With what she’d caught, she had no idea which one she was going to keep—it was most likely going to be the huge-ass Gyarados, unless something came out of the ocean and surprised her on this very last day of fishing.

Who knows what’s waiting on the end of the line?

Out went the line, for the very last time.

Final dive of the season—

Well, she did get some nice tan lines from the sun, so there was that tiny little bonus.

Otherwise… what would her final treasure be?

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1 mega shard; 31 August dive

Dawn of the Final Day—

Yeah, no, she’s not going to hold her breath.

Damned Magikarp Splash.

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doing the Magikarp Splash (take 32)! [31 August]

total so far: 0

“If I had a knife on me for every Magikarp I’ve found I’d definitely have made enough filet du Magikarp for the café at this point.”

She could only roll her eyes as she changed her lure yet again, before throwing it out and hoping for the best, because honestly—

What else was there for her to find at this point?

And again?

“What the—seriously, how is this even possible?!” she remarked, fishing up another piece of paper that was essentially the same as the one she’d found yesterday.

Either way…

Today was the penultimate day of the event… in one day she’d be taking tally of what the hell she’d found so far!

Let’s make this dive worth it!

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1 incense; 30 August dive

The twilight of the gods approached—

And yet she still had not landed the stupid trick.

Oh Magikarp Splash, why do you elude her so?!

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doing the Magikarp Splash (take 31)! [30 August]

total so far: 0

Normally she’d stay around Lavaridge and get through all the little normal things that came with her being associated as the Ranger Captain of the hot springs resort town.

Today, though?

She could leave the place in Josh Dragomir’s hands.

For her services were needed elsewhere, in the form of—

“Oh, today?” she blinked, but she didn’t honestly mind the day trip, considering the individual she was going to meet up with was also a parent who had kids, and therefore they were going to meet up instead at Fortree.

(Maybe there was a reason why they’d asked for her specifically; a parent of two troublemakers herself, to go out and meet the new guy that the Rangers had conscripted.)

“Hey, J, take care of Lavaridge for me for today, okay?! I got some Ranger stuff I gotta do elsewhere!”

And off she went, taking the Air Sora Express. Oh, how she missed flying on the back of her Braviary. While she’d have normally Teleported herself to Fortree instead, today, she figured—she’d live a little and go there the natural way—through the skies.

In no time flat the Braviary was circling around for a landing before finally alighting somewhere within the City of Trees’ massive expanse, and then she wondered—

Wait, where were they going to meet exactly? Whoops!

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parent Rangers meet!

“Well that didn’t work.”

She blinked at the Goldeen, before setting it back out in the water.

It looked like she was going to be taking the Gyarados home after all… the event was so close to ending.

Out went the line once again.

Okay this was ridiculous.

How could a piece of paper stay dry underwater?!

“What the hell…?” she said, squinting at the piece of paper in utter confusion. How did this even…?

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1 regular gachapon ticket; 29 August dive

She’d been doing this for thirty days now.

Thirty fucking days.

And not a single landed attempt in sight.

Oh, Magikarp Splash, why do you evade her so?!

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doing the Magikarp Splash (take 30)! [29 August]

total so far: 0

“Alright, alright, I’ll try that,” she conceded as she reeled the line back in and yeeted the Magikarp back into the water.

Yeeted.

Yes, she was at the end of her rope (heh) but what else could she do?

Replacing the lure, she then threw the line out once more.