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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 14, 2017 17:16:41 GMT -8
Fuck. Of all the things he'd expected to hear, the fact that Mia had been hurt badly wasn't one of them. At first, Jazz didn't want to believe it. He thought this was some sort of sick joke, it had to be a prank. A horrible, awful practical joke. Mia was way too strong to have that happen to her. Maybe Jazz was in denial, maybe he just didn't want to believe that something like that could happen to Mia. Of course, what Jazz was most upset about was that he'd heard about it second hand, or rather, third hand from Orion rather than Mia. As soon as Sinclair stopped in Liggs again, Jazz was off the train and making a beeline for the underground gym. He didn't even try to fly there, just ran, Kovu close on his heels. The Luxray had frankly insisted he come with Jazz to the point that he wouldn't let his trainer leave without him. It was probably for the best considering Kovu could keep him in check but right now, Jazz's main focus was getting to a certain blond bombshell's house. Once getting to the gym, Jazz didn't even knock to see if anyone was there. He knew that Mia was home already and yet hadn't heard a single thing from her. Not a text, not a phone call, nothing and that pissed him off that much more. How hard was it to pick up the phone and say that you were ok? That you were home? Fuck, what the hell was she thinking?The doors slammed behind Jazz as he entered the gym and practically thundered across the gym to the back door where Mia's living space was. Kovu made an apologetic whine before Jazz spotted Mia sitting on the couch and slammed his hand down on the cushion next to her head. "What the hell, Mia?"Jazz hissed, his voice shaking with the emotion behind it, "What the fuck were you thinking?" he continued, already blinking away stupid tears when he saw that Orion had been right. Fuck this. "I haven't heard from you in weeks and I fucking hear about this from 'rion?"Jazz spat, backing up and pulling at his hair, growling as he willed the emotional roller coaster to stop. A nearby punching back would get the brunt of his rage as Jazz slammed his fist into it, too pissed to even consider what this little display might make Mia think. A few more good punches would help before Jazz turned back around and faced Mia again. "What the fucking hell, Mia??!!??"
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Pokémon League
Fighting-Type Gym Leader
SOMEONE CHALLENGE MY GYM ALREADY |
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 14, 2017 17:55:35 GMT -8
With Mia still adjusting to her current state, the League were very understanding in allowing her some time off from her duties as a gym leader, even to the point she was on indefinate vacation until she was provided with a fitting prosphetic. Though there had been some light talk about getting her to change her gym rules in the meantime to accomodate for her current condition, Mia was much more complacant to just stick to her home, bitterly watching TV while she lounged on her couch. At the very least her receptionist was still getting paid, though really just to inform challengers that, sadly, they'd made the trip for nothing.
She was supposed to guide them towards Damian's gym up top really per league request, but both Mia and her receptionist agreed to avoid doing that out of mild spite for the nerd.
Busying herself by doing some of Mia's old paperwork for her, the young girl at the front desk jolted, papers scattering as Jazz slammed his way in through the front. Her voice piped up but quickly faded as the man barged past her desk into the gym. "E-excuse me Miss Kearney isn't accepting any..."
As Jazz continued the young woman glanced to the phone, nervously lifting it to her ear as she peeked her head around the corner, watching Jazz barge into Mia's living space, the blonde herself jolting upright from her lazy lying down and flinching a little at the near punch she received, majorly confused as Jazz shouted into her face. Getting a grasp on things quickly though, she let out a tired groan and sigh, pushing up to her feet and majorly ignoring Jazz as she moved to the open door, calling across the gym.
"He's fine! Put down the phone and don't call the police!"
The young woman seemed nervous but could tell Mia wasn't sending any hidden signals, lowering the phone and sitting back down, Mia using the shoulder of her stub arm to close the door behind her as she turned around, shooting Jazz a faint but brief glare as she moved to the kitchen.
"Well glad to see the news reached you eventually..."
