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"You can bet I am a hard worker!" Thea puffed her chest and clasped her hand against it confidently. She considered hard work to be the main thing needed for success, so she was a number #1 fan of it. As weird as it sounded.[break][break]

"Hmm... I have yet to see an Illumina Pokémon..." She said, slipping out a sigh. "Once again, father being too overprotective doesn't really let me have the opportunity to find many of those—" Thea shrugged. "Regardless, if we go for those Crystalblooms, I think I will have my chance to find one—"[break][break]

And then the hissing interrupted them. Thea jumped a bit, quickly turning around, but not quicker than Gominha, the Wigglytuff, placed herself between the serpents and the trainer. The balloon pokémon inflated, trying to intimidate the two Sevipers. "Gominha!" Thea called.[break][break]

"Be careful to not get bitten." Thea warned, and exchanged glances with Caleb, wondering what he would do.[break][break]

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All the jumpy reactions were curious, but Thea could only assume it was part of the girl's timidness, that has been showing to be like that since they met in the market. The mention of her mask being weird made Thea ponder, tilting her head as she considered if that was really the case— But at the end of the day, the answer to her was obvious.[break][break]

"I think her mask looks pretty cool. But well, she is the one that makes the mask cool anyway. Cool and cute." She remarked, soon perking up.[break][break]

"A casual fan though! Honestly it is the first time I meet a fan. A lot of my friends knows her, and even likes her, but none of them go as far as buying stuff from her. So I feel like if I talk too much about her, it will feel like I'm nerding around." Thea chuckled, cheeks flushing mildly as she brushed her hair away from her face.[break][break]

"Where did you get the jacket though?"[break][break]

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The girl seemed deep into some quick thinking, and while Thea didn't like the fact she wanted to keep herself in danger, she decided it wasn't time to argue about anything.[break][break]

"Alright, just make sure you don't get hurt!" She said, thrusting her hand forward as she called her Primeape for another attack—[break][break]

"Zeus! Don't let this Weavile hit you, Seoi-Nage![break][break]

The Primeape oinked, bracing himself for an incoming attack— and as soon as the Weavile was close enough, the monkey pokémon dodged and grabbed its arm, yanking the dark pokémon out of its footing to Seismic Toss it as hard as he could, letting the gravity do the job while slamming it on the ground.[break][break]

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"Kay..." Thea muttered, frowning her lips. She didn't even want to think about what could be happening to Kay if he got himself into trouble all by himself. All that situation was a huge invitation for trouble, but at least this eerie and strange place felt more mysterious than it felt dangerous, especially compared to the hell they were living in those cells, forced to eat poison for every meal.[break][break]

"I get what you mean. It is like a liminal space... Or something like that." She wasn't really sure how to describe it, but it did feel like...[break][break]

"It is like it is too big and welcoming for the amount of 'no ones' that are around here." Thea said, slowing down her pace and looking at Cass.[break][break]

"Do you think this is the effect of the poison?" She frowned, taking a deep breath and looking deep into Cass' eyes. "What if this is another test from those freaks?"[break][break]

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"Oh! I should give it a look then~" Thea grinned, but didn't dart off to the site right away. "Well, now that you mention it, a kid could have some trouble, yeah. But still! It is a nice name." She chuckled, glancing down at her Wigglytuff. "What do you think, Gominha?"[break][break]

The Wigglytuff was mostly watching the Manectric receiving all the patting with a bit of jealousy, then, she looked up at Thea, pausing to ponder for a moment before squeaking like a balloon and nodding.[break][break]

"Heh, seems like she agrees—" Thea ruffled Gominha's tuft, making her squeak and wiggle happily. Her eyes then returned to Shinobu. "I've never thought of Pokémon guiding blind people before though. It sounds like a nice idea, since they are so reliable." She knew it wasn't the case for Shinobu, but if she was ever in a state she was lost and didn't know where to go, she would trust her Pokémons far more than a stranger.[break][break]

"Do they help you to bake as well?" Thea wondered.[break][break]

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The Heavy Slam struck Zeus before he could react, trying to endure it instead, the monkey Pokémon failed to withstand it and dropped knocked out, too weakened to stand.[break][break]

Gominha winced looking at her fellow pokémon being taken out of the battle, but at the same time, she had no sparing energies to keep going. Something that was unusual, but that was what happened when you fought Pokémons that were above your skills.[break][break]

