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testing the waters [g]

POSTED ON Sept 9, 2020 18:52:29 GMT

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there was a pause, the only sound that of gleeful bubbles and playful splashes as her pokemon entertained the demigoddess. "i don't know, alexei." olivia said at last, ripping free the paper she had made her notes on and handing it to the gym leader. "what i do know, or can presume at least based on my research, is that this is a sign. the natural order, the balance of the ecosystem, or perhaps the push and pull of human and pokemon activities..." she sighed, running a hand through her moonlit hair.

"what i can say is that you have provided me with ample information to make a decision and plan that has been in the woodworks for far too long; so thank you." olivia said at last, snapping her fingers for her pokemon to join her. "and you have proven yourself to me as being worthy of the rune badge - your skill with pokemon did not need to be proven to me, i already knew so given your status as a gym leader." she offered him a soft smile, reaching into her lab coat to reveal the badge. "take this alexei ivanov, and take what i have told you and pay heed to this warning. things are changing in hoenn, and the gods have taken notice. for better... or worse, we do not know."

another sigh escaped her lips, "but i do know that you are pure of heart. your intentions are good, you mean well - and if the maiden of the sea places her trust in you, so can i. we will meet again, i just pray that it is not too late."

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testing the waters [g]

POSTED ON Sept 8, 2020 20:31:57 GMT

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"the maiden is the daughter, alexei - even as an egg, she would not be without some sort of guardian to protect her pure soul." olivia explained, her lips pursed. "for her to be alone is truly a sign, an omen.." she shook her head, reaching into a pocket of her lab coat for a notepad. "i will be brief, alexei. from the sea, stems life." she drew a closed circle with some swirls, resembling a wave.

"and this great power of life, and death, is governed by she who sleeps; the bringer of floods, the tide caller: kyogre." she followed, drawing another circle with an ancient glyph in the center.

"as she sleeps, her trusted guardians of the sea keep watch. they go by many names: those who call storms, whose wings conjure whirlwinds - lugia." she drew a simple feather, split into two near the tip.

"yet even lugia needs one to patrol the inner workings of the sea; not within the trenches of the depths, but not above the crashing tides. it is there that the way watchers, phione and manaphy, reside." she drew a final sketch of an egg with some dots.

"phione is the daughter of manaphy, both patrol the seas for evil and filth... given the current state of the world, pollution and human activities are believed to have driven them from their natural habitats but still. it is... concerning, if not alarming, that a phione was left alone, and as an egg? that is what you said?"

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testing the waters [g]

POSTED ON Sept 8, 2020 19:45:42 GMT

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"no, not video games - gods, have the youth's minds truly been turned against them..." olivia said with a sigh, before shaking her head. "no, ah, avatars are said to be beings bestowed with the gifts and power of the gods. you surely are familiar with Balder Schwartz and his island sun god." she noted off handedly, azure eyes lingering on the phione.

"this one, the maiden of the sea - i do not think she is quite ready to such.. or even if she can, but her protection should be of the utmost importance alexei." olivia noted cooly, her tone serious and lacking warmth. "to be chosen, even if not for the great responsibility of an avatar, is an honor. you are her guardian it would seem..." she trailed, the realization of what was wrong coming suddenly. "alexei... when you found her, the maiden phione, was she alone?"

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return of the wave watcher [c]

POSTED ON Sept 8, 2020 18:36:25 GMT

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the moon had barely met its apex, and yet its glorious light lit a clear path to one of many islands rocky islands that broke through the sea's surface around lilycove. it was here that olivia had made camp after her crash-landing on the main island. there was something... off she didn't know what or why, but it had been enough for her careful calculations of the current and weather patterns to be skewed. which in itself was an oddity, for the abbiati - and olivia in particular - were rarely wrong about the coming and goings of the sea.

her mediocre camp had been constructed via the tremendous power of opis - it was all rocks and stone, a dimly lit fire set underground to prevent a smoke trail and trap the heat. her dinner was provided for by the sea and maeara sat near by, purring as olivia meditated - overlooking the crashing tides. how had it come to this? not even a year had passed, and olivia had been served upon the best hoenn could provide. her ancestral seat reclaimed. her own political power growing.

and now? she sat out in the open sea like a hermit.