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 14, 2017 20:54:33 GMT -8
Jazz didn't really pay attention to the secretary when he stormed past them. Frankly, he was too pissed to see reason or even realize that Mia might be hurting too. He was worried though, dammit and for some stupid reason it came out in anger and frustration. Mia's glare after shutting the door and the first thing she said after that did not help at all. Glad to see the news reached you eventually... "I should've heard it from you, Mia,"Jazz snapped back, not in the mood to hear something like that, "I thought we were friends! Why didn't you tell me?"he continued, clenching his fists as he spoke. Watching as Mia walked to the kitchen, Jazz hung back for a few until he was at least a little calmer than before before following after her. "I was worried, Mia. Honestly? A part of me hoped if this was some sort of practical joke but... clearly you're not all right anymore,"Jazz explained, smirking a bit at the tease. It was in poor taste certainly, but... he had to try, and it was always easier to laugh than to try and comfort anyone. Well, at least in this case. Maybe. Probably.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 15, 2017 9:29:48 GMT -8
Still on her way to the kitchen, the 'all right' joke wasn't lost on her, and while it did sting for a brief moment, she forced herself to let out a snicker instead, shifting towards her fridge and pulling out a beer as she kept a smile on her face, briefly glancing back to Jazz when a faint memory struck her, moving to one of her lesser used cabinets and pulling out a bottle of something stronger, clearly a little dusty given Mia tended to prefer something cheap and smooth rather than something strong and harsh, blowing some dustbunnies off the lid before pouring out a glass for Jazz, needing to un-twist the cap with her teeth given her current condition, handing Jazz the drink, her eyes not really matching the smile she put on her lips.
"Well nothing to worry about...I'm doing just fine." Pulling out a bottle opener, she fiddled with her own beer, putting it under her stump arm and trying to open it with the bottle opener in her hand, a brief struggle just resulting in the beer falling and smashing against the ground...
Mia was silent for just a moment before throwing the bottle opener out of the kitchen through the serving window, managing to somehow crack the far wall of her livingroom, turning back to her fridge without much of a word, pretending to look for something as she just hung her head in the cool breeze.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 16, 2017 2:18:53 GMT -8
Maybe the joke wasn't the best thing to start with after literally barging in but Jazz frankly didn't know what else to do. He wasn't the best at comfort and well, now that he was here it was hard to think of what to say next. When he saw Mia getting out something stronger, an eyebrow raised as he smirked, gladly taking the offered drink. He would've thanked her but the next words out of her mouth had Jazz frowning. Clearly that wasn't the case. He had just opened his mouth to offer to help when the bottle smashed to the ground. A strange yelp escaped him as he quickly grabbed paper towels and started to clean up the mess. He heard the bottle opener clink against a wall as it was thrown and flinched a bit, trying to make sure he got all the shards of glass in the towels. It didn't take him that long to clean it up but by the time he stood up and threw the paper towels away, Mia still had her head in the fridge. "I think we both know you're not, Mia,"Jazz murmured softly, reaching past her to grab a new beer and open it with his hands. Dumb lid hurt, but he was strong enough to open it for her while Kovu searched for where the missing bottle opener had gone. Handing Mia the beer, Jazz took his glass and sipped it, feeling calmer already, "C'mon, what'd ya do? Fight off a Tauros or something?"Jazz smirked a bit, walking back over to the couch as he spoke. "I mean, c'mon, never thought I'd see the blond bombshell get her ass kicked. I wanna make whoever or whatever did this live to regret it," he continued, his voice dropping slightly at the end to make it sound Serious, even if the tone still sounded light. If asked, he could pass it off as a tease, but Jazz meant it. Whatever did this to Mia was going to pay or he'd try his damndest to make sure whatever it was regretted it.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 16, 2017 2:51:55 GMT -8
If Mia didn't have her head in the fridge she may have made an effort to stop Jazz from cleaning up her mess, letting out a long deep sigh as her breath fogged up in the cool breeze of the fridge, just trying to ease her tense forehead in the cooler air before she could address Jazz again, glancing down to the floor where she still expected a mess to be, almost frustrated it was already tidied up, snatching the beer that was offered to her and turning her back to Jazz, tipping her head back and easily downing about 3/4 of the bottle in a single chug without even pouring it into a glass first.
