BLARG!
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It was Sunday afternoon; everyone was at the beach. They'd been celebrating ever since Drampa's elimination. Pyukumuku didn't really feel that it was right, but none of the others cared. The pervert was gone and that's all that mattered.
Hakamo-o was much more confident now. Both Passimian and Drampa caused her problems in one way or another, so with them gone, she felt much better. She was lying on a chair under an umbrella, like the last time they were at the beach.
Oricorio was on a chair next to her in her Pom Pom Style, and Bewear and Lycanroc were in the water playing volleyball...using Togedemaru as the ball. She didn't really mind this time around. Even if she didn't really vote him out, she was happy that she was able to put Drampa down enough to make him quit. It was really the stress and his memories, but she wanted to take credit for it.
Mudsdale was napping in the sand, Incineroar was building another sand fort, and Dhelmise was just spectating Bewear and Lycanroc's game.
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Pyukumuku decided to stay back at the hotel, not willing to celebrate someone quitting the game due to their own mental instabilities. He knew where the others were coming from, but he just couldn't share their hatred. He was questioned numerous times once they came back on Friday about if he was okay, how long did he have to deal with it, etc. He didn't want to answer, but he was nice, so he didn't want to leave them high and dry.
He was in his room, watching reruns of Desperate Housewives. Ever since he got better, he rarely got sad, but the situation was making him uneasy and upset. The others were celebrating the breakdown and quitting of someone with obvious mental issues, and even when he apologized, they practically ignored it. It irked him to no end, but, he knew that confronting them about it wouldn't do anything. Thorough observation helped him realize how dense most of the others were.
He decided to let it go and just move on.
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"Zero, three, six, nine. Drampa's gone, a wonderful time!" Oricorio cheered.
"You're damn right…" Hakamo-o said, lowering her sunglasses (which she got from the shop). "But, I think we should head back in. It looks like it's about to rain…"
She looked back up and saw that Hakamo-o was right. The clouds were beginning to churn and turn to grey.
"I think you're right in that regard; hopefully it's light and not so hard…" Oricorio replied.
"Well, I don't wanna find out…" Hakamo-o said as she got off of the chair and started heading off.
Oricorio looked up at the sky, starting to hear rumbling, and followed Hakamo-o.
"Hey, where are you two going?" Incineroar asked, seeing the two get up. Suddenly, he felt something drip on his muzzle. Tasting it, he realized that it was water, which meant-
Rain began pouring down, soaking everyone as they quickly started heading back to the hotel.
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Pyukumuku, hearing the rain, decided to switch on the news to see what was going on.
"-tered showers and thunderstorms are going to be stuck over Akala Island until approximately 11:43 tonight. Meanwhile-"
"Well...looks like they all will be coming back soon…" Pyukumuku said, hearing the news. He turned the channel back to Desperate Housewives, but saw that the television was now frozen. He heard thunder outside and sighed. "Oh well…"
It was only 6:32, but he didn't really feel like talking to anyone and his television was glitching at the moment, so he decided to just sleep.
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Togedemaru was heading back to the buffet area, with Mudsdale in tow. After being used as a ball for about an hour, she felt nauseous and hungry. Mudsdale was hungry as well, but she also wanted to stay away from Bewear.
Being that they were the only girls on the team, Togedemaru gained an idea. If she could get Mudsdale to eliminate Incineroar the next time they lost a challenge, it'd be great! She just needed to figure out a way to trick her or convince her into doing so.
She jumped up onto the middle island, grabbing a plate before putting food from each section on it. Mudsdale, seeing this, was growing concerned. Togedemaru was eating way too much; every time she saw her outside of the challenge, she was here just stuffing her face.
"Uh...Togedemaru, are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah", Togedemaru said, finishing up before hopping down. "Why wouldn't I be?" she asked as she went to her new table.
"Well, you seem to just be...overeating and...it's not that healthy…" Mudsdale said, approaching her.
"Uh...you're talking about healthy, when you've been banging a retard for the past weeks?"
"Yeah, but I've actually stopped", Mudsdale replied, her eyes tightening in a glare. "You, on the other hand, have just continued to eat for no reason since the beginning…"
Togedemaru ignored her and just took a bite of a hamburger patty. She was already being annoyed by her.
"My stomach is a never-ending abyss that will never be filled…" Togedemaru replied. "I could say the same about your ass, but...that'd be rude since you've apparently stopped."
"Hey, I'm just trying to look out for you!" Mudsdale said. "Eating too much will cause you a lot of issues later on-"
Thunder boomed, startling them.
"Um...did you not hear me say never-ending abyss?" Togedemaru questioned, getting annoyed. "There's not gonna be any problems. Meanwhile, you could be pregnant right now."
Mudsdale growled. "You know what, fine. Eat yourself sick. I don't care anymore…"
"I never asked you to care…" Togedemaru replied as she watched Mudsdale exit. She huffed to herself, eating a bit of a jelly donut. "So much for convincing her…" she muttered. "Looks like I'll be asking Incineroar for help…"
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"I wanted to get rid of Incineroar, but Mudsdale decided to act like a dumbass and question things that didn't need to be questioned…" Togedemaru said. "I guess I'll have have to talk with Incineroar and convince him to vote for Mudsdale. She's fucked over previous challenges anyway…"
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"Another day, another moment of hanging out in here…" Lycanroc said, flopping on the edge of Oricorio's bed.
Hakamo-o giggled. "The fact that you destroyed part of her room and still feel comfortable is great…"
"Not to sound rude or have a twin, but why are always in my room, again?" Oricorio asked, landing on the headboard of her bed.
"Because Haka wants her room in one piece and my room is already in pieces…" Lycanroc replied. "Yours, thanks to me, is a good combination of the two."
"Pieces aren't really a good thing for me, maybe the seventh floor can be a source of glee…" Oricorio said, not wanting her room to be destroyed more if Lycanroc dozed off.
"Well, the seventh floor does have some good things…" said Lycanroc. "Well, technically just the video games…"
"Hey, the exercise equipment is good, too…" Hakamo-o said, folding her arms.
"Yeah...exercise isn't really my thing…" Lycanroc replied.
"Getting strong isn't your thing? That's weird to hear…" Hakamo-o said jokingly.
Lycanroc shrugged. "I'm not really one who cares for strength...just a good time."
"I assume that you both like my plan, so let's just go and-"
Thunder boomed and lightning crashed, causing the place to rumble a bit before the lights went out.
"Oh man…" Oricorio finished.
The lights came back on seconds later before turning right back off. It looked like a power outage.
"Well...this sucks…" said Lycanroc. "Let's just hurry up and get up there. Hopefully-"
"Lycanroc...the power's out. What makes you think that the elevators will work?" asked Hakamo-o.
"There are stairs, girl", Lycanroc, grabbing onto her shoulders. "We can still get up there…"
Hakamo-o rolled her eyes with a smile. "We're lucky that we still have a little bit of light from the-"
Suddenly, the lights turned back on, stopping her from finishing her statement. "Huh...that's queer…" she said as the thunder and lightning continued to make themselves known outside.
"Hey, who cares if it's weird. It's better than 'Hello darkness, my old friend'…" Lycanroc replied. Let's just get going…"
The three girls started heading out of Oricorio's room and toward the stairs. Even if the lights were on, they could still turn back off.
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Most of the girls in the Hall of Legends were in their Girls' Club, which was a new room made just for them to hang out and get away from the masculinity of the hall. Almost all of the girls were there, excluding the ones currently working on their shows. At the moment, the ones that were there, Latias, Zygarde, Suicune, Xerneas, Virizion, Kyogre, Azelf, Mesprit, Registeel, Articuno, Celebi, and Jirachi were watching the newbies' (a.k.a. Solgaleo and Lunala's) live-feed.
"I'm hoping that there's another girl winner here", said Articuno. "We have the numbers right now. That stupid Zorua didn't deserve to win on Keldeo's…"
"Don't even mention that bastard's name…" Suicune growled. "After all I've done for him, he starts fucking another male and I'm just supposed to let it go…"
"Aren't you fucking-"
"Don't even finish that. We're not fucking related…" Suicune said. "I don't know how many times we've got to explain that…"
"Well, let's just hope that another female does win. We don't need the guys to rub it in our faces more…" said Virizion.
"Uh...I'm a bit concerned about that weather…" Latias said, seeing the power go on and off for the contestants.
"Hey, let them deal with it…" said Celebi.
"Yeah, Mew and Victini made them do challenges in the rain…" said Jirachi. "Not that big a deal…"
"Lunala!" Latias exclaimed, ignoring the two girls' explanations. This made the other girls growl.
"Do you always have to care about people who willingly sign up for these piece of shit shows?" Kyogre asked, annoyed at the Eon Pokemon's calling.
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Lunala, who was awake at this time, heard her name being called and groaned. She was currently busy talking with Yveltal in his room, but she knew that the calling probably wasn't going to end until she addressed it.
She sighed. "I'll be back…" she told Yveltal, who groaned in annoyance as she teleported away.
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Lunala teleported into the Girls' Club with a scowl. "Yeah?"
"Uh...you realize that the weather on Akala Island is pretty bad right now, right?" asked Latias.
"Okay...and…?"
"Well, are you still doing your challenge tomorrow, because it's supposed to rain tomorrow, too…" Latias said.
