[attr="class","rosepost"]Keiko's eyebrows shoot up as the Captain asks about her. "Uh, totally fine," she finally answers, gesturing broadly to herself. She is ok, just unsettled. But as much as the shore is grounding, the presence of someone who Knows What They're Doing is even moreso.[break][break]
The other woman just commands a presence, an air of respect, a resoluteness. It's easy to yield to her. She's glad the Captain takes possession of the vials, even though Keiko was normally protective of important artifacts like that. She was an elite mail courier back in Sinnoh; here, she feels much more like a footsoldier following orders.[break][break]
"No one else," she reports honestly. "The trio of people down in the water by the far side of the structure were already being escorted by a Ranger rescue team on boat." Inside the structure had just been failing machines and loose, worrying wires.[break][break]
She spares a glance at the hungry ocean before returning her focus to the conversation at hand. "I think it's pretty clear. If this stuff is hazardous," she says with a gesture to the vials, "then it's a good thing it won't get in the water."[break][break]
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[attr="class","rosepost"]Valuable? "Like intel?" She wasn't sure what to expect to find underneath. What would artifacts and intel look like?[break][break]
She dove underneath the water with her slim mask, Pelipper sinking underneath with her. Keiko was glad her new partner in crime had a very efficient pokemon for this task. "Loud and clear," she responded cheerfully. Vaporeon sped ahead of them, causing Keiko worry. "Er, we're expecting Sharpedo, which might react aggressively to such a quick-moving -"[break][break]
The Sharpedo swarm was on all of them, now. Pelipper used super sonic on the Sharpedo closest, confusing the deep-sea pokemon. "We need to move quickly into the structure. If we find a small enough opening, the Sharpedo won't be able to follow."[break][break]june sleigh [break]27. Handle encounters with hostile individuals or pokemon.

[attr="class","rosepost"]Captain Henderson's voice is a rope in a dark cave, a landline to civilization.[break][break]
OK, maybe that's dramatic. She feels the floor shake underneath her and freezes, flashlight in hand and breath held.[break][break]
Fate was determined to prove the good Captain right. Keiko scurries down the hall as the floor and ceiling crack around her. Ahead of her is a pile of debris where the ceiling has caved in. She leaps around it, partially crawling on the wall as she maneuvers around. There's a vial on the floor where she lands, and she scoops it up instinctively as she hurries back to her waiting Pelipper.[break][break]
She puts the flashlight in her mouth, clutches the vial tight in her free hand, and holds onto his waiting claws to carry her out of the building. She knows better than to look back, but she does, and seeing the crumbling infrastructure fully join the sea leaves something sick twisting in her gut.[break][break]
She lands on the shore and nearly stumbles, her legs jelly like ditto, but she manages to stagger to the Captain's side again. She presents the vial, then pulls the flashlight from her mouth with her newly freed hand. "No idea what this is. Got it, though." She isn't sure if they should expect more people inside the underwater structure or not. [break][break]
annalise henderson [break]28. Recover essential resources or items.

[attr="class","rosepost"]She doesn't realize how little time is on the ticking clock until it strikes the final point. The building shutters around them like a shaky exhale. Keiko lets Pelipper help her out of the building, but she stays close to Saskia. The Ranger's pokemon have fought valiantly to make the mission possible.[break][break]
Side by side, the heavy silence rests like a blanket over them both.[break][break]
She wraps an arm around Saskia's shoulders, tugging the younger woman close. "You did good. We got what we needed." The Octillery would be fine. And the League would be thankful for the intel. Hopefully. She wasn't sure if it would empty or full of nonsense memes from an information officer or something else entirely. But. They had retrieved something, at least.[break][break]
Anything to keep out of Rocket hands was a victory. "You wanna go for a bite? I could eat a Rapidash at this point."[break][break]saskia volosenkova [break]

[attr="class","rosepost"]Keiko steadies on her feet at Sasky's grip. "OK, corral, I can do that." She whistled to get Pelipper's attention. Then, "Tailwind!" Pelipper gathered up momentum by soaring to the high ceiling before swooping through the room. The blast of wind pushed the Octillery into one corner.[break][break]
The corner happened to be on the shore-side, helping offer a little push back to land instead of a dangerous push to sea.[break][break]
"Alright," she said as she felt the urgency in the base of her throat, "let's get out of here like yesterday." She brandished the USB between them, showing the mission was complete, before snapping her fingers on her free time and getting Pelipper to come back to her.[break][break]
"Let's hustle."[break][break]saskia volosenkova [break]

[attr="class","rosepost"]The vibes were gentle in the sky. She felt a serenity that couldn't be achieved on the ground. One part of it was probably Togekiss' naturally calming energy, and another part was the sensation of untouchability. Time seemed to stretch, gently, when she was on Togekiss. It was -[break][break]
"Wait!" She pointed over the side of Togekiss to the pink dot on the ground. "Go lower, let's check that out!" Togekiss banked, then dove down, bringing herself to float just above the ground. "Look at it," she gushed, "it's so freakin' cute." She hopped off of Togekiss, her serenity and her mail task forgotten in favor of the sweet pink pokemon ahead of her. "Um, you're coming home with me." She cooed at it, making grabby hands until it teetered closer and she could grab it.[break][break]

[attr="class","rosepost"]"Got it," she acknowledges as she waits for the Corviknight. She examines the teen's cuts and offers clean water from Pelipper to assist, the bird soaking her leg to clear debris and dust from the small wounds. Then, She assists the civilian in getting aboard.[break][break]
She wants the civilian fly off with Corviknight and feels uneasy. Adrenaline makes her a little sick.[break][break]
"The girl on your Corviknight is not in urgent need, but a little medical attention could go a long way to avoiding an infection." She feels a twinge of guilt at not getting the girl's name. Keiko steps further inside the building, searching with a flashlight in hand. "When you say unstable," she adds belatedly, "how unstable are we talking?"[break][break]
annalise henderson [break]22. Use a pokemon to rescue an individual from a high place.

[attr="class","rosepost"]USB drives... It's a great idea. She forgets about the stray documents and instead checks each computer, finding herself a plain and indistinct USB. "Gotcha!" She pulls it out without informing the computer that's what she's doing, as one is supposed to do, but the power is out, so she'll just have to hope it doesn't corrupt anything.[break][break]
She's about to thank Saskia for the brilliant idea when the Ranger radios in about them not being alone.[break][break]
The building shakes a little, and she can hear the sounds of a scuffle not far from her. She pockets the USB and scurries out of the room, doing her best to navigate the halls according to the sound.[break][break]
She finds herself at the entrance of a room filled with Octillery -- and her partner. "Let's get a little hands on with it, then," she says breathlessly from her sprint. She tackles the Octillery closest to her and squeezes it tight in a bear hug to incapacitate it. Meanwhile, Pelipper opens his mouth to launch a supersonic to confuse the Octillery closest to him. "Stupid... Octillery..." she grits out as she wrestles with the one in her arms.[break][break]saskia volosenkova [break]

[attr="class","rosepost"]Keiko hung onto Togekiss as the two flew through the sky. She moved slower than normal, still getting used to the Hoenn region. She had a good idea for the address, but this was her last delivery of the day. The sun was going to set soon. More importantly, the grassy hills appeared to dance in the breeze. It was mesmerizing.[break][break]
"These are the good times," she told Togekiss. They would have to hold on tight to these moments. Hoenn was on the brink of war.[break][break]