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[color=#f66]Aaaaahh-!! [i]*flung backwards; her body crashes through a table and tumbles along the ground limply*[/i][/color]
Rose! Please be okay...! [i]*starts running towards Rose*[/i]
[color=#f00]Ah-ah-ah, you stay right where you are! This is an official league challenge! If you leave your spot, you forfeit![/color]
What?! Grr... Damn you...!
[color=#090]Rose... [i]<Celeste, I... I can't tell if she's alive...!>[/i][/color]
Rose... Please, get up... Get up...! [b]Please...!![/b]
[color=#f00]So, who's next on the chopping block?![/color]
[font=Lucida Console]Celeste's pokemon rotated to the left![/font]
[color=#06b]Chili, you bastard, you're going to pay for this![/color]
I... I promised... I promised we'd be okay...
[color=#f00]Pansear, Acrobatics again![/color]
?! [i]*spins to face the battlefield again*[/i] No! Sophia, look out!!
[color=#900][font=Arial Narrow]|Pansear|[/font] You're mine! [i]*lunges*[/i][/color]
[color=#090][i]*spins to face Pansear, stumbles and falls*[/i] Aah-![/color]
[b]SOPHIA!![/b]




[font=Lucida Console][color=#f66]Rose[/color] used Water Pulse![/font]
[color=#900]?! [i]*swatted out of the air like a fly*[/i][/color]
!!!
[color=#f00][b]WHAT?![/b][/color]

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[font=Lucida Console][i][color=#f66]Rose[/color] hung on through sheer determination![/i][/font]
[color=#f66][i]*gasp... gasp...*[/i] ...No... you... don't... you... bastard...![/color]
[i]*gasp*[/i] Rose...!!
[color=#f00]There's no way she could have survived that![/color]
[color=#f66]Did you... really think... it would be... that easy...?![/color]
[color=#bb8b2b]Hell yes![/color]
[color=#060]You're alive![/color]
[color=brown]She's alive, she's alive!![/color]
[color=#f00]Not for long! Torchic, finish the job! Scratch![/color]
[color=#f66]Celeste... mind helping me...?[/color]

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Clyde, you just saved Rose's life.

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[color=#f00]?! You have got to be fucking kidding me![/color]
[color=#77f][sup]|Across the gym|[/sup] [i]*smiles*[/i] And there it is. The match is hers now.[/color]

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[font=Lucida Console][color=#900]Torchic[/color] used Scratch!
[color=#f66]Rose[/color] took 3 damage![/font]
[color=#f66]You're too late![/color]
[color=#f00]Pansear! Use Acrobatics again![/color]
Come on, Rose, you can do this, hang in there...!

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[color=#900][b]RRRAAAAHHH![/b] [i]*lunges*[/i][/color]
[color=#f66][i]*catches Pansear dead-on and clings tightly, skidding backwards*[/i] Ggggh...! [/color]
[font=Lucida Console][color=#f66]Rose[/color] took 25 damage![/font]
[color=#f66][i]*stops sliding backwards*[/i][/color]
[color=#900]?![/color]
[color=#f66]H-heh... Gotcha.[/color]
[color=#900]H-hey! Let go! [b]Let me go![/b][/color]
Now, Rose! [b]WATER PULSE![/b]

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[color=#f00][b]PANSEAR![/b] *teeth clench*[/color]
[color=#f66]Face it, Chili, it's over. You've lost. Nothing you have left can stand up to me.[/color]
[color=#f00]S-shut up! Torchic! Cyndaquil! Chimchar! Do something! Take her down![/color]

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Sorry, not gonna happen.

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[color=#f00]No! We... we're not done yet![/color]

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[color=#f66]And that's...

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...a wrap.[/color]
Game, set, match.

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[i]*runs up to Rose, picks her up, and hugs her*[/i] [small]Thank Arceus you're safe...![/small] You did it! That was an [b]amazing[/b] job, Rose!
[color=#f66]Hehe, thanks. It was a close one, but we came out on top.[/color]
[color=brown][i]*jumping around joyfully*[/i] You did it, you did it!![/color]
[color=#bb8b2b]Rose, babe? That was absolutely [b]beautiful.[/b][/color]
[color=#060]Good job, Rose![/color]
[color=#090]Snatching victory from the jaws of certain defeat... [i]*smile*[/i] Bravo, Rose. Bravo.[/color]
[color=#06b][i]*smile*[/i] Heh. You're a hero, Rose, you know that? Nobody else would have been able to stand up to that Pansear.[/color]
[color=#f00]Damn... As much as I hate to admit it... you won. Per League rules, I'm required to give you the Trio Badge.[/color]

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First badge down!
[color=#00f]Oh, and take this, too.[/color]