"Yes…" said Lunala. "Nothing's wrong with a little rain. It actually adds realism to the show. Most shows just have bright, sunny days and no real other elements...making them look fake."
"Uh...if you say so…" said Latias.
Lunala promptly vanished.
"That accomplished nothing…" said Mesprit.
"Shut up…"
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Incineroar was sitting in a bean bag chair, staring at the television, which was currently producing static. The lights were all off due to the storm, so this was their only source of actual light.
"They're heeeeeeeeeere…" he said jokingly, expecting a response, from Bewear, who was lifting weights behind him. No response.
He groaned. "Can't you just amuse me? Just for once?"
"I don't know what you were talking about, though…" Bewear replied.
Incineroar stared at him. He seriously hadn't seen Poltergeist? He groaned and just turned back around grumpily with his arms folded.
As thunder boomed again, he jumped in fear, clutching onto the bean bag chair next to the one he was on. He growled, withdrawing his claws from the seat.
Suddenly, the door swung open, causing Incineroar to jump again before he realized that it was just Lycanroc, Hakamo-o, and Oricorio coming up the stairs. He sighed in relief.
Immediately upon seeing Incineroar, Lycanroc leapt at him playfully, much to his amusement. Sure, he was pretty much gunning for everyone now, but he liked Lycanroc's attitude and playfulness. She was just so cute.
"So, what have you boys been doing up here?" asked Hakamo-o, folding her arms. "Nothing, I presume…"
"What was your first clue?" Incineroar asked patronizingly. "The lack of light, the static on the TV, or the fact that I'm literally just sitting here?"
"Well Bewear seems to be doing fine, he's getting his muscles extra divine…." Oricorio said, seeing that the bear was still lifting his weights as he came over.
"That's good. We need all the strength in the world if we're gonna keep winning this game…" said Hakamo-o before deciding to have a bit of fun with Incineroar, as she saw and heard him growl.
"Hey, you don't know what the next challenge is gonna be, so don't be acting like you guys are hot shit…" Incineroar said with a glare.
"Oh I'm sorry, but last time I checked, we won three challenges in a row so far…" Hakamo-o said teasingly. "Thus, dwindling your team's number of players. And I'd be worried if I were you. There's two girls left on your team, and if they decide to take advantage of it...you're gone."
"Hey, if they're dumb enough to do that, then they deserve what happens to them, because they damn sure won't be winning…" Incineroar said chortling. "Besides, larger numbers don't always guarantee instant wins…"
"We'll have to see about that, now won't we?" Hakamo-o said with a playful sneer.
Lycanroc and Oricorio exchanged glances.
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"Okay...where did the sudden playfulness come from?" asked Lycanroc, giggling. "I like it. Let's see if she can actually have more fun and break out of the serious, take-no-prisoners attitude."
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Dhelmise was in his room, which was back to normal due to him fixing everything. You know, ghost stuff. He had his television on so that he could have a bit of light from the static, as the lights in his room weren't working right.
He was trying to think of more material to use against the others. By now everyone was tired of the gay jokes with Incineroar, and Mudsdale and Bewear were up in the air already. So, he needed more information.
Sure, he could always just bounce back from comments like he usually does, but that would get old and eventually people would stop insulting him all together due to predictability. The only new info that he got from anyone was Pyukumuku's depression. And depression jokes aren't necessarily funny, just cruel.
He was currently thinking of things to say and 'writing' them down on a pad. He had the names of others underlined with certain things to say under them.
"Hmm...so if he ever grabs me again, I can say…'Figures you like grabbing shafts'..." he said to himself. "Yeah, that's good. Then if he gets mad, I can do the hot pussy bit again…"
He chuckled to himself as he wrote those down with a pen by levitating it. Thunder boomed again as his lights flickered again.
"Hmm...as a counter to someone calling me sad, I can just say, 'Pyukumuku's life'", he said to himself. "A bit assholish, but Togedemaru tried to brush it off, so it can't be worse. And it's actually factual…"
He wrote down that joke as well, but was now drawing a blank. "Hmm...what else is there? Mudsdale's probably still aching from all of those times with Bewear, even though she's supposedly 'over him' now. I could use that…"
He came up with a few more jokes before finally thinking of nothing else; he started floating out of his room to see if interacting directly with others would give him more material.
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Mudsdale was heading to the seventh floor, not to check on Bewear, just to chill since she didn't want to just stay in her room alone while a storm was happening. Like the other girls, she didn't trust the elevators, so she was taking the stairs. Her over one ton body had been considered in everything for the hotel, so she was lucky that nothing broke on her.
She made it to the top, flinching every so often at the random thunder booming. She eventually made it to the room, where she saw Bewear, as usual, lifting weights.
Incineroar, surprisingly, was talking to the other girls on the opposite team. She hadn't really considered interacting with them that much, as she usually had Gumshoos or Bewear. Now that Gumshoos was gone and she was done with Bewear, she needed some female interaction that WASN'T from Togedemaru. They were sitting in a circle as well, gaining her attention more.
"Uh...what are you guys doing?" she asked.
"Never have I ever…" Lycanroc said.
"Unfortunately…" Hakamo-o muttered. This was the result of her teasing, and now she was regretting it.
"Oh, well...can I join in?" she asked before thunder boomed again and lightning flashed as the emergency door finally closed. "I don't really have anyone else to talk to…"
"Sure. The more the merrier", said Oricorio. "Bewear are you sure that you're not gonna marry her?"
"I'm sure..." Bewear said boldly, noticing Mudsdale's glare. "I dunno how that even came up…"
"We're done with the 'coupling'", said Mudsdale. "The trap in the last challenge helped me realize that that bastard was controlling me with sex…"
"She says despite being the one all over me…" Bewear spoke up, while still lifting his weights.
"YOU KNEW HOW I'D GET, PRICK!" Mudsdale exclaimed angrily, making Bewear roll his eyes.
"Wow...that's the most emotion I've seen out of him…" Incineroar said, chuckling.
Mudsdale huffed before paying attention to the circle again. "So, have I missed anything good?"
"Not really…" said Lycanroc. "We're just about to start when you came up here…"
"Well, she can take my place…" said Hakamo-o, starting to rise up. "I don't wanna play anyway. I'd rather just lift weights…"
"Oh come on, Haka…"
"Nope…" she replied adamantly as she walked towards the weights.
Lycanroc sighed and rolled her eyes before turning her attention back to the group. "Fine...spoil sport. So, who wants to go first?"
"Wait, so what's the point of the game?" Incineroar asked, having never played this before.
"Well, it's usually a drinking game at parties, but we don't really have anything, so it's just gonna be a get-to-know-more game. I say 'never have I ever' , and then whatever I say after, if you've done it, you'd have to drink, but like I said we don't have any drinks."
"Uh...can I get an example?" asked Incineroar.
"Uh, okay…" said Lycanroc. "Never have I ever...gone on a date with someone for money…"
The storm was no longer frightening or distracting any of them, either, so things began going by smoother. Oricorio and Mudsdale exchanged glances, while Incineroar still looked perplexed.
"Wait...so you DID go on a date with someone for money?"
"No…" said Lycanroc, facepalming. "You say something that people either think you yourself did or something that they might have done, then whoever did do it, say it…"
"...Why do I get the feeling that you're just gonna get personal and sexual?" asked Incineroar, seeing a glint in her eye.
"Come on, that's the fun of the game!" Lycanroc said enthusiastically. "It'll be boring just saying the generic stuff…"
"I'm not trying to expose my dirty laundry any more…" said Incineroar as he rose up. "Sorry…"
Lycanroc sighed. "Alright fine", she said, getting up as well. "What do you suppose we do, then?"
"I don't know, but I don't want to say anything too provocative. It'll get me riled up and I'm trying to keep my mind focused on the competition…" Incineroar explained as the storm continued making its presence known.
"Why don't we just play the quiet game?" asked Hakamo-o as she lifted a couple of dumbbells. "If you talk or make any noise before the storm calms the fuck down...you lose."
"So, the Sound of Silence, the game, pretty much?" Mudsdale said, raising a brow. "No thanks. I'd rather just go back down to my room if nothing's gonna happen up here…"
"Nothing's gonna happen down there either, woman…" Bewear said with a deadpan tone. "You're better off with company. You know you hate being alone when the weather's shit…"
Mudsdale, who was on her way out of the emergency door, growled. He was right, but she didn't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing. Nevertheless, she re-entered the room and sat down, passing him an annoyed expression.
"...You sure you two are done with each other?" asked Oricorio. "Because it still seems like you care for one another…"
"No", they said simultaneously.
"Which means yes…" Lycanroc whispered to Incineroar, who chuckled.
"So, quiet game?"
"No", all of them said at the same time, making Hakamo-o groan. Maybe she should have just stayed in her own room alone. She wasn't really bothered by the storm after all.
"Why would we stay quiet?" asked Incineroar. "So you can just listen to the storm and nothing else?"
Hakamo-o didn't respond; she just continued lifting her weights. They all remained in silence, despite not wanting to, for the next twenty minutes. They didn't have much to talk about and they weren't too concerned about what Pyukumuku, Dhelmise, or Togedemaru were doing.
Suddenly, Lycanroc yawned before rubbing her eyes. "Arceus dammit, will someone start a conversation or something? I'm starting to get tired…" she said, lying against Incineroar's warm chest.
"Well I suggest you get away from Incineroar before you tear him apart…" Hakamo-o said jokingly as she decided to stop lifting for a while and just sat down against the wall.