"I said I'm fine..."
She clearly wasn't but...she needed to tell herself that. The bottle slid out of the grip of her palm and she caught it between two of her middle fingers, following Jazz back to the livingroom and sitting in an empty chair, though at her question she almost felt the urge to get up and kick something again.
"...I don't know..." It was the truth. Her head injury meant she didn't remember the specifics of the league mission she was on and- "The League were meant to debrief me and tell me what happened but...they refuse to tell me incase I go back and try to fight the fucking thing again..."
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 17, 2017 2:01:14 GMT -8
Jazz didn't believe for one second that Mia was fine like she insisted but didn't comment on it. He didn't even say anything when she chugged most of the bottle. Hell, he'd be drinking more too if something like that had happened to him. What he hadn't expected was that Mia didn't know what happened. The league wouldn't tell them in case she tried to fight it again. Well, it did sound like something Mia would do even in her condition so Jazz couldn't say he blamed them. "Shit... I'm sorry hun. Course, can't say I blame 'em. It does sound like something you'd do,"Jazz replied, smirking briefly before taking a sip of his drink, "Sorry 'bout jis storming in earlier, Mia. I wasn't really thinking," he murmured sheepishly, running his fingers through his hair. Uhh, right. What could they talk about now, what else was new. Right. That. "Seems we both have a habit of beating ourselves up huh. A bit ago I tried to fight some swarming Pokemon... even kicked a Crabrawler and got hit by a stupid Shedinja using Phantom Force as a sneak attack. Let's see, a Lycanroc tackled me before that and then I got electrocuted... Did I mention, I almost became a yandere fighting machine?"Jazz smirked a bit, hoping the last sentence would at least prompt a laugh. It was a bit more serious than that but... hey, it had made Orion laugh so maybe it would break the tension?
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 18, 2017 3:48:14 GMT -8
Mia was...bitter, as Jazz tried to apologize, lifting her legs to plop them on the coffee table between the chair, couch and TV in her livingroom, practically glaring at the apology itself as she sipped her beer again, mumbling from behind the neck of the bottle. "Yeeeeah storming into the home of someone who just got home from hospital, making them feel guilty? Real good plan there Jazz..." She...almost took it a step too far, the words 'as bout as good a plan as that cookie was' but she managed to bite her tongue. If Nik had taught her anything it was to keep her mouth out of shit like that.
Still as she went on Mia eased up just a little, still fairly bitter but at least putting on a smiling face. The yandere comment earned more confusion than laughter, though the list brought on her own. "I once had a fist fight on a moving fan...drove one of my bikes through a weakened stone wall. Got in a fist fight with an Ursaring, got in ANOTHER fist fight with some freaky Nidoking Arcanine Hybrid...oh! And there was that time i charged towards the light pillar only to learn there's only so much 6 pokemon can do against an entire WAVE of the fuckers."
She took another heavy sip, placing her beer beside her on the chair between her hip and the arm, resting back as she narrowed her eyes.
"So...yandere fighter thing?"
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 18, 2017 21:54:57 GMT -8
Jazz flinched a bit when Mia spoke and ran his fingers through his hair. Really, he had expected as much but well... he'd been worried and upset when he heard what had happened. That really wouldn't make it up to Mia, certainly, but that was the long and the short of it. "Hey, said I was sorry," Jazz repeated, taking another sip of his drink. It was nice seeing Mia smile and being able to swap stories. Jazz almost felt like everything was back to normal when they were back to normal, if that was even possible. "Damn, girl. Yer a badass," Jazz grinned, unable to hide his laughter at the image. The question about the yandere fighting thing had that grin falling however as Jazz laughed nervously, running his fingers through his hair, "Uh, yeah. Do you know what Nihilego are?"Jazz asked, already pulling up a picture on his phone if that wasn't the case. "Long story short, it grabbed Luke, I grabbed Luke, it grabbed me, it possessed me, and... it enhances your desires, your wants..."Jazz explained, showing Mia a picture of the ultra beast in question before continuing on, "At that point, I wanted to protect Luke amongst other things. Luke convinced it off me and onto him but... Yes, I almost became a yandere fighting machine," he continued, hoping that Mia wouldn't press further. It still hurt to talk about what happened but well, if it got Mia's mind off her arm then oh well?
