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POSTED ON Nov 11, 2022 19:27:37 GMT

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POSTED ON Nov 11, 2022 1:06:19 GMT

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[attr="class","main"]Under different circumstances, Orion might flinch from Tam Fawley's anger. Now he rises to it with a snarl on his lips.[break][break]

We don't kill.[break][break]

"If you think I'm going to let him live, you don't know me at all."[break][break]

He turns back to see the Gardevoir collapse in defense of her trainer. He feels no mercy for it as he might've had this Pokémon not participated in his torture, his mutilation, the corruption of his Silvally's mind.[break][break]

It was as much a monster as Chu-e Choi.[break][break]

The terrorist recalls his Pokemon. Orion does not. As far as he's concerned, the man is preparing to send out another.[break][break]

"Perseus. Cassie."[break][break]

Kill him, he's going to say, but then Choi falls to his knees and lifts his hands and Orion knows an overwhelming, all-consuming rage. How dare he? How dare he think he was worthy of anything but death?[break][break]

His Pokemon snap to attention, ready to lunge on command.[break][break]

He grits his teeth and spits.[break][break]

"Stand down," he snaps, as Choi passes out. He glares at Tam. "I'm not doing this because I've changed my mind. I'm doing it because I don't want to spend my life in prison for killing a hostage."[break][break]

He recalls his Silvally before it can lunge for the unconscious man's throat. (His hands shake.)[break][break]

He turns away from Tam, shoulders tense. (There are tears in his eyes.)[break][break]

Cassiopeia glides down from her perch to wrap her starry wings around him, and he hugs her tight.

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— Orion stands down with great reluctance.

[attr="class","pkmn"][break] (E) PERSEUS (G) RKS SYSTEM - REST / HEAL BLOCK / MULTI-ATTACK / TRI-ATTACK / AERIAL ACE / X-SCISSOR / Z-MOVE

(M) BETELGEUSE (G) LEVITATE - DISCHARGE / THUNDER WAVE / PROTECT / NASTY PLOT / STORED POWER / SUCKER PUNCH (FIGY)

(ST) ALTAIR (M) SUPER LUCK - NIGHT SLASH / PSYCHO CUT / STONE EDGE / SHADOW CLAW / SWORDS DANCE / DETECT

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(ST) DELPHINI (F) MAGIC BOUNCE - SUNNY DAY / MORNING SUN / SKILL SWAP / REFLECT / PSYCHIC / DAZZLING GLEAM

🌟💠 (T) CASSIOPEIA (F) ILLUMINATE - LEAF BLADE / SUCKER PUNCH / SPOTLIGHT / SYNTHESIS / BRAVE BIRD / SPIRIT SHACKLE

(G) CEPHEUS (M) REGENERATOR - PSYCHIC TERRAIN / HEAL PULSE / POWER GEM / SURF / EXPANDING FORCE / SAFEGUARD

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If You Think You're Strong Enough

POSTED ON Nov 10, 2022 5:36:18 GMT

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"Yeah, it changes things."

Family ties. That implied that there had been some kind of choice, but Orion can't bring himself to sympathize even if there hadn't been. No amount of torture or coercion could convince him to hurt people, to destroy an entire region as Rocket had done. It was disgusting.

"How do you expect anyone to trust you, when you lie about something like this?" Anger runs through his tone like a current, his voice rising with it. "At least then we'd have known the kind of monster we were working with."

Orion's prosthetic and the reason for its necessity was an open secret. He didn't talk about it but he didn't have to; others talked, it was human nature. Rocket had done this to him.

To think he'd almost considered one a friend.

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POSTED ON Nov 7, 2022 3:38:46 GMT

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Defensive protocol?[break][break]

Orion has a fraction of a second to ponder what that might mean before he's seeing double, his masked foe splitting into multiple copies that DISCHARGE a shock of electricity across the field.[break][break]

In that moment, he makes a noble if reckless decision to shield the unconscious Ranger's body with his own.[break][break]

He's been hit by electric attacks before; it was part of being a Ranger, unfortunately. But there's a difference between taking a startled Mareep's thundershocks and an electric blast from a trained Pokemon.[break][break]

The latter is much, much worse.[break][break]

Muscles seize up in spite of his Rotom's attempts to PROTECT its master by dissipating the worst of the shock. It might've saved him from falling unconscious, but it didn't stop the pain that jolts through his limbs. His teeth clench together tight enough to hurt and he collapses to his hands and knees, shuddering.[break][break]

But while Orion is disabled by the shock, the Absol and Silvally remain angry and on their paws. Altair lunges with a close-quarters NIGHT SLASH toward the masked threat, while Perseus guards Orion and fires off a TRI-ATTACK from range.[break][break]

It's clear that their priorities have changed: should the Rocket remain, the two canine Pokemon would keep him as their target.[break][break]

Unfortunately for Orion, Raphael Pryde already has what he'd came for.