"Hardy-har-har…" Lycanroc replied before nuzzling more into his chest with a sigh. The tiger chuckled at this.
"Well...uh...what about the shows that we've all seen? Discussing strategies can't be that mean…" Oricorio said.
"Okay, are you doing the rhyming thing on purpose, or is it an impulse thing?" asked Mudsdale. "It's kinda getting annoying…"
Oricorio didn't reply as the thunder boomed.
"I'm taking a nap…" Incineroar said as he lied back a bit on the bean bag chair, letting Lycanroc stay against him.
"Hell, if there's nothing to do or say, we all might as well just sleep…" said Hakamo-o. "It'll pretty much just be the quiet game."
"Yes...at like 7 something…" Mudsdale replied. "That's an acceptable time to sleep for almost grown people…"
"Hey, there's a conversation topic", said Lycanroc. "How old is everyone here? I'm 19…"
"21…" Incineroar stated. "I told you already…"
"19", Mudsdale stated.
"19", Oricorio said.
Everyone turned to Hakamo-o and Bewear.
"19…" Bewear said, finally.
Hakamo-o groaned. "20…" she said, folding her arms. "There. Now that conversation's done."
"Birthdays?"
Hakamo-o facepalmed.
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"I consider Lycanroc a friend, but I wish she'd learn to leave well enough alone…" Hakamo-o explained.
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6 hours passed
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Everyone on the seventh floor had fallen asleep, aside from Bewear, who had decided to move on to the elliptical machines. He felt that his arms' strength was back and even better than it was, and decided to work on his legs.
The others had fallen asleep about an hour or so prior at the same time the storm subsided. He left the lights and TV off to allow them to continue sleeping.
It was approaching 1:15 AM and he was growing a bit tired himself. After about twenty more minutes, he joined the group and curled up, falling asleep with them.
Dhelmise, who had been invisible, saw and heard everything they talked about. Now, he had more than enough material to work with.
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Dhelmise yawned. "That storm was the best thing to happen here so far. Information galore!"
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At 12:24 PM, everyone who had fallen asleep started to wake up, with Pyukumuku being one of the only ones up and awake in the vicinity. He wasn't even there with them the night prior.
"Ugh…" Hakamo-o groaned, rubbing her head before realizing that she wasn't in her bed. "Did I...did we just-"
She looked over and saw that the others were starting to get up. She groaned to herself. "We did…"
Lycanroc yawned with a slight whine coming out with it. She noticed that she was still lying against Incineroar's chest and blushed slightly before sitting up and brushing her mane slightly.
She then realized that she hadn't hacked at anything at the room was still in good condition. She was surprised.
"Why'd you all sleep up here?" asked Pyukumuku.
Mudsdale yawned as she got up. We came here because of the storm, and I guess we all ended up falling asleep at some point.
Bewear groaned as he lied on the ground face down before slowly getting up. Oricorio chirped a bit. "What time is it, if I may ask? I need to do my daily task…"
"It's almost 12:30…" Pyukumuu revealed.
"WHAT!?" they all exclaimed.
"Jeez...we slept a long time…" said Lycanroc as she started shaking Incineroar to wake him up.
"I'm gonna go get something to eat…" Hakamo-o said as she started heading to the elevator. "Hopefully Togedemaru hasn't eaten everything…"
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Togedemaru was snoring while halfway inside of an empty tub of ice cream. Not everything in the buffet area was gone, but most of it was.
Dhelmise floated into the buffet area for an afternoon snack and saw the carnage. Almost everything was gone and Togedemaru was passed out in an empty tub of ice cream.
He twitched. "REALLY!?"
His sudden bluster startled Togedemaru awake as her spikes rose, puncturing the tub of ice cream she was halfway inside of. Now it was stuck.
"DAMN IT! DHELMISE!" Togedemaru exclaimed.
"What is wrong with you!?" the seaweed exclaimed in retaliation. "Why did you eat all of the food?! HOW did you eat it all?!"
"Hey, during thunderstorms, I eat a lot", she explained. "It sounds nonsensical, but deal with it…"
"DEAL WITH IT!?" Dhelmise exclaimed. "What're we supposed to eat?!"
"Shoulda gotten here sooner. Not my problem…" Togedemaru said, still trying to get the tub off of herself. "Now...can you get this dumb tub off?"
"Not my problem…" Dhelmise retorted as he floated out of the buffet area, leaving Togedemaru alone.
"DAMN YOU!" she shouted as she heard the doors close.
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A few of the others were heading to the buffet area when then saw Dhelmise floating past. Seeing this, he smiled to himself, though it was mainly due to all of the personal information he procured last night. Luckily he didn't have a visible face.
"You guys headed to the buffet area?" he asked.
"Duh...it's the only room that's in this direction…" Hakamo-o replied, folding her arms.
"Well, you won't be eating anything considering tub girl in there ate everything…"
"WHAT?!" Mudsdale exclaimed.
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The two of them entered the area to see Togedemaru still struggling to get the empty ice cream tub off of her head. She growled before using Thunder, finally freeing herself by frying the tub off. Melted ice cream dripped down her head, which she licked off when it reached her mouth.
"Great...now I need a shower…" she said, looking herself.
"TOGEDEMARU!" she heard. She turned to them and saw Mudsdale and Hakamo-o glaring at her. She groaned and rolled her eyes. "Don't start. The chefs will make more later…"
She started heading out of the room, uncaring about how they'd cope in the meantime.
Both girls growled.
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"Okay...if I talk to Incineroar. Maybe I can convince him to vote for Togedemaru with me…" Mudsdale reasoned.
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"What do you mean she ate all of the food?!" Incineroar roared as he and Lycanroc had come down to get something to eat as well, only to be told by Hakamo-o that Togedemaru ate everything. Oricorio went to her room, while Pyukumuku and Bewear remained on the top floor, so it didn't really matter to them at the time. "Someone that small shouldn't be able to everything in sight!"
"Well she did...now we have to wait until five for more food!" Hakamo-o exclaimed.
"I thought that it was just automatic…" Lycanroc said, confusedly.
"Apparently not…" she responded angrily. "They have paid chefs who cook everything fresh and keep everything fresh with heaters and they only cook at certain times, so we're practically fucked in the meantime…"
"So there aren't even any snacks left?"
"No. Mudsdale and I checked there as well…." Hakamo-o replied.
"Great...the gluttonous bitch has royally screwed us…" Incineroar growled. "I oughta go in her room and eat her ass…"
The girls gave him looks. Hakamo-o gave one of displeasure, while Lycanroc gave him a suggestive one.
"Wait, that came out wrong…"
"No...it came out the right way. It's just how some people take it…" Hakamo-o said before her stomach rumbled. She growled.
Lycanroc giggled. "Hey, it was a funny thing to say, you have to admit…"
Hakamo-o sighed. "I'm going to my room. If I can't anything until five, I might as well nap or watch TV to kill time…"
"You could always just chill with the rest of us…" said Lycanroc, hopping onto Incineroar's back. "It's fun up there, you can't lie and say that it's not…"
"Okay...what if it's not a lie?" asked Hakamo-o. "Just sitting around talking about topics that don't interest me isn't fun to me…"
"And what is fun to you, exactly?" Incineroar asked curiously, folding his arms. "Because you don't ever seem to have a smile on your face at any time…"
"Hey, I smile sometimes!"
"Not often…" Incineroar retorted. "No matter where you go or what we do, you have the same frown or nonchalant expression. And when you do smile, it's just because you've won a challenge…"
"Actually, I can vouch that she giggles and smiles around me and Oricorio. Not all the time, but it happens…" Lycanroc countered.
"Huh, well congrats, you have actual emotions…" Incineroar said condescendingly. "But you need to learn how to have a good time, because if you keep this pissy attitude, you're not gonna make it that far…"
"Is that a threat?"
Incineroar gave her a look. "Seriously? I'm literally trying to give you advance and you think I'm threatening you? You have serious issues…"
And with that, he started walking back toward the elevators, with Lycanroc hopping off of his back as he did.
The wolf turned to her friend, who wore the frown that Incineroar spoke of. Lycanroc sighed. "Haka. You were doing well. Actually coming to the beach with us, interacting with others, albeit slightly, you were cutting loose a bit. Why are you getting back so serious?"
"Lycanroc, I literally have nothing in common with anyone here. Why would I want to interact with them if I know damn well that they won't get me…?" she asked.
"That's because you kept yourself sheltered from everyone around you at your home; you just trained and nothing else. All because you were a girl that lost battles against other boys and got made fun of for it!" Lycanroc exclaimed. "You're just a tomboy! And guys at young ages am are gonna be immature fuckheads. You practically just shielded yourself from any fun you could have had because of what they thought of you and now you don't even know what to do. Now am I right or wrong?"
Hakamo-o rubbed an arm sheepishly. She hit the proverbial nail on the head; it sounded just like her life. Hakamo-o looked down in response and sighed.
Taking this as a yes, Lycanroc walked to her side and wrapped an arm around her. "You need to learn to let go. It's great that you're serious, but you don't have to be it all the time…"
Hakamo-o didn't reply and just continued looking down.
000
"The thing is that I don't ever know what to talk about anymore or I never find the same things amusing as others…" Hakamo-o explained. "I can't just change my humor and suddenly acquire knowledge about what they may talk about."
