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this is ERASURE of unovan idiocy and adair will NOT stand for it. you think you’re hip for your all-inclusive stupidity??? for your ungendered recklessness????? adair did not die for this

At the crackle of thunder, she appears. Elegant and radiant, he expression twisted to worry as she thrust herself into the approaching lightning titan. Her wings fanned out behind her, and she raised her arms to take the oncoming blow to halt them in their tracks.

#adair crying: what the fuck is a wcdonalds

Gods, the battlefield was a disaster. From her place atop her Boarlier, Pascale surveyed the surroundings, clenching the shaft of her spear. It was hard to hold her head high when all she wanted to do was turn away. 

The view only held bodies and smoke.

This wasn’t how she would have preferred to do this, but Vanitas, her advisers told her, needed a foothold. Needed more independence from Kalose. Needed to claim what they could for the sake of their own liberation, without breaking the illusion of the alliance. It was too dangerous to shatter that yet.

They could claim to be aiding the region’s cause by fighting against Isshu, but anything Kalose lost was their gain. That was what they told her, at least.

With this in mind, she took a deep breath and urged her mount onward. The sheer heat coming off the Pokémon below her was the source of most of her injuries; it was hard to approach a blazing furnace of a beast, and those that did still had to fight her. For now, though, the heat was reduced to something less than a campfire, as the pair made their way across the field, looking to salvage what and who she could.

Truth be told, looking over everything, it was a miracle they had cinched the victory. Sure, her soldiers had the numbers on their side, and had the advantage of higher ground, but they were poorly organized, with their only mission to ‘prevent Isshu from taking this land.’ It made the battle a much closer one than anyone might have expected.

Movement in the corner of her vision drew her away from such thoughts. Pascale pulled her weapon closer and directed her Boarlier to turn in the direction of the motion. Despite the adrenaline of the battle, she tried to keep her voice even.