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POSTED ON Nov 7, 2022 3:27:50 GMT

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"Oh, I have," Orion admits, with only a little bit of sheepishness. "Most of them, anyway. I kept a couple of the new ones for tonight."[break][break]

Tonight, because he has the night off and can watch horror movies until the sun comes up without fear of being too exhausted for a shift. Over the course of working with the Slateport Rangers, and definitely in part because of Tam, he's improved his work ethic. He cares about them in a way he hadn't cared for those at his previous posting.[break][break]

Part of that was because of his trauma, but the rest?[break][break]

It was like having friends, even if they were mandated by work hours to spend time with him.[break][break]

"I don't mind re-watching movies. Used to do it a lot when I first moved out of my parents'."[break][break]

Not out of choice, back then, but necessity. He still had his VHS tapes from those days of old, well-loved as they were. His VCR still worked, too, though tonight he's simply pulled up a movie streaming service on his TV like a good modern citizen.[break][break]

"What kind of movies do you usually watch?"[break][break]

It occurs to him he's never asked before.

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🔗 Mission: Country Bear Jamboree

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POSTED ON Nov 6, 2022 19:28:58 GMT

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Orion rounds on Tam Fawley with wildfire blazing in his eyes.[break][break]

"Yes, it's what I want."[break][break]

He has never been more certain.[break][break]

Orion was not a terrible person. He was awkward and bitter but possessed of a soft sweetness disguised by a prickly outer shell. He was not, as of yet, a murderer. But there is no hesitation as he turns his attention back to the failing body of Chu-e Choi.[break][break]

"He tortured me," the Ranger spits. "He cut off my fucking arm."[break][break]

Death would be too good for him, but does Orion trust the League he'd once worked for to deliver justice?[break][break]

No.[break][break]

Cassiopeia is assailed by brutal THUNDER PUNCHES, but her Grass-typing resists the onslaught. A LEAF-BLADED arrow is nocked and fired, as per the SPOTLIGHT'S decree, toward the collapsed form of Chu-e Choi.[break][break]

Thanks to its own PSYCHIC MEMORY, Perseus resists the Gardevoir's PSYCHIC assault. Thrown by the force of it regardless, the Beast Killer leaps back to its paws with a snarl and lunges for Chu-e Choi with a PSYCHIC-TYPE MULTI-ATTACK.[break][break]

Even Avatars, if that's what this monster was, were not invincible.[break][break]

Orion's hands tremble violently with the need for vengeance. The SPOTLIGHT fades.

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[break]
— Orion is breaking the rules. (With permission from Yams!)[break]
— SILVALLY is hit by PSYCHIC (NVE). It uses PSYCHIC MULTI-ATTACK on Chu-e Choi.[break]
— DECIDUEYE is hit by THUNDER PUNCH (NVE). It uses LEAF BLADE on Chu-e Choi.[break]
— The SPOTLIGHT fades.

[attr="class","pkmn"][break] (E) PERSEUS (G) RKS SYSTEM - REST / HEAL BLOCK / MULTI-ATTACK / TRI-ATTACK / AERIAL ACE / X-SCISSOR / Z-MOVE

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POSTED ON Nov 3, 2022 6:36:34 GMT

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Orion's eyes light up as he answers the door, whether due to seeing Tam Fawley or the popcorn the Captain's brought with him.[break][break]

"Aw, hell yeah! Come on in."[break][break]

Altair chuffs softly in greeting, not bothering to get up from his comfortable spot on the rug near the fire. Perseus, who had come to the door at Orion's side, bristles and stands at attention until seeming to register the captain's familiarity.[break][break]

(He'd never quite been the same, after Choi.)[break][break]

"Hope you like horror," Orion jests as he leads the way into the living room, never once considering that maybe Tam doesn't.