"I think I'll be fine just the way I am. I may be able to tweak myself just a bit and tone the seriousness down, but nothing much is gonna change."
000
Oricorio popped her back after hopping out of the shower. She shook her feathers a bit dry before wrapping herself in a towel.
She looked at herself in the mirror and saw her yellow face in her Pom-Pom Style. She looked to the side, grabbing one of her nectar charms. She grabbed the pink one and took a sip, changing her color and feathers.
She sighed. "Alright, Pa'u Style is all done. Just need to preen myself and I'll be fine…" she said, taking out a beak-like brush from one of the drawers. She started brushing her waist and head feathers before stopping. She sighed to herself. "Much better...the rhyming was annoying the hell out of me…"
She went back into her main room, which was still partially wrecked, and sighed to herself. "Note to self, keep Lycanroc from sleeping in here."
Now that she was getting close to the merge and the other team was losing players, Oricorio was starting to get extremely confident, but also nervous. She was happy that the amount of people was dwindling, but out of everyone who was eliminated, the only one who actually posed any kind of threat, to her, was Passimian. The others were just fodder, which made her groan.
She actually had good competition here, which wasn't good for her chances if she wanted to win. She'd need to weed them out somehow. There was a fair amount of threats on each team. Hakamo-o and Bewear on her team, and Incineroar and Mudsdale on the other.
Lycanroc was a friend, but she wasn't really a 'threat', well when she was awake anyway. Pyukumuku posed absolutely no threat given his personality. Dhelmise was just a prick, and Togedemaru was a fatass. Nothing to worry about at all there, so she'd have to try and ensure that they stay in.
She wasn't going to resort to cheating or anything, she was just gonna have to do a good amount of convincing.
"Hmm...actually…" she started. "Maybe I should keep Hakamo-o in longer; I like hanging out with her and Lycanroc….damn it! Friendship makes everything so difficult to do!"
She sighed to herself. "Okay, maybe if we lose tonight's challenge, I can convince the girls to get rid of Bewear due to his probable future performance…"
000
"I need to win this...I DESERVE to win this. Passimian's the only threat gone so far, and it's fucking irritating and making me anxious!" Oricorio exclaimed. "Bewear's gonna need to go next. He just needs to…"
000
Entei...get out of my room!" Solgaleo exclaimed as Entei lied on the larger lion's bed.
"No thanks...I actually like it in here…" Entei replied, crawling up to him.
"WHY?!" Solgaleo questioned. "It's a standard fucking room! I barely even have anything in here other than a space poster!"
"Well...you're in here...that's something~" Entei said flirtatiously.
"Haven't you had sex with Raikou and Suicune already? And that one time with Heatran and Terrakion?" Solgaleo questioned, not enjoying the Volcano Pokemon's company.
"Yeah, so?" he asked, getting closer. "It wasn't anything major…"
"Uh...I don't see why're coming onto me so hard!" he exclaimed as he got off of his large bed and started heading out. Maybe he could get him away in the presence of other guys.
"Well...that cute butt of yours is one point…" he purred. "And the fact that you completely dominated me after our bet~"
"That was exactly it, though. A BET", Solgaleo shouted as he exited his room, with Entei running after him.
"Maybe...but I still loved it~"
Solgaleo groaned. "Fuck my life…why can't it just be 6:00 PM already!?" he thought to himself upon looking at a clock, which . Suddenly, he gained an idea.
He looked down at Entei from the corner of his eye before starting to run. Seeing this, Entei purred with a smile. "And the chase starts again…" he said, licking his lips before chasing after the larger feline
-000-
Solgaleo rushed to a door that was a blue and silver in color and started banging on it desperately. "DIALGA!"
He got no response, and he heard pawsteps heading in his direction. "Crap!"
He rushed away from the Temporal Pokemon's door and headed toward Palkia's door. He started banging on it as well. "PALKIA! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!"
After a few seconds of tapping his front paws impatiently, the door opened slightly just as Entei caught up with him.
Solgaleo rushed inside and shut the door, sitting against it. He sighed in relief. "I know you're in there big boy. You're not that good at hiding~"
Solgaleo shuddered. "Fuck my life…"
"So...are you gonna explain why you're here or…"
Solgaleo opened his eyes and saw Palkia sitting in his rolling chair with his arms folded. "Oh, right…do you know where Dialga is?"
"Girls' Club…" he said simply. "Why, exactly?"
"I'm trying to speed today up. I'm bored and Lunala has to host the next challenge…" he explained.
"Uh...okay…" Palkia said. "Why not just watch TV with the other guys in the living room until six? They're doing some kind of movie marathon anyway…"
"Oh…" Solgaleo started. "Didn't know that. Well, never mind for the suggestion…"
"Uh huh…" said Palkia, rolling his eyes.
"Soooool~"
"Oh Arceus why…" Solgaleo groaned. "Well, I'm glad I can teleport at least…"
Entei started banging on the door. "PALKIA! YOU'D BETTER NOT BE DOING ANYTHING WITH HIM!"
"YOU KNOW I'M STRAIGHT!" Palkia shouted back. "Just get out of here…" he told Solgaleo.
Solgaleo teleported out of his room as his door opened. Entei saw that he was gone and growled. "Where is he?"
"Somewhere…" Palkia responded vaguely, turning back to his computer. "And if you try anything, you know the results…"
Entei growled before running back out of the room. Palkia shook his head in disapproval.
000
5 hours later
000
Solgaleo groggily made his way to his room. It was 6:11, eleven minutes past his scheduled rest time. He entered his room and saw Entei lying on his bed with a smile. He twitched.
"OUT!"
000
Lunala had woken up at exactly 6 o'clock, much to her chagrin, and teleported to the hotel. "CONTESTANTS! COME ON DOWN TO THE LOBBY! IT'S CHALLENGE TIME!" she shouted over the microphone on the front desk.
She yawned to herself as she floated to the doors and floated there, waiting for them to come down.
-000-
"Great...just when we actually get to eat…" said Hakamo-o as she and the others who went back to the buffet area continued to eat.
"Well, if we end up losing tonight's challenge, we won't have to worry about that anymore…" Mudsdale said. "Out of the three of us left on the team, Togedemaru's the most expendable anyway…"
In the doorway, Togedemaru heard what the Draft Horse said and smiled to herself. "Yeah...sure I am…"
"CONTESTANTS! BRING YOUR BUTTS DOWN HERE!"
Upon hearing that, Togedemaru started heading to the elevators as the others put their plates away.
000
"If Mudsdale's gonna try to get rid of me, it's only fair that I get rid of her, right? Right…" Togedemaru asked rhetorically.
000
After a while, the nine remaining competitors made it down.
"About time. What took you so long?"
"Blame the rat", Dhelmise said, gesturing to Togedemaru. "Her greedy, fat ass ate all of the food and your chefs had to make a bunch more; we had to wait for more hours…"
"Dang it, Togedemaru! We pay them by how much you all eat! You're not supposed to eat every single thing! That's more we have to pay for, now!"
"Food is good", Togedemaru replied simply, not showing any remorse.
Lunala groaned. "Let's just head to your next location for the challenge…"
Lunala started floating out of the hotel, and the contestants started following her out. Upon stepping outside, the contestants felt an intense, cold breeze, signifying that it was going to rain again.
"Uh...it's supposed to rain again tonight", Pyukumuku spoke up.
"Wait, what?!" Hakamo-o exclaimed. "I don't wanna be caught in the rain!"
"Calm down. You all will be fine", Lunala replied. "Where we're going, you'll have some cover."
"Oh joy…that makes it soo much better…" Togedemaru replied, rolling her eyes as they all continued walking.
000
The contestants all made their way to Route 7, shivering from the cold breezes. They felt intense heat radiating from the west, where Wela Volcano Park was located, so a few of them stood closer to that area.
"Alright. Welcome to the main site for tonight's challenges!" Lunala announced, entering Full Moon Phase due to the gloominess of the day due to the clouds and the fact that it was night time. "The first challenge will be held in Wela Volcano Park, the second will be on the eastern part of this route", she explained, gesturing to the small, beachy area to the left of the route.
"Well, at least it's warm in the park. We'll actually have some comfort for a while until the challenge is over…" Mudsdale commented.
"Now, let's head up to the peak", said Lunala. "Be careful of the wild Pokemon, though…" she said, leading the way.
-000-
"I never understood why some Pokemon are able to be feral and others are able to talk and be normal like us…" Oricorio said.
"They don't want to, so they don't learn. They're able to, they just choose not to…" Lunala replied. "At least that's what Arceus said…"
"Oh, well if 'God' said it, it's definitely true…" Dhelmise said in a snarky tone.
Immediately, a brick fell on his head. Since he wasn't prepared, he couldn't get out of the way like he usually would.
"HA!" Incineroar gloated.
"What the hell was that!?" he exclaimed.
"Yeah, that happens…" Lunala replied. "Arceus watches the live feed sometimes and hates when people insult her in a way. She drops bricks when they do…"
"Gee, thanks for the heads up…"
"You're welcome…" Lunala replied. "Now, pick up the pace…"
-000-
They all made it to the top of the volcano and saw a slope leading to a platform area. An Alolan Marowak and a Salazzle were seen standing there in wait.
Hakamo-o growled to herself upon seeing a Salazzle. The Passimian situation replayed in her mind, irritating her.
"And here we go…" said Lunala, approaching them. "Marowak, Salazzle, how are you two doing?"
