dominic inclines his head and exchanges a few quiet words with his group while they contemplate their next action, and then withdraw the next pokemon from the rotomi.

dominic forgets to hide the fond expression that crosses his face when he sees marcel's klefki.

the scolipede unfurls from its capsule when dominic releases it and turns to look at its trainer. they wait until after the braviary attempts to pick it up with its SKY DROP, only to fail due to the scolipede's IMMENSE WEIGHT. only after the braviary spins into the air with marcel's klefki in its claws / beak does the scolipede attack.

"TOXIC," dominic calls out. because scolipede is a POISON TYPE, the third TOXIC of the challenge will land even so far up in the sky, and will them harmlessly drip off klefki's STEEL body.

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dominic makes fleeting, awkward eye contact with lucas as he withdraws a pokemon from the robomi. this one he got by less-than-legal means and had a feeling he would have to be handing it off to someone else soon. regardless - it's here now and he is going to use it like the tool it is.

"STORM THROW," dominic says, order falling in unison with priam's.

like a mirror image of lane's pinsir, dominic's prepares to attack, ensuring the STORM THROW cuts through the opponent's BATTLE ARMOR with its MOLD BREAKER.

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dominic slowly turns to look behind him when he hears the burst of a pokemon capsule. priam and marcel spoke quietly, and dominic didn't hear the exchange over the sound of heavy rain and his own misery.

he appreciates the umbrella-BARRIER erected by marcel's pokemon, but is much too proud to turn back and approach, so instead he halts and pretends to be searching the grass as if something had grabbed his attention. he does see a croagunk - why does this pokemon haunt him?

dominic turns away and falls into step with marcel and priam.

"getting the car hauled back to the city is going to cost more than its market value," he says flatly.

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dominic swivels around to face marcel, flashing his teeth briefly in a grin in lieu of greeting. he had once decided that marcel has a feline quality to him - in the way he appears practically silently and in the most unexpected places.

"you and me both."

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dominic blinks slowly, first at priam and then at the scyther.

"zach taught you that?" he says after a moment, examining the scyther's bladed arms thoughtfully. it's not... strictly speaking wrong. "he teach you anything else?"

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it's raining, and it's not a nice summer rain - it's more of the "monsoon" variety. nobody warned dominic that hoenn weather had the capacity for this.

the ponds and rivers cutting through the forested areas swell with water and mud and ash squelch underfoot as the trio traverse a well-worn path. supposedly, if the signs near the main roadside are to be believed, it's meant to lead them to the outskirts of fallarbor.

dominic has been silent since the car broke down, forcing them into this predicament in the first place. he leads the way only to hide the fact that he's ostensibly sulking into the fur trim of his jacket.

marcel maeda priam conrad

CHARACTER dominic sinclair
INGREDIENTS: pokeball, pokeball, pokeball
ROLL: do9yIp1i

dominic freezes in his tracks upon seeing the next trainer and his pokemon. he does a 180 to swing around to look at the group, lips curled back in a sneer and expression incredulous.

"what the fuck. where do they find these people?" he says, fully aware that its loud enough for the dojo trainer to hear.

dominic withdraws another capsule from the robomi, still shaking his head in disbelief, and releases an exploud.

"wake that thing, UPROAR." dominic turns to face the others as his pokemon unhinges its jaw. "uh... cover your ears?" he says helpfully even though it probably won't do much to spare them.

yelling is one of the exploud's favourite past-times, so he inhales deeply and begins to scream in a resounding UPROAR.

priam conrad marcel maeda Lucas Lane

CHARACTER: dominic sinclair
INGREDIENTS: pokeball, pokeball, pokeball
ROLL:
NsIMGHZF

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