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POSTED ON Nov 2, 2022 23:36:49 GMT

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There is no trace of the monster Orion had witnessed in whatever dungeon they'd dragged him to, nor the one he'd seen on Slateport beach. He doesn't care. He remembers how the man had flipped a switch to snivel and whine to the officers who'd rushed onto the scene.[break][break]

This was another game. He's sure of it.[break][break]

(Even if it wasn't, would he stop? No.)[break][break]

"Getting revenge."[break][break]

He has never spoken with such frigidity toward his Captain, but it's not aimed at Tam Fawley. He's still staring at Chu-e, at the Pokemon standing in his way. Ordinarily he would hesitate to hurt them, but that Gardevoir had been the monster that had broken his Silvally's mind.[break][break]

Titanium fingers curl around a pokeball and throw it, hard.[break][break]

Perseus does not need to be given command; the moment the Beast Killer is on the field, it spots the Gardevoir and its eyes burn with rage. The sharp claws of the chimera's front paws glow with a sickly green energy before it launches itself at the mega evolved Gardevoir, crossing those paws in a devastating X-SCISSOR.[break][break]

Whether it was hit by the attack or merely distracted, Cassiopeia recovers from the PSYCHIC assault. A look is exchanged with her trainer... before a SPOTLIGHT blooms above Chu-e Choi.

[break][break]

[attr="class","tag"]Chu-e Choi Tam Fawley

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— Orion is breaking the rules. (With permission from Yams!)[break]
— SILVALLY uses X-SCISSOR on Gardevoir.[break]
— DECIDUEYE is hit by PSYCHIC.[break]
— DECIDUEYE used SPOTLIGHT on Chu-e Choi.

[attr="class","pkmn"][break] (E) PERSEUS (G) RKS SYSTEM - REST / HEAL BLOCK / MULTI-ATTACK / TRI-ATTACK / AERIAL ACE / X-SCISSOR / Z-MOVE

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POSTED ON Nov 2, 2022 18:00:20 GMT

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Orion hears but does not truly register the sound of his name, cried across the battlefield from a captain who certainly deserves better than this reckless cadet. He does not pause in his pursuit, hesitating only when the Lopunny places herself between the two men.[break][break]

Lips pull back from teeth in a feral snarl, energy pulsing down his prosthetic arm as titanium fingers curl to fist.[break][break]

Thunder rumbles, and Cassiopeia reacts with fierce speed, diving in for a SUCKER PUNCH on the Gardevoir while also putting distance between herself and her trainer. The THUNDERBOLT proves relatively ineffective on the Grass-type, who ruffles her feathers as she endures its shock.[break][break]

"Going somewhere?"[break][break]

Orion's voice is frighteningly cold.

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— DECIDUEYE used SUCKER PUNCH on Gardevoir.[break]
— DECIDUEYE is hit by (NVE) THUNDERBOLT.[break]

[attr="class","pkmn"][break] (E) PERSEUS (G) RKS SYSTEM - REST / HEAL BLOCK / MULTI-ATTACK / TRI-ATTACK / AERIAL ACE / X-SCISSOR / Z-MOVE

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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2022 22:49:06 GMT

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Chu-e Choi is retreating.[break][break]

Orion does not fucking care.[break][break]

Tam Fawley's earlier cautions are drowned out by the rush of blood in Orion's ears as he spots the man who'd mutilated him across the battlefield. That Chu-e is battered and bloody matters only in the sense that it gives the ranger an advantage.[break][break]

"Cassie!" he snarls, and the Decidueye's luminous wings snap open as she readies an arrow. "Shackle him!"[break][break]

The point of her arrow gleams even in broad daylight as she looses it toward Choi's shadow. Aiming to SHACKLE his SPIRIT and pin him in place as Orion takes off across the battlefield in a full sprint.[break][break]

You're mine.

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— DECIDUEYE uses SPIRIT SHACKLE on Chu-e Choi.[break]
— Tam Fawley, help :sob:

[attr="class","pkmn"][break] (E) PERSEUS (G) RKS SYSTEM - REST / HEAL BLOCK / MULTI-ATTACK / TRI-ATTACK / AERIAL ACE / X-SCISSOR / Z-MOVE

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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2022 19:09:31 GMT

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Halloween might be over, but Orion's not ready to let the spooky season die just yet. His ranch is still dressed up with cobwebs and plastic spiders, pumkin berries still grinning from the windows.[break][break]

The world's ending. Let him live a little.[break][break]

As a final farewell to October, he's got a movie marathon taped and ready to go. All his favourite horror classics. He'd be perfectly happy to spend the night alone, Altair and Perseus keeping him company by the fire, but...[break][break]

movie night?

[break][break]

A simple text to his Captain, Tam Fawley.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2022 19:03:18 GMT

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ARE YOU A WARRIOR CAT?

POSTED ON Oct 28, 2022 19:51:22 GMT

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PAAA: LITTLEROOT MP FUND

POSTED ON Oct 28, 2022 19:20:30 GMT

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DONATING: 360 MP TO THE LEAGUE

BREAKDOWN I know it's not needed, it's mostly for me.
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PRIAM vs ORION: 360 MP
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