"Fine…" the Marowak replied, its voice indicating that it was a male.
"Indeed…" the Salazzle said, one hand on her hip as she waved with the other.
"Hey, aren't you the same Salazzle that was in the Shady House challenge?" asked Togedemaru, noticing a familiar leopard print tattoo on its right thigh.
The Salazzle giggled. "I'm surprised that you remember me…"
"Hard to forget when you're having sex in a bed next to me…" Togedemaru said with an unamused tone and look.
"Yes, it's hard to forget you as well, you used some time of Electric-type move on me and stole back your team's Metal Coat…" she replied.
Mudsdale and Incineroar's eyes widened, as did Togedemaru's.
"I-I'm sorry…" Incineroar started, chuckling a bit angrily. "Could you repeat that? She did what now?"
"After the boy toy I used was knocked out, she got up and attacked me so that she could get the Metal Coat back…"
The tiger and horse glared down at the rodent. "So...you got back the Metal Coat, but you DIDN'T FUCKING SHOW IT?!"
"In my defense, we still would have lost!" Togedemaru replied.
"YOU FUCKI-"
"ENOUGH!" Lunala exclaimed, regaining their attention. "Now is not the time to complain about what happened in a previous challenge. Especially one that I didn't even host, so keep your heads focused on TONIGHT'S challenge. Okay? Good…"
Incineroar and Mudsdale both growled as the wind suddenly started kicking up and drops of water started falling from the sky.
"Oh for fuck's sake…" Hakamo-o groaned as a few of the others tried covering their heads.
"Don't worry…" Lunala said. Her body glowed a bit brighter and a large barrier covered the entire area they were standing in.
Lycanroc saw the water hit the barrier and start sliding down the sides. "Nice…"
"Now, about tonight's first challenge…" Lunala started. "Tonight, you all will be dancing…"
Oricorio's eyes sparkled upon hearing that.
000
"YES! I finally have a chance to prove my worth and strut my stuff…" Oricorio said, posing in front of the camera.
000
"There will be a short dancing competition between the guys and the girls, so Marowak and Salazzle are going to be helping you all because I'm sure that some of you can't dance worth shit…" Lunala explained.
"Some of us have nothing that allows us to, thank you very much!" Dhelmise replied.
"Wait, so Marowak is taking all of us guys and Salazzle all of us girls?" asked Mudsdale. "How is that gonna be fair?"
"You all can come up with your own dance moves…" Lunala explained. "They're just going to be giving you pointers…"
"Who's gonna judge the competition?" asked Incineroar, his arms folded.
"You'll find that out later…" said Lunala.
"Okay...now where the hell are we supposed to go so these two can train us?" asked Dhelmise.
"You're still going to be on the mountain. The barrier will be expanded…" Lunala said with a glare. "Girls stay up here, guys go with Marowak…"
"Follow me, boys, you shall learn how to dance with one of the best…" he said, twirling his bone as he walked down the slope.
"Oh joy…" Dhelmise said sarcastically as he and the other guys followed.
000
"Considering that one of the girls I stayed with before meeting back up with my man had a stripper pole that I used when she was at work, I think I would've been better off with the other girls…" Incineroar explained. "But, I guess we'll see how this goes…"
000
With the guys gone, the remaining five girls stood in front of the Salazzle.
"Alright ladies-"
"Why did you fuck Passimian?" Hakamo-o asked abruptly.
"Haka!" Lycanroc exclaimed, shocked at her sudden interruption. "Lunala said to focus on THIS challenge!"
"I'd just like to know what gives her the right. Aren't you way older than him?" she asked, glaring daggers at the lizard.
Salazzle giggled, surprising the girls, but angering Hakamo-o mostly.
"What's fucking funny!?"
"The fact that I didn't even have sex with him…" she replied.
Suddenly, all of the girls looked confused. There was a bit of silence for a while.
"Bullshit", Togedemaru replied. "I was right next to you two and I heard everything!"
"Correct, you heard everything…" she replied. "I kissed him, sure, but I didn't really do anything. He picked me up and threw me on the bed, but when we got under the covers, I just released a lot of pheromones and knocked him out. Then I just kept the bed bouncing for a while and got him sweaty from a bit of heat. Easy peezy…"
"So...he never slept with you?"
"Of course not!" Salazzle giggled. "Kiss, yes. Sex, no. Now, can I move on to teaching you girls?"
Hakamo-o rubbed her arm sheepishly, growling to herself.
000
"THAT DUMBASS!" Hakamo-o exclaimed.
000
"Alright guys, can any of you do this?" Marowak said as he suddenly broke into a perfect split, his bone raised, making them all gape.
"Does it look like I have any type of capacity to be able to do that?" Dhelmise asked annoyedly.
"No, which is why I don't expect you to be the one who represents your team…" Marowak replied, still in the split position. "You and the sea cucumber lack the sufficient amount of limbs to participate. Bear and tiger on the other hand...you two have all the correct limbs. So…" he said, standing up.
"Try this…HUWAH!" he exclaimed, dropping into a split again.
Bewear's ears wiggled and he put a paw to his mouth, unsure about if he could do that or not. Incineroar, on the other hand-
"HUWAH!" Incineroar exclaimed as he easily broke into a split with a smile.
Bewear and Pyukumuku both gaped, while Dhelmise didn't look surprised at all. "You know, I'm not at all surprised that you're able to do that…"
"FUCK YOU!"
"Very very impressive tiger-man…" Marowak said, still in the split position. "Bear man, now you try…"
"Uh...I'm unsure…"
"Just do it Bewear. You're the only one who can dance out of the three of us…" said Dhelmise. "And the fact that you're going against a gay, flexible cat, you're gonna need to get over some insecurities…"
Incineroar growled before trying to blast him with a Flamethrower, only for him to dodge.
"Bear man…" Marowak repeated.
Bewear groaned.
"You can do it Bewear!" Pyukumuku encouraged.
"I'm about to injure my crotch", Bewear said stoically. "You're not helping…"
"Sorry…"
Bewear sighed as he slowly sat down with his legs spread far apart. He whimpered as he continued sliding his legs apart. Incineroar smirked to himself as the bear struggled.
Soon enough, he spread his legs as far as he could and just stayed in a position to where his back leg was bent a bit.
"Hmm...good enough…" Marowak said, rising to his feet. "Now, this was just a test of your flexibility, so I can see what you guys may be able to handle. And from this, I can see that one of you is much more capable than the other…"
Incineroar got back onto his feet easily with a smile, while Bewear slowly got up, groaning from the newfound soreness in his crotch area.
"Of course one's more capable than the other, one gets fucked, and the other fucks others…"
"I swear to Arceus that I will destroy you!" Incineroar roared as Bewear held him back with one arm.
"Hey, where's his brick!?" Dhelmise exclaimed, as Incineroar mentioned Arceus' name. A brick hit landed on his head instead. "DAMN IT!"
Marowak held his head. "This is going to be a long while…"
000
"Alright girls, we've got the start up down, now it's time for you to let your body do the talking…" Salazzle explained as a few of the girls already looked tired. The only one not tired was Oricorio. She was literally born for this.
"What do you mean let your body do the talking?" asked Mudsdale. "What are we even saying?"
Salazzle giggled. "Sometimes, dancing symbolizes something. Whether it be just for fun, an inspirational dance, a praise dance, or even just a seductive dance, you're trying to make your audience feel a certain way while watching."
"What? Horny?" Togedemaru asked, deadpanned.
"That's only if you're in a good relationship with someone", Salazzle replied. "But, you can still do it if you please. I'm not sure who the judges Lunala is going to bring are, but I'll just say this. If you have a slender figure, and you the judges are male, try to appeal to them the most because they'll most certainly give you high scores…"
"Finally, something that I actually expect to hear from a Salazzle!" Togedemaru said.
Salazzle rolled her eyes. "We're not all sexual deviants…" she explained. "But, like I said, try to get on the guys' good sides. They always think with the head between their legs when it comes to girls…"
"Okay, so what are me and Togedemaru supposed to do with our 'chunky' bodies?" Mudsdale queried, taking a bit of offense at the fact that Salazzle only mentioned the 'slender' bodied girls getting attention. The girls on the Solgaleos all fit the category of 'slender', but she and Togedemaru didn't.
"Some guys like chunky, too. Don't think I'm discouraging you two", Salazzle said. "There are just more males that prefer slenderness."
"Hell, I don't give a fuck about relationships or what guys think of me anyway, so I don't care…" Togedemaru replied.
"We can tell by your eating habits…" Hakamo-o mumbled to herself.
"What was that!?"
"Ugh...we don't have time to argue!" Oricorio exclaimed. "We're here to dance, so let's...just...dance…"
"Yeah, we really are getting distracted by conversation...and I'm usually the one that causes the distraction!" Lycanroc added.
"Okay", Salazzle said, wanting to get back on track as well. She was getting payed by the minute anyway. "Now, here's a tip. Try to shake your hips as much as you can for the full effect", she said as she started demonstrating.
As she danced, she moved her hips from side to side while rubbing down her sides. Hakamo-o blushed and turned away and Togedemaru rolled her eyes, while Lycanroc, Oricorio, and Mudsdale watched on in interest. Oricorio, in the back of her head, was groaning at this display, but she decided to leave it be.
"This type of dancing will ensure that the guys have your attention…" Salazzle explained as she stopped.
