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POSTED ON Sept 1, 2023 18:55:31 GMT

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CANON ACTIVITY CHECK VI

POSTED ON Aug 30, 2023 21:53:21 GMT

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summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

1. KYOGRE[break] True to herself, Skyler jumped into this legendary connection with reckless, thoughtless abandon. From the moment she started greedily collecting the Blue Orb shards, she's carved parts of herself away - or become more herself, she'd argue. Threads like this one portray the peeling edges of her personality, the moments she gives into primal, aggressive behaviors exarcebated by Kyogre's influence. She's still herself, but her growing connection with the leviathan has carved away at some of her softer edges, which she often rediscovers with angelo vestri .
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Regardless, she's highly protective of this connection she's forged with the leviathan - to a deadly fault.
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A mix of hubris, pride and a true sailor's heart won't allow her to consider what this path might lead down to should she not be careful: her downfall. Or maybe she knows, and is willing (and foolish enough) to go forth regardless. Kyogre is an ancient being that barely perceives the highs and lows of humankind; of her own life. It's all too easy for Skyler to be lost in its tides and forget about what she once considered important. Her own perspective on the value of human life is skewed as shown in Aqua Assembly Pt 4, where she considers civilians collateral damage.
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This slow unravelling is something she's willfully unaware of, or ignoring. The time she's spent in Galar armed her with some know-how, some instinctual wisdom - but how much it'll truly help, is unknown. What is 20 years to an ancient ocean leviathan? angelo vestri has noticed something is afoot, however, and there is a plot in the works which might put them at odds with each other, and will most definitely touch on this subject. ;)
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More recently, Kyogre is proving to be an asset for the League. I've been enjoying exploring its hard-hitting power and other Aqua members' perspectives on what Skyler can do (especially the other weather trio avatars like MATIAS SILPH and Eva Morales ). Although she knows that the Blue Orb is somehow corrupted, there is a very real possibility that she'll attempt Primal Reversion again should the situation call for it - and suffer the consequences. Images of Sea Queen Skyler's power often haunt her thoughts.
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She's got a chip on her shoulder with Rocket and the Megalopolans. For now she's unaware that Rocket is in possession of a (real?) Blue Orb Shard, but I would love for this knowledge to reach her eventually (maybe an ex Rocket character or an npc?). Regardless of how this information reaches her, it'll become the main focus of her interest and renewed obsession.
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any notes/comments:hi, i'm sleepy. this was fun!
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AN AQUA ASSEMBLY PT. 4

POSTED ON Aug 29, 2023 21:27:38 GMT

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Did Eva need a cough drop?

"People such as MATIAS SILPH , me and Eva Morales , we're weapons. No need to pretend otherwise - or talk of peace." Everyone present seemed eager enough to puppeteer them like pieces in a chess board anyway. Arceus, she could use a strong drink right about n-

Fuck it.

Skyler takes a swig from her flask and kicks back, balancing precariously on her chair as she glances at the rest of the weather trio avatars.

"Parlay with Rocket if that gives us any advantage. A flash of disdain flashes over her eyes at the thought. "But you might as well point us in the direction where we can be most useful."

Most destructive. Most calamitous.

The thing about a living weapon is that, of course, it'll turn against you if you misuse it enough. Skyler had never pretended at civility, and sees no point in starting now. Enough opinions had been made shipwrecks against the shore of her indifference.

freya morningstar 's stance on out-of-control avatars being one of them.

"If you're amenable to trying out a mobile power spot, Nautica can help. We're already patrolling the waters."

angelo vestri was right - it hadn't been a no and Skyler has no shame in latching onto that.

- the weather trio are destructive, use that in whatever strategy you're concocting
- parlay with rocket, but don't expect anything out of it
- freya sucks, boo
- power spot on a ship? yes/yes?

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EXTRACTION: skyler & illeana

POSTED ON Aug 26, 2023 11:43:12 GMT

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"Feel free to look, Professor. I am the more good looking one." Skyler doesn't pretend at bashfulness, the flash of her teeth cutting past the smothering blanket of fear and paranoia closing in. She'd fought the Sea Queen herself, probably knew her better than most others despite their differences.

To herself she can admit that it scares her, what she could be capable of. Who she'd be with a crown on her head and a smile primed for war.

In this moment, however, it lends itself to a light-hearted joke at illeana reyes 's - were her ears red? - expense. She likes to think that it helps keeping the paranoia and anxiety somewhat at bay.

"D'you think we're alike? Us and them? That we're the same people?"

Dhelmise's chain whips into the nearby walls, releasing treasures from their fleshly prison. Skyler pries another treasure with a grunt of effort. Her shoulders are tense with the effort of not looking back.