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undignified escapes [m]

POSTED ON Sept 8, 2020 18:07:59 GMT

thoe♀️ : oblivious - mud slap | muddy water | water gun | amnesia | magnitude

tyche ♂️ : torrent - skull bash | protect | withdraw | hydro pump | bite | headbutt

she heard the cries and calls of her purser, but they were soon drowned out by the familiar call of the sea - waves crashing upon one another. what a fool they were to think they could touch the mistress of the oceans. she who watched the waves from the dusk to dawn. as the surf battered down on the orb of protection, olivia and tyche worked in tandem as the shield broke the wartortle acted as a surfboard for olivia whose barefeet kept balance atop his sturdy shell.

a powerful hydro pump blasted the trio forward and out of reach of the surf, aided by the continuous muddy water to propel them further along. olivia was a master of water sports; surfing among her favorites, even when surfing in the sewers of lilycove. she had recovered enough material to repair her simple vessel to its seaworthy state. now, she just had to not be seen or caught.

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+ barboach used muddy water!

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42. WAR OF THE WORLDS RAID SIGN-UPS

POSTED ON Sept 8, 2020 16:03:54 GMT

character tag: Olivia Abbiati [break]
selected raid: lilycove [break]
pokemon & movesets (max 4 + avatar pkmn):cradily (storm drain) - pain split, giga drain, confuse ray, energy ball, gastro acid, ancient power [break] primarina (liquid voice) - life dew, sing, moon blast, icy wind, misty terrain, aqua jet [break] vespiqueen (pressure) - heal order, attack order, defend order, toxic, air slash, destiny bond [break] jellicent (cursed body) - hex, night shade, recover, ominous wind, water spout, wring out [break]
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undignified escapes [m]

POSTED ON Sept 5, 2020 19:19:43 GMT

no one could know. she had came upon lilycove by mistake, in a small simple boat made of an ancient polished driftwood. it had been used in years past as a vessel for holy pilgrimage. now, it bore the weight of the doubtful faithful - uncertain, at the very least. her core beliefs had been shaken like a bellow from the fiendish ground devil of yore.

she sped through the sewers as a blur of silver in a tsunami of muddy water. she was wrapped in a bubble of protection, a wartortle tucked underneath her arm as a barboach controller the sewage water. somewhere in the back of her mind olivia was are of the consequences of traveling via the sewers would have on the city; but frankly, she did not care. she had to repair her shoddy sea vessel and get going.

olivia didn’t even notice the beam of light coming from above as she and her pokémon sped by. for even if she had be seen; she would be unrecognizable as the former council woman. her wild silver hair fell well past her shoulders and new tattoos now adorned her face, along with the customary dressings of her clan. this was not the put together image hoenn had come to know or fear.

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POSTED ON Sept 5, 2020 4:45:39 GMT

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call of the sea [dw]

POSTED ON Sept 5, 2020 0:54:03 GMT

actaea ♀️ : torrent - life dew | icy wind | misty terrain | sing | moonblast | aqua jet

ceto ♂️ : torrent - whirlpool | ice ball | bide | hydro pump | mud slap

"dearest, you mustn't ask questions lest you are ready for the answers." olivia chided quietly, the strain of speaking already irritating her injured vocal cords. the girl was right on point; there wouldn't be much about her in the system as olivia had personally seen that any stain on the family name had been discreetly deleted from the league database - and transferred to her personal 'servers', as perrie called them, at silver spire.

before she could get another word in, two fairies tumbled forth from the second floor of the lighthouse and down the stairs - apparently fighting one another for a scrap of food that fell to the floor in front of the councilwoman. unamused, olivia snapped her fingers and ceto repeated his tactics earlier upon the fluttering ribombee who had expelled an aromatic mist through the first floor. squeezing her nostrils, she tossed a poke ball at the fallen fairy type.

olivia waved her free hand through the air, coughing - trying to find a way out through the room as it filled with the mist.

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+ catch attempt on ribombee!