"I'm sorry, but if this is going to be a competition, shouldn't you be actually teaching us more dance moves, because at the moment you just seem to be interested in giving us tips on getting into a male's perverted mind so that they give us free points…" Oricorio said, folding her arms.
Lycanroc and Hakamo-o both gave her looks as if she was crazy.
"Uh...Ori...giving us tips is a GOOD thing…" Lycanroc said, thinking that Oricorio had lost her mind. "Why are you complaining?
"Well I'm sorry, but when it comes to dancing, I happen to actually take it seriously. I'd rather impress the judges with actual skill. Not just because I'm shaking my ass to turn them on…"
Salazzle giggled. "I expected this kind of response from you. Every Oricorio I come across gives me the same talk about how I'm not really dancing and just shake my ass in guys' faces…"
"I can actually dance in a variety of styles…" she continued.
"Then let's see it…" Oricorio challenged, causing the other girls to groan.
"Oricorio...we don't have time to-"
"It's okay girls", Salazzle interrupted. "I'll handle her little request and we can get back to ACTUALLY practicing and learning, okay?"
The girls exchanged looks for sighing in defeat and sitting down, leaving Oricorio and Salazzle as the only ones standing,
"Do the macarena…" Oricorio demanded.
000
Marowak was currently spinning on his head before spinning on his back and ending with a one-handed handstand. Seeing that, Bewear twitched.
"Okay, show me what you can do…" Marowak said, sitting back down.
Incineroar and Bewear exchanged looks before looking back at the Marowak. Incineroar didn't want to chance Dhelmise saying anything else to him, but also didn't want to just stand there. He was going to have to take the chance.
He closed his eyes to avoid looks and started tapping his left foot. He swung his hips back and forth before starting to dance as if he was in a club. He was dropping down and shaking his butt. As he continued, Dhelmise had to stifle his laugh. He couldn't hold it for much longer though, and laughed his ass off, causing Incineroar to growl and just stop.
"Well, now we know if I hadn't ever figured you out, I'd end up finding out this way", he chortled, while Bewear and Pyukumuku exchanged looks.
"Enough anchorman", Marowak said before using Flame Burst, hitting Dhelmise and stopping his laughter. "Let him be himself. He's got more courage than you…"
"Um...I'm not sure how popping, locking, and dropping is synonymous to being yourself, mister…" Dhelmise replied, a bit burned from the Flame Burst. "Plus I don't even have anything to shimmy and shake, so the courage argument is out the window."
Marowak just blinked in response before turning to Bewear. "Bear-man, it is your turn…"
Bewear stared at him blankly. "I don't have any dance moves."
"Try", Marowak responded. "Don't put yourself down just yet. It's too early on…"
"...Okay…" Bewear said. "Uh…"
He started trying to mimic what Incineroar was doing earlier, making the tiger cover his mouth to keep himself from laughing. Then it reoccurred to him that Bewear was mimicking his moves. His smile turned to a frown and he growled to himself.
"Okay okay, you're just copying tiger-man. You need your OWN moves…"
Bewear stared at him in silence, causing Marowak to sweatdrop. "Okay...I will have to work hard with you to ensure that you do not completely embarrass yourself."
"Wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing…" Incineroar muttered to himself before realizing what he said. "Hey! That's not fair! Why does he get special training?!"
"You are still here. You'd be able to see…"
Incineroar muttered something incoherent to himself, folding his arms.
"10 minutes left guys…" Lunala said, appearing and disappearing.
"WHAT?!" Dhelmise exclaimed. "That's not-"
000
"Hmm...I guess you're good…" Oricorio said after fifteen whole minutes.
"You guess?" asked Togedemaru. "She perfectly did every fucking dance you called out! Just because she's got quote-unquote sex appeal doesn't mean that she can't dance. She's supposed to be training you all for a reason…"
Oricorio rolled her eyes as the Salazzle stood there with a sneer, having completed each dance. "Can I continue teaching now? Or are there more objections?"
"10 minutes…" Lunala said as she briefly appeared and disappeared.
The girls all glared at Oricorio, who groaned. "Fine…"
"Good…" Salazzle said. "Now, are there any specific styles of dance that you girls want to learn?"
"I have a feeling that it's going to be a one v one for each gender, so I volunteer L-"
"I'll be taking the spot for our team…" Oricorio interrupted.
"What?" Hakamo-o and Lycanroc questioned.
"Girls, I'm trying to be a choreographer. If this...seductive wench thinks that she'll teach me something new. Who am I to judge? She did all of the correct dances I names, anyway," Oricorio explained.
The girls exchanged glances before Hakamo-o sighed. "Fine."
"Good luck~" Lycanroc said, smiling a bit.
Oricorio nodded.
"And Mudsdale's going for us since I literally have no interest…" Togedemaru added, making Mudsdale glare at her. "Plus, she has more body than me, so...that's a plus."
Mudsdale rolled her eyes.
"Uh...okay", Salazzle giggled. "The rest of you girls can still watch and take notes. Just in case", she said with a suggestive wink.
Lycanroc giggled, while Hakamo-o and Togedemaru rolled their eyes.
000
After the remaining ten minutes were up and the competitors actually got some training and practice in, they were all called back to the main area. Lunala was waiting there. A higher platform rose up from the volcano surface and a table with three chairs appeared in front of it.
"So, are you all ready for the dance off?" Lunala asked giddily.
"You know damn well that we didn't get enough time", Dhelmise replied annoyedly.
"Uh...I'm pretty sure half an hour is enough time for these two to train you. They've trained dancers that have appeared in music videos, movies, who got to perform at special events…" Lunala listed.
"Well they sure sucked here…" Togedemaru commented.
Lunala rose a brow. "Uh huh...how much time did you guys spend arguing and interrupting the progress?"
No one responded. They just looked at each other sheepishly.
"Mhmm, exactly…" Lunala continued. "You guys screwed yourselves over."
"Just get on with the explanation of how this bullshit is going to go…" Hakamo-o grumbled.
"Whatever you say…" Lunala said, rolling her eyes. "Now...WELCOME TO THE TOTAL POKEMON: ALOLA DANCE OFF!"
A cheering crowd was suddenly heard, confusing the contestants as they started looking around. It was then revealed that it was the Alolan Rattata intern that was with Solgaleo in the last challenge; he had a remote and he was holding a button down. When he lifted his paw, the cheering stopped and they gave Lunala a 'really?' look.
Lunala glared at the intern, who ducked behind the platform in fright. After he did that, Lunala rolled her eyes and groaned to herself. "TWO PLAYERS FROM EACH TEAM. ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE, MUST DANCE BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE ADVANTAGE IN THE NEXT CHALLENGE!"
The intern, now wearing a pink dress and headdress, strutted over to an object with a sheet covering it and yanked it off, revealing a speedboat.
"A BRAND NEW AUTOMATED SPEEDBOAT! COMPLETE WITH LEATHER SEATS! A MINI TELEVISION! AND A TREASURE DETECTOR!"
The competitors were a bit impressed, but the fact that this wasn't really a personal prize kept them from showing any actual excitement.
"Now, for the judges that will decide which team gets this prize! First up, we have the King of Catastrophe, the All-around Agitator, the Legendary piece of shit himself...VICTINI!"
A yellow and orange fox-pixie teleported into the first seat. "You know, I'd get mad and get you back, but it's true, so...I guess it'll slide."
"Next up, we have the hedgehog dog who's abusive to flowers..SHAYMIN!"
The green and white canid was teleported into the seat next to Victini and groaned. "I'm NOT abusive! Bellossom knows that it's all out of love…"
"Yes, belittling her and cutting her off all of the time really shows love…" Lunala retorted.
"Hey! We're still doing better than your shitty show!"
"Yeah yeah, what do you want, a cookie?" Lunala replied as Shaymin folded her paws and grumbled to herself.
"And finally, we have the unbiased buff guy who happens to love tap-dancing…BUZZWOLE!"
A large, buff mosquito appeared from an Ultra Wormhole and landed in a chair.
"Aw what the hell?!" Buzzwole exclaimed. "Why am I here!?"
"We talked about you being a judge for one of the challenges…" Lunala replied. "That time is now. Nihilego and Guzzlord are close to the merge on their show anyway so you and Pheromosa will be done soon and go back to your own show. Why not have more exposure before it happens?"
"Hmm...fair point", Buzzwole replied.
"Great, we've got an alien mosquito and two borderline insane hosts of other shows judging us. This will be very fair…" Dhelmise commented sarcastically.
"Hey...deal with it", Victini said. "I'd rather be back at the hall my damn self. You don't see me bitching about you guys…"
"Enough interaction!" Lunala intercepted. "Let's start the competition! I need a guy from the Lunalas and a guy from the Solgaleos!
Incineroar felt extremely uncomfortable and nervous as he climbed onto the platform, now knowing that two of the three judges were males. On the bright side, one was buff as all living shit, and he loved muscle. His fiance didn't really have that much of it, but his personality and strength made up for it.
Bewear, as usual again, showed no emotion. Marowak's dance tips didn't really help him out at all, so he was stuck. He had no idea what he was going to do.
"Alright...Bewear vs. Incineroar. Let's see how this goes!" Lunala announced. "And...BEGIN! Intern, hit the music!"
The Alolan Rattata intern, now wearing a backwards cap, sunglasses, and a large chain, hit a boombox's 'play' button. A hip-hop/pop beat came on and Incineroar immediately recognized it.