"If you'd like - or you can watch my back. I'd rather not be surprised by whatever lives in this Arceus cursed place."

- Skyler's choosing focus on mining.

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Extraction: Hideo & Skyler

POSTED ON Aug 26, 2023 11:20:59 GMT

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Bad didn't even begin to describe it. Skyler grits her teeth against the paranoia settling into her bones like it had any right to be there. Her fists clench by her side, and she tries to roll the tension off her shoulders.

Aggresiveness had always been her default response to any threats. She feels it gathering in tense muscles, in the tight cut of her clenched jaw. Hideo Kino 's presence, weirdly enough, grounds her just enough to see her focusing on the mining efforts.

"That's - nothing less than what I would've expected from you, squirt." Nearby, Dhelmise dislodges ore from the walls with a quick snap of its iron chain. "Arceus knows Hoenn needs more people to care. Big decisions affect everyone, but it's hard to see faces in a crowd." She feels no need to disguise the respect in her voice.

Once, Skyler had been one of those many faces, leering at the incompetence of their leadership. A part of her, she admits, is still in that place even though she's now privy to what happens behind closed doors.

"Got any plans for Littleroot?"

• Focus on mining.

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EXTRACTION: SKYLER & DOUG

POSTED ON Aug 26, 2023 11:02:46 GMT

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Doug's estimation of Skyler's greed is - unfortunately for both their sakes' - fairly accurate. His warning goes in one ear and crashes against the captain's legendary disregard for anything even slightly resembling safety precautions.

One day her willingness to bite off more than she could chew would be the death of her - not today, though.

Pinpricks of awareness trickle down the back of her neck, instincts honed from a lifetime of exploits slowly pressing against her admittedly questionable common sense. Skyler tenses, paranoia and fear setting in.

Skyler grits her teeth. Tries to breathe past it. In. Out. Again.

"This fucking place," she snarls, rolling her shoulders. She chases after the corners of the chamber, finds a shadow that shouldn't be there.

A sharp command has Dhelmise materializing from the wall, seaweed tendrils shooting out towards the movement - to find nothing - as Skyler fights to part treasure from this Arceus-damned place.

• Focus on mining.

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POSTED ON Aug 25, 2023 19:41:27 GMT

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"Professor Illeana."

She feels the weight of the professor's gaze, how it catches on her person every so often.

Awareness flutters to the surface, one that would've gone unnoticed if not for the adrenaline coursing through her body. Priming her for any trouble that might hurtle their way.

"You can take a picture if you'd like, you know?" Amusement curls her lips into something mischievous. Sharp with intent. "I wouldn't mind, Professor."

Greed takes the center stage when the glint of treasure reveals itself. Skyler's grip tightens on her pickaxe, and she whistles appreciatively. Damn, that's a lot of shinies...

"Be on the lookout, okay?" And with a wide arc, rock breaks beneath her assault. Dhelmise hovers nearby, shadowy tendrils fluttering in an invisible tide.

- Skyler's choosing to take the brunt of the radiation

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POSTED ON Aug 25, 2023 19:19:59 GMT

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Skyler snorts inelegantly, distaste flashing across her face at the implication in John Sullivan 's voice. Scallywag's all grown up and witty now, huh?

"Nah. I leave any dirt appreciation to MATIAS SILPH ." The pickaxe is a wicked curve of sharp metal over Skyler's shoulders. "Wouldn't want to overstep into his dirty domain."

She smirks, swinging the pickaxe in a wide arc above her head. "Me, on the other hand? I'm more about the plunder."

Rock breaks, and something shiny peeks through the cracks. Greed alights in Skyler's face as she reaches forward.

- take the brunt equally

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Extraction: Hideo & Skyler

POSTED ON Aug 25, 2023 19:04:29 GMT

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"You're the expert here, squirt." Skyler is all tense muscle and narrowed eyes, following in the shadow of Hideo Kino 's footsteps with an ease that betrayed her own protectiveness. "You say where we should go, and I'll follow your lead."

The magenta organ pulses above, and it sends an icy shiver down her spine.

"Congrats on the promotion, by the way. Still wanna rise up to the top?" He'd talked about being champion back way then, hadn't he?

Against all expectations, the captain ends up following through on her word. She keeps relatively close to Hideo, but listens quietly to his advice.

"How about I take the brunt of it? At least for now. I'll need to get used to it, for when I come back."

She can feel it already, like a parasite, creeping up the back of her neck.

- Skyler chooses to take the brunt of it.

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peel at the edges [carnival]

POSTED ON Aug 24, 2023 20:18:16 GMT

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It was less that Skyler was privy to League intel and more that she was in possession of an unerring sense to find trouble wherever she went - for herself and whoever stood in her presence. It should be a statistical impossibility to find Elisabeth Fiorelli in this crowd, in a disguise of sorts no less.