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SOMEONE CHALLENGE MY GYM ALREADY |
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 19, 2017 4:47:45 GMT -8
Mia was gonna be bitter for a while after that entrance, and it still showed in her tone despite her smile. Thankfully her curiosity had the better of her when this whole yandere fighting machine was mentioned, and even more so as Jazz mentioned a pokemon she didn't know. Now for any other trainer that'd be usual, some poekmon from a far off region they just hadn't thought to find out about, but for a gym leader? Now that was almost alarming. As the picture was shown she placed her beer down and leaned over, taking the picture or phone displaying the pokemon and eyeing it curiously...it wasn't like any pokemon she'd ever seen.
"You guys saw something like this? You called it a...what? Nee-hee-lego?" She was clearly confused by the fact she'd never seen this pokemon before, shooting Jazz a 'sure you're not shitting me?' look before handing the picture / phone back, leaning back in her own chair. "Where did you find this? Some deep cave or something?"
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 23, 2017 22:17:25 GMT -8
Jazz waited patiently as Mia took the phone and looked at the display. He hoped that would be the end of it but ...obviously his luck was cursed. Must everything be about that damn Nihilego? Arceus, what he wouldn't do to get rid of the damn thing once and for all. Unfortunately for him, right now that meant hurting Luke and... even as much as Jazz wanted it gone, it still felt wrong to even try hurting it. Especially since he knew how it felt so well. Seems I can't win for losing. Wasn't that the truth. "Nihilego,"Jazz corrected gently, taking the phone back as he spoke and shaking his head at the next question, "I wish... no, it was on Sinclair. Somehow it would be better if it was in a secluded location like that. The Nihilego is a parasite, it needs a host. If you still don't believe me, here,"he continued, moving to sit closer to Mia so she could see his phone. Once he was certain she could see the phone, he flipped to one of his favorite pictures of Luke before all this shit happened. "Dunno if you've met him yet 'r nawt. This is Luke. He's a berry professor amongst other things here in Veria and my best friend," Jazz explained before smirking a bit at Mia, "Well, one of them at least. Anyway, I grew up with 'im back in Era basically and..."he continued, flipping to a picture of Luke currently, including the eerie Nihilego eye. Ugh that new feature still looked weird after being used to Luke having just one eye. Hmm, maybe that's something else he could work on. The Nihilego wasn't going to be there forever after all and it would make the transition easier to bear. "This is Luke right now. With the Nihilego,"Jazz finished, turning off the phone when he was sure Mia had seen the picture. Taking another large sip of his drink, Jazz sighed and tried to avoid looking at Mia. He really didn't want to talk about it anymore than he had to. It sucked and Mia didn't need him unloading everything that was bothering him on her right now.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Nov 24, 2017 2:30:49 GMT -8
Mia fell back into her own chair as Jazz likely moved around to the side of it or sit on the arm to show her the photos. She had no idea who Luke was honestly...felt like Nik had used the name in passing but she couldn't be too sure. She lifted her good arm behind her head and used the hand as a light pillow while her eyes scanned the picture...though Jazz's words mainly fell on silent ears as the second picture game. Mia could notice subtle differences. For one his hair seemed...off. She couldn't place why but there was an odd sense of uncanny valley about it to her. What mattered most to her though...
"This thing gave him an EYE!?"