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Incineroar and Lucario were inside of their favorite club, The Milk Man. Numerous others, male and female, were inside dancing, drinking, watching TV, essentially the works. Lucario wasn't really drinking since he didn't like how he got when he was drunk. Incineroar on the other hand…
Incineroar was panting before getting into Lucario's lap and grinding on him. Lucario noticed that others were staring and gulped in nervousness. He was enjoying the action, but now wasn't the right time.
"I want you~" Incineroar said drunkenly.
"Yeah...uh, you've made that obvious, hun", Lucario replied. "But, now's not the time nor the-"
Suddenly, a dance beat came on and Incineroar hopped off of Lucario's lap. Everyone around was heading to the dance floor. "OOOHH! Let's go dance, baby!"
"You know that I can't dance…"
"Well then I do the dancing, and you just look cute…" Incineroar said before kissing him. He then grabbed his arm and pulled him off of his stool.
Incineroar brought to the center circle, causing Lucario to blush and sweat. He didn't really like being in the public eye that much. Incineroar was having the time of his drunken life, popping and locking, two-stepping, gyrating his hips and...twerking?!
He had gotten close to Lucario, who was too business eyeing everyone else nervously and start shaking himself against his crotch. When the crowd started cheering and recording, Lucario turned back and saw the situation, blushing. He couldn't help but smile to himself, though.
It all came to a close when Incineroar did a backflip and landed in a split, causing the crowd to go wild. Lucario smiled and shook his head playfully as Incineroar got back on his feet.
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Incineroar looked around and saw that he was in a lying down position with his head against his arm. Apparently, he got lost in the music and started dancing without knowing it.
"Uh…"
"Well...I...don't know what to say to that", said Shaymin. "It was...interesting to say the least", she finished. "Wait, aren't you the same Incineroar from my show?"
"What?"
"Different dimensions and time zones", Lunala interrupted. "Let's not get into it. Bewear. Your turn."
The intern turned the music back on and Bewear looked at the judges before looking down with a sigh.
He slowly slid down, breaking into a crude split. That was it.
"Uh...okay," said Lunala.
"OH COME ON, BEWEAR!" Hakamo-o exclaimed.
"Well, who do you guys think won?" asked Lunala.
"The bear", both Buzzwole and Victini said simultaneously.
"What?" Shaymin questioned.
"WHAT?!" everyone else exclaimed.
"Come on, it's obvious that Incineroar had the advantage. He's gay…" Victini said. "Bewear just attempted a split, something that most males have a tough time doing, and partially succeeded. So, he wins…"
"Oh come on!" Lunala said. "Buzzwole, I thought you were supposed to be unbiased!"
"I'm not biased! I just agree with Victini. I mean, there's no doubt that the tiger can dance, but you can obviously see that the bear is mentally challenged…"
"Hey…" Bewear called, hearing that.
"That...that's bias…" Lunala said.
"Oh...well, okay", Buzzwole said. "Bewear wins…"
"Oh that's bull and you two morons know it", Shaymin commented. "Incineroar did WAY better. Bewear just did ONE move and it wasn't even fully correct!"
"He's a guy. That's how non-flexible guys do splits", said Victini. "Deal with it!"
Shaymin glared daggers at him.
Incineroar clenched his fists and growled angrily.
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"Fuck these legendary pricks!" Incineroar roared. "I didn't win...because I actually have fun and dance?! It's not my fault Bewear doesn't do shit!"
"How the hell are our social lives advantages?!"
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"Alright, that's one point for the Solgaleos…" Lunala said begrudgingly. "One female from the Lunalas, the other from the Solgaleos…"
Mudsdale and Oricorio came up, but, before they could even begin.
"Not even gonna bother with this. The bird wins for me", said Victini. "No matter what the horse does, it's not gonna compare to the actual bird."
"YOU LITERALLY JUST GAVE THE DISADVANTAGED PARTY A WIN!" Shaymin exclaimed. "Why the sudden flip-flop!?"
Victini stared blankly at her before Shaymin realized and facepawed herself. "You are a jackass…"
"Why thank you…"
"Okay, Oricorio, since you guys won the last round, you can go first…" Lunala said. "Intern!"
The music started playing, and this time, it was a caribbean-like beat.
Oricorio nodded and she started moving side to side, her hip feathers shaking as she shook. She started doing a barrage of different dances and techniques from handstands, to salsa, to tap, much to Buzzwole's delight.
After about two minutes, she stopped and smiled.
Shaymin and Buzzwole clapped as Oricorio bowed.
Lunala seethed. "Okay...Mudsdale. You're up; show 'em what you got…"
The music started again and Mudsdale immediately started shaking her backside. She spun around, moving her hooves along with the music. Her dreadlocks bounced as she bobbed her head and she bent her front half down to shake her butt. She stopped after a few seconds and got back to...doing the same thing.
After two minutes, like Oricorio, she stopped.
"Well, that was uh...ah whatever. Just say who you think won…" Lunala said.
"I stand by my choice…" said Victini, folding his arms. "Her ass wasn't even that fat to shake…"
Mudsdale glared at the fox.
"Are you blind? That ass is fat", Buzzwole said. "I vote her just because I actually enjoyed watching it. No offense Oricorio…"
Oricorio rolled her eyes.
"Well Shaymin...it's up to you…" Lunala said, looking to the canine.
"Well, though I find twerking entertaining, Oricorio had the better performance to me, so...I guess the Solgaleos take it…"
"WHAT!?" Lunala exclaimed while the Solgaleos cheered.
The Lunalas glared at them. That wasn't fair at all. But, then again, they were hosts of their own shows, so they should have expected bullshit results.
"Alright, get outta here", Lunala said.
"Aw...look who's butthurt", Victini teased. "Get good, noob…"
"FUCK OFF!"
The three of them were teleported away by Lunala. She growled after they left and looked up at the moon to just calm herself. The rain continued pouring down as well and sliding down the barrier, so she sighed to herself. "Okay. Solgaleos get the boat", Lunala said. "Let's head down for the next challenge…"
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Everyone returned to Route 7, only this time, they were on the right side. The wet sand caused discomfort for some, but they'd have to deal with it for a while.
"Alright…" Lunala started. "Your next challenge is to fish for pearls!"
Everyone remained silent before Pyukumuku spoke up. "Like...Clamperl?"
"No…" Lunala replied. "Actual pearls!"
"How the hell do you fish for pearls?" asked Hakamo-o. "They can't bite or anything!"
"You'll find out soon enough…" said Lunala. "Now. The main goal is to collect as many pearls as you can within the next hour…"
"And because the Solgaleos won today's advantage, they get to go search further back at that rock formation," she continued.
The three remaining Lunalas growled.
"Now, for your equipment…" Lunala said as two iron fishing rods with suction cups attached to the bottom appeared in her hands.
"Wow...instead of hook there are suction cups…" Dhelmise commented. "Very original…"
Lunala took a breath, calming herself; she wanted to destroy him so bad. "Okay. Go on and get started. Remember, you've got an hour…."
And with that, Lunala disappeared, as did the barrier shielding them from the rain.
"Fuuuuuck", Lycanroc groaned.
"Hurry up and get in the boat," Dhelmise said as Bewear put the boat in the water, which was churning due to the wind and rain.
The Solgaleos all got in the boat, which immediately started heading to the large rocky area.
"Well...this is going to be-"
Togedemaru used Thunder on their boat, causing it to short circuit and stop. Mudsdale and Incineroar smirked.
"Nice one…" Mudsdale said. "They always fuck us over when we get an advantage. It's nice to have a change…"
"Yeah yeah…" Togedemaru muttered, snagging the fishing rod from Incineroar. "Let's just utilize the only fishing spot we have…"
She walked forward to the only set of rocks remotely close to the shore and cast her rod into the water. Incineroar growled as the rain kept pouring down. "This fucking sucks!"
"Just pipe down and look in the sand. Maybe they're around here, too…" Togedemaru said as she sat down.
"Whatever…" Incineroar said walking to the right side of the went ahead and followed him to the side.
"Hey...I was just wondering. Would you be interested in eliminating Togedemaru?" asked Mudsdale.
Incineroar rose a brow. "How come?" he asked, despite not giving a shit. He didn't really care who got eliminated as long as it wasn't him. And since Mudsdale was coming to him, he guessed that he was the deciding vote, which he was happy about.
"Because she's useless. She ate all of our food at the hotel; she doesn't provide any usage to the team; this is the only thing she's done today…" Mudsdale explained. "Plus, according to Salazzle, she fucked us over in the Shady House challenge!"
"Well, when you put it that way...she definitely deserves to go…" Incineroar growled.
"Glad we're in agreement…" Mudsdale said with a smile.
Togedemaru noticed them conversating in private and grew suspicious.
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"That bitch is likely trying to conspire against me. But, she won't be succeeding in that...because this time, we're gonna be winning this challenge…" Togedemaru explained.
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"Those fucks!" Hakamo-o exclaimed as she started pounding on the front of the boat, which was smoking.
"Uh. I don't think beating this boat is going to help us in any way, shape, or form…" Dhelmise said. "We've got like...three good fishing spots here, so let's utilize them to our greatest capacity…."
"Hmm...how about you guys stay here, and Pyukumuku, Bewear, and I head to the rock area and see what's inside?" Lycanroc suggested.