It was as if the more the Rocket Underboss tried to hide, the more Skyler's attention felt subconsciously drawn to her. Like a particularly stubborn pest.

To add insult to injury, she hadn't even been paying attention to her surroundings, too busy biting into the flesh of a caramelized peach and enjoying its juiciness.

Her eyes have a hard time focusing, but she blinks the haze away just in time to lock eyes with Elisabeth Fiorelli - or her sunglasses. It doesn't matter, not really, not when recognition sharpens into steely intent.

Skyler's lips pull into a deeply satisfied smirk.

Quickly, she starts pushing back against the crowd, uncaring for the elbows being stuck in other people's faces, and the resulting shouts left in her single-minded wake. She disappears often, only to pop back up again, closer.

Buttercup is breathed against the cooling late afternoon air, lost somewhere amid the crowd. But her eyes never stray from a face she'd recognize anywhere.

Was she after revenge? Justice? A good time bullying the Rocket member?

Who knows.

- Eat a carnival treat.
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peel at the edges [carnival]

POSTED ON Aug 24, 2023 19:39:07 GMT

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It should come as no surprise to absolutely anyone when the Carnival spits a deeply inebriated Skyler out onto the golden sands of Slateport Beach. The ocean brine is a balm against her heated, pink-dusted cheeks, against the sweat that stubbornly clings to the back of her neck.

If the captain had a modicum of self-preservation, she would've called it a day then and there, and would've stumbled her merry way back home. Alas, Skyler had never been accused of possessing a healthy amount of common sense. Or any, at all. And she'd never been one to forfeit a fight, not even a perceived one.

Even for Skyler standards, she'd consumed an unholy amount of alcohol. The world was a dizzying array of colors and shapes, and it burst out of her lips in a hungry smirk against the multicolored lights of the Carnival.

At least she'd kept both of her flip-flops this time around.

It's with this thought that she dives back into the crowded streets, willing herself to get lost in the throng of people and nicking a vodka bottle along the way.

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POSTED ON Aug 24, 2023 19:05:21 GMT

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"Sure you wanna go? You know how it is with sailors and drinking." Skyler had a highly specialized skillset, and it all revolved around sailing and drinking. At least you couldn't accuse her of not knowing what she was about.

Dorado splashes about for a few more minutes, perhaps just so Skyler can be sure it isn't a fluke of some kind. Only when she's properly appeased does she turn her back on the ocean, feline hanging from her shoulder.

"If you are sure, you're more than welcome to join our merry party." Skyler smirks, making for the center of town wholly uncaring for the sand still stuck to her legs. "Fair warning, I'm not going easy either way."

From Skyler, that's as good an invitation as you could get. Curiosity lingers in her eyes, in the way she makes space for the other woman by her side as she walks back into town. Despite studying something that Skyler abhorred, soyeon kwan herself intrigued the sailor. That, and Skyler never said no to an opportunity for a party when it presented itself.

And the more the merrier.

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Missing Pieces [M]

POSTED ON Aug 24, 2023 18:54:05 GMT

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"Not with clarity. I remember snow. Lots of it. And this huge ice structure." Now that she wasn't in danger of choking to death via her husband's arancini, Skyler lounges back against the couch. "There's flashes here and there, but I can't for the life of me figure out what triggers them. Some people, I s'ppose."

Strangely familiar faces. "I know there were more of us in there, but the details are fuzzy." The only reason why she remembered the two pink-haired women was because she actually knew one of them from Hoenn.

"And then there's other things. Muscle memory. I walked past Fortree's renfaire the other day and actually hit the target with a hand axe." A pause, mostly for dramatic effect. "D'you know how many people I nearly decapitated with those things? Accidentally, of course," she quickly adds, remembering he's, well, an agent of the law.

"It's like my body remembers what my mind has forgotten." Fingers dive into her wild mane of hair, frustrated. "Has it happened to you?"

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MASK MAKING (CARNIVAL)

POSTED ON Aug 24, 2023 18:26:58 GMT

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It is, Skyler quickly decides, one of her best pieces yet.

She's let it out to dry on the deck and the salty sea brine has painted suspicious white-ish stains over the blue acrylic paint, but Skyler thinks it only gives it character. Pushing her shoulders back proudly, she dons her new mask with obvious relish.

So what if it smells like a Mudbray's ass from the cheap acrylics? So what if it digs into her cheeks with her every movement? Skyler doesn't care, not when she's able to showcase her newly birthed masterpiece for all the world to see.

She dubs it KYOGRE, THE SECOND after her own very-much alive Whiscash.

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