Before Jazz could even turn off the phone Mia was out of her seat, snatching the phone away with ease thanks to her relative strength, flipping the phone around in her one hand as she needed to to get a better look of it..."He got his eyes back!?" The fact this nihi-whatever had someone turned Jazz into a 'yandere fighting machine' was completely lost on Mia. Her past few days. Heck almost weeks by now even had been consumed with either getting revenge on whatever took her arm, or somehow undoing her mistake and...heck if this thing could make Jazz a threat AND regenerate someone...
"Sinclair yeah?" She tossed the phone back and instantly started moving for the door, grabbing her coat on the way. She didn't care if this was some weird science experiment or what she was gonna tear that train apart till she found a second one. "Help yourself to the fridge."
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Dec 2, 2017 22:42:33 GMT -8
Mia's outburst at seeing Luke's current photo wasn't the reaction she'd hoped. Before he realized it, Mia had snatched the phone away. "No it-..."Jazz didn't get a chance to explain further before his phone was being tossed back to him and Mia was headed out the door. Fuck. No, no, no, NO. This was not supposed to happen. Grabbing his phone, Jazz vaulted over the couch and dashed across the room to block the door before Mia could get to it. Sure, Mia might have strength on her side, but Jazz had speed, and in this case, it was his best friend. "Calm the fuck down, Mia,"Jazz stated in as calm of a voice he could muster, "I'll be damned if I lose you to that Arceus forsaken Nihilego. Forget that they are typically found in Alola. The one in Sinclair 'm pretty sure followed Luke back from Alola,"he continued, folding his arms in front of his chest. "Yer nawt gonna find one. 'n I'll be damned if I watch you git hurt o'er summin' like dis."
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Post by Mia Kearney on Dec 3, 2017 10:43:37 GMT -8
Mia was...a little taken aback by just how speedy Jazz was, narrowing her eyes as she looked briefly back to the couch, wondering how he managed to outpace her when she herself had been pretty much in a rush to hit up Sinclair the moment she realized this damn thing could help grow back body parts, or at least replace them or some shit. A little bitter that she'd been stopped, she muttered beneath her breath. "See that thing between your legs isn't slowing you down..."
With a low breath she calmed herself down however, pushing her hand back through her hair. So what if she got hurt? Could she really be in any worse a state? "You came out of it fine and I'm pretty damn sure I'm tougher than you pipsqueak." Who cared if Jazz was actually fairly tall, Mia could call anyone shorter than her who pissed her off that...but she did calm down a little more with another breath, looking a little defeated...she knew a trip to Alola wasn't exactly a good idea while she was still recovering and this thing was probably way more dangerous than it seemed but...
She lifted her head, eyes wide and voice just a little weak.
"I just...want my arm back..."
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Dec 3, 2017 13:12:57 GMT -8
Jazz was relieved that he'd managed to beat Mia to the door. In the state she was in, no good could come about rushing out like that, especially when her goal was to seek out a parasite just to feel normal. Even if the comment was muttered under her breath, Jazz heard it loud and clear and squinted a bit at that. He was tempted to comment on it but not now, not when he was trying to get Mia to calm down. Talking about his decision to eat the Chroma cookie wouldn't do anything to help matters in the slightest. Taking a deep breath, Jazz willed himself to calm down. He wouldn't say anything as Mia lashed out at him. A tch sound escaped from him as she claimed that he'd come out of it "fine". Right. He was just perfectly fine that the man he loved was fused with a parasitic ultra beast. Yes, of course he was. Jazz's features would remain passive, not giving away exactly what he'd thought about Mia's claim. Then something seemed to change in Mia after that but Jazz remained quiet, waiting as that last sentence was spoken. Sighing quietly, he hesitated only very briefly before stepping forward and hugging Mia gently to his chest. He didn't know if the gesture would be welcome but, considering what they used to be... he hoped it would bring a sort of normalcy to the situation. "I know..."Jazz murmured, holding the hug for a few more moments before releasing her, "Trust me when I say that a Nihilego is not the way to go about it, ok?"he continued, his voice a little softer than before.
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