014 Bushels ❦ [Action for Mahogany]
[Applejack has been quiet for the last few days. Hardly in the mood to talk, the southerner has been taking advantage of the warmer weather to get in some training. Never wanting to sit still, she takes every opportunity to run or fight or do something, but outside of her pokemon, she insists on being alone. She has to keep herself busy. So she doesn't think. So she isn't reminded.
One year. One whole year. And that's just the time she remembers. That's not counting the time she's been here before. She hasn't seen her family, her home, her orchard, in a year. She knows that time works strange here, that for her, time isn't moving back home, but that doesn't quite translate to her emotions. To her, she's spent a whole year of her life chasing strange animals while her family and her farm is without her. Stuck in some strange land, located who knows how far away from home. If she was never brought here, what would she have experienced at home? Would this year's haul be a good one? Did Apple Bloom get her cutie mark? She didn't want to think about it. She didn't want to think at all.
If you happen to be wandering in a secluded part of town, you may notice Applejack training. She may be running laps, or doing sit-ups, or training her pokemon, but one thing is instantly noticeable: she looks like shit. Her clothes are torn and her body is dirty and covered in scrapes and bruises. She looks like she hasn't slept in days. She doesn't want to. She dreams of home.]
One year. One whole year. And that's just the time she remembers. That's not counting the time she's been here before. She hasn't seen her family, her home, her orchard, in a year. She knows that time works strange here, that for her, time isn't moving back home, but that doesn't quite translate to her emotions. To her, she's spent a whole year of her life chasing strange animals while her family and her farm is without her. Stuck in some strange land, located who knows how far away from home. If she was never brought here, what would she have experienced at home? Would this year's haul be a good one? Did Apple Bloom get her cutie mark? She didn't want to think about it. She didn't want to think at all.
If you happen to be wandering in a secluded part of town, you may notice Applejack training. She may be running laps, or doing sit-ups, or training her pokemon, but one thing is instantly noticeable: she looks like shit. Her clothes are torn and her body is dirty and covered in scrapes and bruises. She looks like she hasn't slept in days. She doesn't want to. She dreams of home.]
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Roar!
[It was a roulette's chance. There was only one pokemon she was looking for.]
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Intriguing. Let's see what you get.
[And out pops...
Starswirl. The frail psychic immediately brings his spoons up, recognizing a poor matchup when he sees it.]
Hmm... no choice. Starswirl, Disable! He won't be doing that again.
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I reckon you haven't caught on yet.
[Unfazed, the mammoth charges full-tilt at the smaller creature. Smaller, until with a shimmer, the massive creature shrinks into a black fox.]
Dark Pulse! Give it all you got!
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And now, Starswirl's gone. One shot, and he's out of the battle. Twilight frowns coldly.]
Very good. That little performance of yours really did seal the deal. But now I know exactly what you have waiting.
[She pulls out her ball again.] She can take them both. Sapphire, get back out there! Body Slam!
[And bursting back into the fray, Sapphire lumbers forward to do precisely that.]
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It's kind of a pity he's not going to appreciate her sacrifice.
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[Recalling the fox pancake, she looks down at the last ball. No more bluffing, now. The last ball.
She tosses it into the field, and the mammoth burst free like a bullet, charging forward and ramming the Snorlax before Applejack can even give a command. He digs his tusks into her bulk, attempting to slam the heavy creature with a Superpower.]
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But Twilight just smiles.]
Rest.
[Oh Twi you troll.]
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[The thunderous noise of Sapphire's sleeping rips through the air. What, you didn't seriously think she was helpless just because she was unconscious, did you Dozer?]
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[Murmuring in her sleep, Sapphire opens her mouth wide... and her belly bulges outward as she uses Stockpile. As if her defenses wasn't already high enough.]
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Screech.
[And opens her mouth to shriek his defenses down to paper.]
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Giga-
[She's already tensing herself, readying the full weight of her massive body to hurl into the ice mammoth in front of her.]
Impact!
[And with a thunderous roar she leaps, smashing into him with all of her bulk and all the momentum she can muster. It's her or him, right now.]
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Sapphire stumbles back from the mystical barrier, unable to even lift her arms to defend herself. Twilight grimaces at the result. This is beyond even her abilities to turn around. She knows Sapphire could have done this if she'd guided her better, but it's too late for that now.]
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With that, he finishes the job, stabbing her with another deadly Rock Smash.]
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Well, that's not what I planned on... But this isn't over yet.
[She pulls out another ball.] This... might surprise you.
[She tosses the ball, and out pops... Tesla?]
Supersonic!
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Gyro Ball!
[Round and round Tesla goes, where it stops... well, it stops by smashing into Dozer's face.]
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Flash Cannon!
[And a shot of pure shimmering light (that is somehow a steel attack) rockets toward Dozer's face.]
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Twilight, this is gettin' out of hand. Just give up.
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1/2
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Shall we skip to them getting back to the hotel?
Yeah, Twi's going to save the important conversation for then.
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