"Hell, whatever you think will help us out…" Hakamo-o said as she picked up the fishing rod.
Lycanroc nodded before diving into the water, with Pyukumuku and Bewear going in as well. They started swimming to the large rock formation, leaving the two girls alone with Dhelmise.
Oricorio checked the tracker to see if it was working, only to see that it wasn't. She groaned. "Damn them!"
"So, how'd it go with you guys' trainer?" Dhelmise asked, curious. 'I'm sure Hakamo-o had a...pretty tough time…"
"FYI, she explained that nothing went down and Passimian was just a horny idiot…" Hakamo-o replied.
"Huh...interesting you'd believe a Pokemon whose species is comprised of only females who love getting it in…" Dhelmise said. "I mean...she could have just fabricated the entire thing to get you off her back…"
"No, I'm pretty sure she's telling the truth", Oricorio cut in. "She explained every detail of what happened. Meanwhile, you're here in our faces trying to get Haka to double think. What's your damage?"
"Yeesh, I thought this style of you's personality was supposed to be chill…"
"I am chill. But when it comes to dancing or my friends, I get a bit riled up", Oricorio explained.
"Good for you…" Dhelmise replied. "Now how about putting some work in. I'm gonna go check the rocks that are further to the right. Have fun…"
He started floating away from the boat before going underwater.
"Jackass…" Hakamo-o muttered as she cast her line into the rocks, only to reel it back in with nothing attached to the suction cup. She groaned. "How the hell are we even supposed to know if the pearls are on the line?!"
Oricorio shrugged. "I guess luck…"
Hakamo-o huffed and recast the line.
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Lycanroc, Pyukumuku, and Bewear swam around the rock and noticed a path extending from it. They climbed onto it and started heading to the center. Once they made it, they noticed a smaller pool of water with a single fishing spot.
"Uh...was this the only reason that we got a boat as a reward?" Lycanroc asked. "A single pool?"
"I'll check it out!" Pyukumuku said as he hopped into the rocks.
The cucumber landed inside and found himself surrounded by pearls. About fourteen small ones and two big ones to be exact. "Shiny…" he commented.
"Anything down there?" asked Lycanroc.
Bewear kneeled down and reached his arm into the rocks and pulled Pyukumuku back out. When he was taken out, a pair of angry eyes appeared from the darkness.
"Well, that wasn't as deep as I thought it'd be", Lycanroc commented.
"There's a bunch of pearls in there!"
"Really?!" Lycanroc asked excitedly. "Bewear, could you?"
Placing Pyukumuku on his head, Bewear got back on his knees and started scooping out pearls.
"This is great! There's no way we can lose!"
Bewear felt a nip on his arm and took it out; when he withdrew his arm, he saw that a Huntail was biting him. "I'm not fish food", he said before yanking it off and throwing it off of the rock.
"I think that's all of the pearls we need from here…" Lycanroc said, picking a couple of them up. "Let's get back to the others…"
Bewear walked to the other side of the rock, where he threw the Huntail and saw that it was still raining, albeit a small bit. He could barely see due to the darkness of the night, but he could make out the boat, so he walked off the edge and into the water.
"Uh...I'm not sure how that...okay. Not gonna say anything…" said Lycanroc as she walked behind them and jumped into the water with the pearls tucked in her mane.
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Incineroar managed to dig up two big pearls near the shore, while Mudsdale could only stand around, unsure about what she could do. She couldn't swim and she didn't really have the physical capabilities to dig, or at least she hadn't learn if she did. She sighed to herself as she started to reflect a bit. She didn't really have anything special about herself other than her hypersexuality, but that wasn't really something to be proud about.
She didn't know why she was that way, but it had always been a part of her in some way. She recalled all of the times she and Bewear fooled around as a Mudbray and Stufful, then he evolved and things felt a LOT more intense. That's when it really started and she started craving sexual contact. It had always been in the back of her mind when she was 12, but it didn't really start until she was 14, which wasn't that long ago considering she was 19 now.
Every time she fooled around with someone, she heard someone screaming in her head to stop and that it wasn't right, but the happiness and pleasure she felt drowned it out. She knew that those who knew her viewed her as a tasteless slut with no sense of morality, especially when she slept with a married Zangoose with two kids. It hurt her feelings, but again, the actions made all of her logic and reasoning go out the window.
That was partially the reason that she stopped messing around with Bewear and wanted to stay away from him. He was clingy, yes, but he was also the cause of her needing so much sexual satisfaction. Even avoiding him didn't help, because she ended up sleeping around anyway and he ended up following her all the time. That's why she practically despised him, because of the actions that followed what happened at Brooklet Hill.
She was trying to calm down and stop with the sex, but Bewear got her riled up again. She stared at the bear in the barely lit night as his wet body got back into the boat. She growled to herself before looking away and watching Incineroar's wet fur drip as he rose up in annoyance. She shuddered and shook her head.
"Get the fuck...over yourself…" she told herself.
This had been happening again since she and Bewear stopped fooling around. She started having naughty thoughts again and she felt so empty. She was a strong girl with a rather competitive nature and a bit of a quick temper, but none of it really got to show because of this.
She took a deep breath and tried clearing her mind. However, since she was standing motionless in the rain, the sound of the rain hitting the concrete behind them and the water didn't really help. She had pretty good control, but if exposed to something in particular that looked pretty good, she couldn't help but get all bothered. She clenched her eyes tight, trying to make her mind go blank. She wanted to win this game. This was her main priority.
Something touched her side, making her jump and open her eyes. She saw that it was just Incineroar and calmed down a bit. The guy was hot, but he was gay, so she knew that he was off limits; however, another part of her didn't care.
"Uh...you alright?" asked Incineroar.
"Yeah, why?" she asked.
"Because you've been standing there motionless for the past ten minutes…" Incineroar responded.
"Oh, uh...sorry", she replied. "Didn't realize, I guess."
"Uh huh…" Incineroar replied. "Anyway, I found more pearls…", he said, showing a pearl string and six more small pearls.
"Great! But how much time do we have lef-"
"HALF AN HOUR REMAINING, COMPETITORS", Lunala said, returning and giving them a brief amount of light before leaving again.
"Damn her and her random appearances!"
Togedemaru remained focused on the fishing; she had gotten ten so far: five pearl strings, three big pearls, and two normal pearls. She looked at the others and saw that they were just conversing, not looking for pearls.
"HEY YOU TWO!" she yelled. "Can you cut the chit-chat and keep looking for pearls, please!?"
The two of them glared at her, but decided to keep looking anyway.
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Hakamo-o growled as she reeled the rod in for the twentieth time with no results. He roared out and broke the rod in half before tossing it into the sea.
"...Well, we're hosed now," Bewear spoke up.
"Bewear, why don't you just get us more pearls? Go down and-"
"Dhelmise can do it…" Bewear said, lying down as the rain poured on him.
Dhelmise returned and came back with a few pearls. "Well, I've got these…"
He tossed the pearl strings and few other pearls into the boat.
"OKAY, NEVERMIND!" Lunala exclaimed as she reappeared next to the boat.
"Stop screaming!" Oricorio retorted.
"And what do you mean nevermind?" asked Dhelmise.
"There's no way the audience wants to watch you all stay in the same spot for an entire hour. This isn't a fishing show", Lunala explained. "So, the challenge is...over!"
The Solgaleos exchanged looks.
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Lunala recast the barrier, but the competitors were still all drenched.
"Alright, let's count up the pearls and determine the winner…"
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A bunch of boring math later
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"And...with nineteen pearls...the Lunalas win!" Lunala cheered happily as Mudsdale and Incineroar cheered and Togedemaru rolled her eyes.
She turned to the Solgaleos. "Aww...poor babies. Even with an advantage, you've lost…"
"Meanwhile, we've won far more challenges than you!" Dhelmise reminded. Lunala glared. "You're lucky that this is just a reward challenge, because I would love to watch your teammates boot your sorry ass o-"
"Whoa whoa whoa, pardon me…" Hakamo-o interrupted with a glare. "Did you just say that this was a reward challenge?!"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention", said Lunala. "No elimination tonight. This was strictly a reward challenge for the challenges on Friday."
She looked to the Lunalas. "Solgaleo will be informed of you guys' advantages. And you guys…" she continued, turning to the Solgaleos. "You get nothing."
"Just like every other challenge…" Lycanroc groaned.
"Well, head on back to the hotel and get dry", Lunala said. "You don't wanna wet up your bed sheets or slip on the floor…"
"What about the barrier?"
"Not my problem…" Lunala said. "You'd better start running because I'm teleporting away once I'm done here."
"You're a bitch!" Hakamo-o growled before she and the others started running.
Lunala giggled. "Anyways, there you have it folks. No elimination, but some interesting interactions nonetheless. But, next challenge WILL have an elimination, and just who knows who it'll be? Find out next time on Total...Pokemon...Alola!" she announced before disappearing.
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Nothing much of interest happened this chap. Mostly acted as a character development chap for Mudsdale and Oricorio. We got a bit of insight on Mudsdale's issues rather abruptly, while Oricorio showed what she was there for. And we got some clarification and some pretty decent interactions, that's a plus right? No? Well who cares, I'm writing it, so HA! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed and I'll see you next time on Total...Pokemon...Alola! See ya guys, BYE!
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"No elimination, so review...NOW!" Lunala exclaimed.