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[u]And our first TM, Work Up![/u]
[color=#77f]Well done, Celeste.[/color]
Clyde!
[color=#77f]I knew you were something special when I saw you.[/color]
Clyde, thank you. That Fresh Water you gave me saved Rose's life.
[color=#77f][i]*laughs*[/i] I recognize that words alone often aren't enough, so I give trainers an extra little push in the right direction.[/color]
[color=#f00]Grrr... Old geezer...! I thought I told you to stop handing those out![/color]
[color=#77f][i]*stern glare*[/i] And what makes you think I'd listen to [b]you[/b] after what you did to my previous two protégés, you bloodthirsty little whelp? Besides, what are you going to do? Fire me? I don't work for you, I work for the League. Regardless, you'll be happy to know that I'll be moving on now. Maybe you'll get lucky and the next guide won't care as much as I do. [i]*turns back to Celeste, smiles*[/i] Listen, I've got to get going. I'll see you at the next gym, in Nacrene City. Why don't you give that TM a look before you set out? I'm sure you'll find it to be useful. And don't worry about wearing it out: it's a new model. Use it as many times as you like, it won't break.[/color]
Seriously?!
[color=#77f]Seriously. Take care, Celeste.[/color]
You too, Clyde!
[color=#77f]And with that, I take my leave. [i]*bows, then walks away*[/i][/color]
[i]*slots the TM into the side of her Pokedex*[/i] Hmm...
[font=Lucida Console]Booting up TM reader... TM88. Work Up. Raises the user's Attack and Special Attack by one stage each.[/font]
[i]*eye sparkle*[/i] Ooh. Definitely making use of this TM. Lily? Rose?
[color=brown]Yay! Finally getting a new move![/color]
[color=#f66]Work Up, huh? Considering the moves I know, that'd definitely be better than Hone Claws...[/color]

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Wow, you really [b]can[/b] use TMs multiple times now... That's going to be amazing when I start getting the really good TMs. Now then, off to the pokemon center. I've made you wait far too long, Rose.
[color=#f66][i]*winces*[/i] Yes, a quick visit to the center would certainly be nice... Even after the water and potion, those Acrobatics hits still ache horribly...[/color]
Sorry about that.

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Hm?
[color=#f0f]Hello there! I'm Professor Fennel![/color]
Yes yes, that's nice. Hate to be rude, but I need to visit the pokemon center-

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Okay, sure, just give me a second to visit the center-
[color=#f0f][i]*grabs Celeste's wrist and pulls her along*[/i] This way, please![/color]
Hey, let go of me! I told you I need to visit the pokemon center first!
[color=#f0f]This won't take but a moment~[/color]

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Well, from what I've seen, pokemon from all across the world have been spotted here lately, so I dunno about that... [i]*frowns, tries to pull free of Fennel's grip*[/i] L-let go...

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I can see that.

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"She" being Juniper?
[color=#f0f]Mhm![/color]

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Hm?

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Oh... just Cut?
[color=#f0f]Nonono, you see, they developed a new version of Cut, one that's more useful in battle. It's now stronger, more accurate, and Grass type.[/color]
[i]*sputters*[/i] Whoa, really?!
[color=#f0f]In return, though, I need you to do something for me.[/color]
... [i]*sigh*[/i] I should have known. No such thing as a free lunch, and all that.

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Oh, back there? Ah, there was a small tree that could be Cut. All right, that shouldn't be too hard. Now [b]PLEASE let go of me![/b] My Panpour is in a lot of pain right now, I need to take her to the pokemon center!
[color=#f0f]Oh my...! S-sorry. Yes, go ahead.[/color]
[i]*hurries out of the building and towards the center*[/i]
[color=#06b]Nice lady, but way too pushy.[/color]
[color=brown]Maybe it's just me, but she seemed a bit... out there, too, if you know what I mean.[/color]
[color=#bb8b2b]Wasn't just you. She definitely had her head in the clouds.[/color]

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[color=#d6a]You just earned your first badge, right?[/color]
Yeah, why?
[color=#d6a]That means you are now permitted to buy a wider selection of items from the store.[/color]
Store items are barred behind badges...? [i]*sigh*[/i] I guess I shouldn't complain too hard. Thank you for telling me.

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Finally, some proper supplies!
[color=#bb8b2b]So Cel- do you mind if I call you that?[/color]
Not at all.
[color=#bb8b2b]What about that new move you got? Cut, was it?[/color]
Oh yeah. C'mere, Josh. You're the one learning the move.
[color=#bb8b2b]Really? Sweet![/color]

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Never thought I'd see the day that Cut would be genuinely useful. ...Hey, guys? What do you say we just take the rest of the day off? You guys have been working really hard, and- especially after that gym fight- I think you've all earned a break.
[color=gray][sup]|Entire team|[/sup] [i]*various cheers of approval*[/i][/color]
Nurse, are there... any... wait. The gym is a restaurant, isn't it?
[color=#d6a]Indeed. And, since you defeated the gym leaders, that means you and your entire team are entitled to a full meal, free of charge.[/color]
[color=#f66]I like the sound of that![/color]
Me too. Come on, guys, let's go!
[color=#bb8b2b]Tonight, we feast like kings![/color]

[hr][u][i]END OF CHAPTER

[b]Determination.[/b] The will to keep living. The resolve to change the future. Many a battle has been won by determination. The courses of entire wars have been swung by the resolve of a single determined individual. So, too, was the case in Celeste's first gym battle, as Rose the Panpour clung to life against all odds and came back from the brink to change certain disaster into a decisive victory. Only time will tell if the determination of these individuals will be enough, as the rivers of destiny run deep indeed... The fate of the entire region rests squarely on the shoulders of one woman and her pokemon. Celeste! Stay determined![/i][/u][hr]