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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2020 5:57:07 GMT
And that's it. The Golett is slain - well, Fainted. But, the important thing is the battle is triumphant. The day is won. Even if it was at great cost. Bylli, exhausted as she is, still buzzes over to Bea, happily. "Congratulations!" Ambrose says, smiling. "You wore down the mountain. It took time, but you triumphed. In honour of your victory, you get the jewels of the mountain. The Pressure Badge, representing your skills being honed, well, under pressure," he hands over a badge polished so as to look like a different jewel from each angle, "and some more... conventional riches, with which to enhance your team, in a manner of your choosing."
"This gym is not an easy one. Many fall before the power here. There are no tricks. No gimmicks. Simply a display of sheer tenacity. So consider yourself proud for conquering the summit."You gain the Pressure Badge! It grants Battle Armour. You also gain 7500 pyen. Also, a milestone! Also, all your Pokémon gain a boost to level 30. Bea exits the gym room to find a nervous Rainbow. "How... how did you do? Did you win?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 15, 2020 11:57:13 GMT
"I won the fight, but nobody won." Bee replied despondently, Crassi's Pokeball in hand. She had offered Ambrose a small, forced smile and a nod of her head as she accepted her spoils, paired with a hasty thanks, and little else. Giving Rainbow an appreciative squeeze, she motioned they should go, and started towards the Center. Her friend's condition certainly couldn't get any worse.
"The League is an artifact, something that came about out of necessity, but now only exists for tradition's sake..." She explained as they moved, Crassi's ball tight in both hands as if in some way that might protect her. "As the difficulty of these challenges climbs, they take more pain and suffering for no speakable benefit. Sapient creatures,who share language, some, familial tendancies."
Biting at her lower lip she continued to parse through her thoughts as they got to the center. "Please, my Skorupi took a powerful fire move and I think she might be in danger of complications." She explained to the Nurse.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2020 17:28:52 GMT
"You won, but... didn't win?" Rainbow asks, quizzically. "I... don't understand."
"Sometimes," she says, after listening to Bea, "Traditions mean more for bringing people together than they do actual good."
The Attendant at the Center looks confident. "Don't worry, Miss. We have excellent care here, so she shouldn't be in any danger. It will probably take a while for her to be back at tip-top shape, though, if it was as bad as you say."
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Post by Robot on Feb 15, 2020 17:42:33 GMT
"I'll leave her in your capable hands then." Bee replied to the nurse, recalling Bylii and setting the remainder of her gym lineup on the counter for attention, moving away from the counter with Rainbow afterwards, back out into the fresh air. "I don't feel any more prepared after this instances. Not any stronger."
Stopping in the center of town, she looked towards home, through the structure, then up the peak itself. "My Pokemon are my friends, and I can't put the burdens of my goals on them anymore Rainbow. I think I am done with the League, I'll find another way."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2020 17:46:12 GMT
"Are you... are you sure, Bee?" Rainbow asks. "That's been your goal for as long as I've met you. And... you say that they're friends, right? Friends often do things for their own friends, that the friends would never ask them to do in the first place. And... I don't know. You'd said before that some of them want to fight?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 15, 2020 18:02:56 GMT
"That's true, Crassi would be extremely upset with me if I stopped her from fighting, especially after someone laid her low." Bee paced on the spot, arms folded behind her back. "Likewise, Tempu would get bored, Baied would get headaches, Bylii would be upset that I am not following my every passion. I'm... I'm not sure Rainbow."
Scrubbing her eyes she made a frustrated noise. "There's only three badged left in the Hoenn league... If I had every one of them, I could approach almost every challenge with an air of self-assuredness and certainty. That's dangerous, don't you think?"
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2020 18:19:03 GMT
"Do you really think that you would change so drastically because of that?" Rainbow asks. "From what you've said, the Gyms are there to test you, right? But just because you beat them, it doesn't mean you're on top of everything. And I think you know that. Especially given... what's happened so far. There are things beyond what either of us could imagine."
"I think... you just need to follow your heart."
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Post by Robot on Feb 15, 2020 18:34:34 GMT
"I suppose, but am I really getting stronger, or more adept as the case may be? Match to match, I've defaulted to the same general strategy and it -is- a good strategy, it's worked out. This time it didn't so well, and Crassi got hurt for it. I don't want to put them through that if I can avoid it. Maybe... Maybe I'll just avoid a Rock or a Fire gym if we find them? Try the others as they present themselves... but... not going out of my way anymore."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2020 19:04:45 GMT
"Avoiding fighting when you're at a disadvantage is really only useful if you're trying to avoid fighting altogether..." Rainbow says. "That's... pretty much my whole thing. Run, fly, try and lose whatever's chasing me, not get chased in the first place. That sort of stuff. Because, well, what if you choose to fight, but then it turns out that you are at a disadvantage. You don't always know..."
"It's what the warriors back home tend to say, when I've delivered messages and stuff to them, and been curious about their philosophy," she says, "Try to make things as favourable as possible when fighting battles. Try to make things as unfavourable as possible when training. Otherwise you just get complacent. Feels like a painful philosophy to me, but... I get it."
"You don't need to figure it out now, though. Big decisions take time to figure out."
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Post by Robot on Feb 15, 2020 19:12:44 GMT
"You're right... as usual..." Bee exhaled sharply and combed her hair back. "There are a lot of decisions that I don't have to make immediately, that I'm trying to push forward on without sufficient data. Let's just... enjoy the sunset and get a good night's rest for now. We can spend some time with Cumulus, and I'll talk to them all at training in the morning, then we can head back, east by south east, then northeast again. Mossdeep is waiting."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2020 19:34:32 GMT
"You only think I'm right because you already have all the answers to most of the things I'm wrong about, so I don't need to make a fool of myself..." she teases. The Lavaridge Center has a rooftop balcony, so they're able to watch the sun set - with a glistening, chattering, overenthusiastic Castform - over the quiet city. End Episode 4
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