behaviour.

"...I like Nintenines."

She'd spent a good thirty minutes of the trip to Sootopolis playing with her Houndour on the way over here. Even with everything going on in her life, she was still taking good care of it for thirteen years running! And that wouldn't stop anytime soon.

"Paradox versions? Is that what they call them?" Mitsuru blinked. Idly, she reached for her belt, pulling a water-stained, claw-marked Pokeball from it. "What do they call the one that looks like Suicune?"



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Tsuru
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HISUIAN ZOROARK SWARM (AA)
POSTED ON Oct 5, 2024 22:02:28 GMT
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Okay. Hisuian Zoroark. Okay! This sure looks bad, but maybe it's actually good! Illusions are useful! Good for tricking, and lying, and scamming, and stealing, and, uh... Good for theatre! Good special effects! Very good for kabuki and noh and those sorts of things. It definitely wouldn't be weird for her to try and catch one. Definitely! It definitely wouldn't reflect badly on her at all!



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A Study in Certain Oddity.
POSTED ON Oct 5, 2024 21:48:17 GMT
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"Oh! Um, Miss Kagami is, uh... Pondering the scrolls right now. B-but I can go get her! Wait just a minute..."

With that, she gently pushed the door shut, and locked it with a click. HECK. What were people doing here? On her day off, no less! Didn't they know that her weekends were a sacred time, meant to be spent drinking wine, eating takeout, and catching up on her soaps?! Well, it was too late to say no now. She'd just have to grin, bear it, and get this done as quickly and as smoothly as possible. Maybe she could charge extra, since it was technically an out-of-hours appointment? No, no, focus, Mitsuru! Work first, money later!

Cursing under her breath, she quickly scrambled back through reception, down the hall, into her chambers, down the second hall, and into her bedroom once more. No time to wash her kimono, and no time to do her make-up either... Ugh! Why couldn't Lady Crane be a mysterious mystic who wore baggy sweatpants and a comfortable sweater?

Still, after two minutes of the most stressful "quickchanging" known to man, she managed to make her way back to the door, mostly dressed in most of the right attire. Then, with a deep breath, she opened the door once more.

"Welcome, dear visitor! This is Lady Crane speaking. How might I help you today?"



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POSTED ON Oct 4, 2024 0:27:38 GMT
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Indeed, Lady Crane's Mystic Services was closed. Joining in the race to find the missing soul of Victini, Rex had somehow managed to stumble at the very first hurdle. Which, really, was his own fault. Didn't he check the Facebook page before coming all the way to Slateport? If he had, he could've saved himself a lot of effort. Oh well. No point crying over spilt milk. Nothing left for him to do but suck it up, head to his library, take the fifteen-minute mystic certification course online, and--

"...Rex?"

--Nevermind! It seemed that luck was on his side today. If only Mitsuru could say the same.

As the door to her offices swung open, the woman who stepped outside wasn't the mysterious beauty from her advertising, nor the nervous volunteer from Sea Mauville. No, the woman who greeted Rex was nothing short of an absolute wreck. Her hair was a tangled mess, her t-shirt was marred by a half-dozen different wine stains, and the bags under her eyes were so deep they were practically satchels.

"What are you...? Um, sorry, I don't want to be rude or anything, but I... Well, I'm kind of... Uh... Could you carry this for me? Please?"

Without waiting for an answer, Mitsuru shoved a cardboard box into Rex's hands, before immediately retreating back into her office.



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POSTED ON Sept 1, 2024 4:47:34 GMT
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Claiming a traumatising FLUTTER MANE from WATER OPS
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[WOPS] mitsuru & katharina #4
POSTED ON Sept 1, 2024 2:53:01 GMT
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Uh oh. Physical labour? With her back? Ouch. She didn't like the sound of that.

But she didn't volunteer so she could complain, did she? No. So, after some half-hearted stretching and a few deep breaths, she took up position on her end, and began the laborous task laid out for her. Which, fortunately, was not as laborous as she thought. As it turned out, all the rusting metal and general ocean decay caused the metal to be a lot lighter. Which, unfortunately, was probably a bad sign for the long-term health of this platform. But she decided for her own physical mental health not to worry about that right now.

Still, even though she's been given the easy job, she has to admit that there's something a little worrying about watching such a tiny bear carry such a big beam.

"Careful... Careful... Careefuuul..."

Thankfully, there was nothing to worry about this time. Froschl expertly navigated the beam into position, and just like that, they were one step closer to fixing up Sea Mauville! Sure, a step didn't count for much in a ten mile marathon, but, uh... It probably added up, right?

"Great!" Mitsuru nodded. "Then let's keep going. If we keep up this pace, we can probably finish before--"

Groaaaaaaaaaaan...

The metal beam made a strange noise, and Mitsuru gave it a look. That'd... That'd definitely hold.

"--Before it gets any worse than this."



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