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POSTED ON Sept 4, 2020 8:14:50 GMT

meara ♀️ : water absorb - haze | scald | aurora beam | last resort | quick attack | acid armor

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there was a silence that followed the rapid fire click clack of the keyboard - the councilwoman at first thinking his riddled words a bribe of sorts; as if any amount of money could make up for his absence. of course she needed a gym leader; it wasn't like olivia had the time to do so now with her council duties.

olivia deleted the lengthy rebuttal she had readied, instead leaving a short stand alone question:

[attr="class","robo"]"are you asking for the position, alexander?"

she leaned back into her chair, taking a much needed indulgence of the steaming tea - rubbing at the bridge of her nose afterwards. olivia tapped away, a second comment following as her unamused gaze lingered on the former champion.

[attr="class","robo"]"because i am, unfortunately, in no position to deny you. you appear to be a godsend in this perilous time, stone - there isn't anyone else fit or that i trust with sootopolis. i made the mistake once before of trusting a stranger with my life and this city; that will not happen again."

olivia was boring holes into the man of stone with her piercing blue eyes - even if the robotic voice lacked the hurt of betrayal her own voice would have had, the depth of emotion one could gleam from her stormy stare was more than enough to make up for it.

ALEXANDER STONE

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the ruins [r]

POSTED ON May 12, 2020 19:28:26 GMT

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SPLISH SPLASH SPLOOSH! the four of them tumble out of the waterfall into darkness, but there was air and olivia's head bursted through the water as her hair of moonlight cascaded behind her.

she couldn't see a thing, tentatively grasping at darkness for a ledge until her two pokemon guided her towards the rocky ground. with a grunt, olivia heaved herself up from the calming waters into the unknown. "some light, mea-" olivia had began to say, until a thunderous roar shook the cavern and echoed around her. they weren't alone. "dim light, local." she ordered in a curt whisper and meara obliged, a faint rainbow glow of aurora beam forming in her mouth - providing the equivalent of a candle's brightness.

the trio stuck to the walls as they rounded about the cave following olivia, ever careful. olivia tried to look for anything that could hint at what awaited them, yet as they continued their descent into darkness a growing worry began to brew in her stomach. out of caution and concern she gave an order: "protect." instantly, an invisible barrier erected itself in front of her omastar who had been at the head of the procession.

there was so much olivia didn't know - and was quite literally, left in the dark. all that was left now was to push on.

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+ vapreon used aurora beam! (for light)

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POSTED ON May 12, 2020 19:07:23 GMT

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she took small sips at her tea as he spoke, olivia's throat tender and sensitive to the scalding tea. she set the mug down halfway through his explanation, inhaling a shallow sigh. he had left, his home - her home, his duties, and his friends to relocate his family somewhere safer? and then got involved with another region's affairs?

if he had to 'do what he could' as he put it, maybe they weren't as safe as he'd like to believe. irritated, she began click clacking away at the keyboard.

until he spoke again, prompting a lofted brow from the sea mistress.

[attr="class","robo"]"what do you mean, alexander?"

the robotic voice repeated olivia's question, though without the genuine curiosity that could be reflected in her voice. instead it was the cold, monotonous metallic cries of a computer.

ALEXANDER STONE

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activity check (may)

POSTED ON May 1, 2020 19:31:42 GMT

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player/ooc name: sadsoda
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canon ic post from april/plan for activity: x | sorry my muse has been real iffy but i plan on finishing up the council thread, get started on [redacted] plots, and hopefully tying in olivia's research thread with larger site wide plots!
any notes/comments: i love all of uuuu and again sorry for my spotty muse as of recent the whole quarantine has really been hitting me hard :^(

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POSTED ON Apr 20, 2020 0:09:28 GMT

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[attr="class","robo"]"im tired of asking questions, alexander."

there was a pause, filled with uncertainty and the wet breathing of meara the vaporeon.

[attr="class","robo"]"we all are. i deserve an explanation, and I am sure you don't need me to ask why or what that question is."

her hands wrapped themselves around a mug of steaming tea. she took a tentative sip, blowing on the hot leaf juice as her ocean eyes stared the region's missing champion down.

ALEXANDER STONE

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