Thea watched the situation conflicted, letting out a sigh and raising her hand to her father, that nodded and followed with the announcement that Noah and his Pokémon had won the battle. "Well, at least it wasn't an actual Gym challenge." Thea chuckled, approaching Gominha and patting her before going for Zeus, that looked at Thea with a dazed expression. "You did great, Zeus." She ruffled his fur, and looked at the other Pokémon with a nod, and bowed to Noah.[break][break]

"Thanks for the battle! I've never thought I would have the change to battle with someone this tough!" She grinned.[break][break]

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"Yeah!" Thea chuckled. "You know, you are the good one at raising Pokémons here. I'm fine with having a few, I don't have space for many." As much as she would like raising a Pokémon from zero, which she kinda did already albeit in a different way, she thought that her bestie would have a much easier time on it.[break][break]

Besides, it was a gift.[break][break]

"No idea. I don't have the history of this egg, but we could try researching the shell pattern to figure it out?" Thea wondered. Eggs had several looks, since all Pokémons laid eggs.[break][break]

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Gominha perked up at Cassandra Kubrick's offer. The Wigglytuff loved a good spa time and she was sure Cass would give her exactly what she wanted. A grin tugged on the side of Thea's lips, and she chuckled. "Don't abuse it, Gominha..." She said, and then blinked, frowning at the Dynamaxed Pokémon merging from the sand.[break][break]

Thea braced herself, getting in a combat stance and already guiding Gominha to take the vanguard. "Nice hit, Cass— Gominha! Follow up with the Emolga and help her to pin that big guy down!" She called for her Wigglytuff to teamwork with Hailee Jacobs's Pokémon.[break][break]

The Wigglytuff squeaked, sucking air and growing like a balloon until she was nearly ten times bigger than her usual self before closing her mouth to hold her breath and throw herself toward the barrier to try to hold it and Disable the giant Claydol, attempting to Hinder its options and give an opening for Alison Everly's Ninetales to attack.[break][break]

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"Nice to meet you, Flit!" Thea chirply greeted the Pokémons Shalin brought out from the pokeball. Her expressions turned even more curious at the explanation of how that Pokémons moved throught the air.[break][break]

"That sounds cool. Kulsh, give me a help!"" The large and gentle dragon Pokémon hovered near the Bug Pokémon, allowing Thea to hop on them cautiously.[break][break]

"Really? I wonder how that feels like..." She pondered, adjusting herself on Flit and taking the reins. "I will try to not fall that easily!"[break][break]

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The desert was the one type of biome that Thea had absolutely zero experience with. She was usually the type that liked to wander away whenever she had free time, but for most of part, she has always been in lively places, with a lot of greens and water. A desert was the opposite of that, a huge contrast, one could say. She even avoided bringing all of her Pokémons, deciding to bring Gominha instead, with Navy's words echoing in her mind: 'If you could only grab one Pokémon in a pinch, which one would be?'[break][break]

She felt bad about the others when making this decision, but now that she was suffering from the heat, she actually felt bad for Gominha for bringing her. "Hanging in there?" She asked to the Wigglytuff, and she chirped annoyed, seeming more worried about her fur being attacked by sand than by the heat itself. "... You are sure a tough one..." Thea chuckled, grabbing her shirt's collar and shaking it a few times, trying to refresh herself before peeking at Hailee Jacobs .[break][break]

"As if! We all need to prioritize it. I won't leave you behind to buy time." She smiled a bit, then looking at Cassandra Kubrick .[break][break]

"If Jon needs a ride, let me know." She told her dear friend.[break][break]

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Thea blinked, and her face coloured at Noah's reaction to her words. "Wh-Wholesome? Haha, I mean—" She rubbed her nape sheepishly. Did she sound silly or naive? That was so embarrassing she didn't know where to hide her face![break][break]

Thankfully, those embarrassing feelings didn't took Thea's attention for too long, especially when seeing one of Noah's Pokémons falling. Thea's eyes grew wide. She was ready for a fight, for sure, and she wasn't going to hold back at all, but she didn't expect to get one win in that. "Good job, Gominha!" She cheered, and the Wigglytuff huffed, letting out a shrinking balloon sound as she deflated a bit, mustering some energy to look at her partner and his opponent.[break][break]

Somehow, Zeus had managed to overcome the strength of the Hariyama, but being so focused on the strength contest, he didn't have time to protect himself from the incoming counter attack, that struck him with all its power. His eyes widened as he was knocked away, with his body stiffening as he tried to force his way back— He fought, but his movements felt sluggish, and soon his muscles stiffened once again, but this time becoming tight like a rock. He was Paralyzed![break][break]

"Zeus!" Thea called, but he couldn't move or follow up with the fight right away.[break][break]

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