insane decisions.

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It's been awhile since Yooka, a perfectly 'normal' Kecleon, had been on a mission. She ends up just going for random explorations of her own, ending up not even earning GP to advance her guild rank. It wasn't such a big deal to her, not many of the quests that she can do were worth much and it's not like anyone could actually sign up for a higher difficultly mission than what their rank is, which she didn't quite like. It's because of this Yooka despises her Grey-Rank Guild Badge. She ended up not keeping its condition up-to-date, so it now has a couple chips on the left side and it lost its sheen. However, she still took pride in the experience the missions she did do. She even uses the badge to remember her old friend who is probably a part of the Aileron Guild by now and possibly far ahead of Yooka in some other ranking system.

A little 'F' rank mission wont be a problem compaired to what she had done before. She even thought, she should take it solo, which she did. Yooka didn't think about the mission details till her arrival at the copse. Wasn't this place known for it's peaceful nature? How could the target get lost in here? There must be something different within the forest than just peaceful critters. Yooka knew full well that literally anything could happen. Especially ever since the dark clouds appeared. She's gotten use to seeing it already now. Even though it was awhile ago when they first start forming... something about a Giant Ghost Dragon... She doesn't remember who rumored what now and frankly she doesn't care about it. What's in front of her is more important than a long-term effect. She'll deal with it if it starts to hinder her directly.

What's currently infront of her is a semi-permanent autumn Forest with a missing Pokemon somewhere inside. She needs to find that Pokemon and apparently bring it back. Simple, yes? Yooka already crossed the stepping stones and into the forest's entrance. Now, just to search around for a 'Herdier'.

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((No, the trawl orb does not attract the pokemon. It only brings in items. All pokemon in that trawl orb roll are to be ignored. ))

The tail of the lizard flicked back and forth ever so lightly in a methodic manner. He watched the two with eyes of uncertainty and hunger for combat. He knew better than to attack without reason, but it seemed as if these two were not quite up to anything important. A search for a herdier? That seemed...boring. He wanted a fight. He was certain they would have no trouble with the large tyrantrum around anyways.

Still, he would continue to follow them. It was not like he had anything better to do. Besides, that large lug of a reptile that had joined forces with the normal type was practically a beacon for danger. Territorial ferals would spot her a mile away. If anyone had the courage, they would surely end up in some sort of battle sooner or later.

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Victoria snorted as the kecleon spoke of how the ticket could be of use. Personally, she did not care. She grumbled in response to the kecleon in order to acknowledge that she had heard the normal type. She looked away from the chameleon pokemon to the area around them, but failed to look behind them. She did not notice the charmeleon that followed ever so close behind them, instead, she focused on what was ahead or to her side.

That was until she heard the rustle of bushes behind her. She froze, her head turned sharply to glare at the collection of bushes behind them. Still, she failed to see the charmeleon that was now just to their left, but there seemed to be something else prowling about that had dared to challenge the queen of Blacktooth and her....temporary servant.

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The Queen seemed to sound rather annoyed or in the least didn't care about what Yooka was saying. It was like she was speaking to herself, only caring for what they wanted in the long run... or similar. Yooka couldn't quite tell yet. It seems the Queen is sortof content with her. Perhaps in due time it'll be apparent which side the Queen will view Yooka.

Taking caution around the Queen distracted her more than she could pay attention to the surroundings, sortof. She heard rustling for quite awhile but she was on the mindset that it was her hidden escort. It was when the Queen herself turned to face it did Yooka question the noise. Perhaps the Queen wasn't being escorted all along. Probably due her size and probable strength and skill... also, it's because of the size Yooka was being cautious. One wrong placement and she could either be sent flying by a tail swipe or crushed due to weight.

Due to their little trek to the center of the forest being halted by a potential ambush... Yooka wanted to speak out towards the unknown, but the intense glare the Queen gave was practically all that was needed and while the Queen focused on the noise, which was from behind. Yooka forced herself to look at the sides and front. As from what she could see, there wasn't anything. There were a few possibilities she considered if this was an ambush, but it may not even be an ambush. but again, the possibility was there and so she expected something regardless.

The entire time she was looking around she spoke up enough where she probably was heard by the Queen but not enough to drown out the surroundings. "Considering you're a Queen. You must be pretty important. However, act with caution. I'm not going to just sacrifice my life for you, but I will do as much as I can. No offense ofcourse."

What did this fool take her for? Of course, she did not expect the normal type to do anything drastic! The tyrantrum snorted as if she had been insulted by the little kecleon, "I do not expect anything of you other than to assist me as you said you would and to do your job as an explorer. That being said, what kind of an explorer are you if you would be so willing to allow an innocent to die without doing everything in your power to prevent it, I wonder?" Salt had tainted her tone, but she made no other remark or movement to suggest any sort of doubt she might have had towards the kecleon.

All noise had ceased it had seemed as the air grew still. A brief breeze brushed past the area and the trees rustled ever so slightly with silent whispers. The silence was broken abruptly by a loud roar that shot through the air and pierced right into her ears. She whipped towards the source of the sound to see a large lumbering creature that stood up on two legs with claws extended. Its eyes were wide as it seemed to glare down at the target it had knocked into the opening she and her new companion occupied.

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Garnet had not even noticed the bear creep up on him, he had been so focused on the group. The next thing he had known, a paw had slammed into him and shoved him out into the open as if he had been tossed into it. He had landed on his side, but he quickly picked himself right back up with a snarl to his lips as he prepared to confront the assailant.

The ursaring was territorial, angry that anyone had dared to step onto its part of the forest. The normal type spread its claws wide as it lifted them to strike the Charmeleon once more, but it had been interrupted. Garnet had launched himself forward and aimed right for the stomach of the creature that seemed to present itself as a bullseye for him.

The fire type gave a sharp screech as he managed to land a wound onto the creature, but the ursaring had knocked him around again. This time, his cushion was a less than soft stone wall known as a Tyrantrum.

Gravity dragged him back to the ground, he picked himself up halfway but hesitated as he looked up. A large maw stared right down at him, the dark coloring of the creature only serving to do its job of instilling fear into the hearts of others. The tyrantrum he had been stalking now knew he was here. The tyrantrum looked away from him and towards the creature that had attacked him. The ursaring seemed hesitant to attack with the addition of a huge monster and yet another lizard added to the equation, but the territory was territory! It gave a challenging roar towards the two, threatening to tear their heads off if they did not leave immediately.

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ooc That disease that spreads like rabies:

If it wasn't for the current situation added with who she was talking to, Yooka would have laughed and gave a half-truth joke. Instead, she cringed inwardly and spoke out honestly. "Ngh... One who doesn't know their limit and undershoots their own expectations. Going alone s--" Sudden roar and two new encounters, neither being the target. Yooka had almost panicked to the roar as it came during her weakened moment. She shifted her attention the instant she thought she heard a charge but it was just a Charmeleon being sent into the clearing sideways... She could tell the Charmeleon was not an immediate threat since it was the one being attacked. It was hurled at the Queen by the pokemon who hurled the Charmeleon shortly after the Charmeleon gave it's own attack back. So an angered Ursaring is attacking, but where did that Charmeleon come from?

The options laid out for Yooka were quite large but most were locked to her. She knew she couldn't achieve alot of them as most were aimed at the ursaring and most of those were negated because of it's natural strength and typing. The Charmeleon looks like it's thinking twice about what to do and even if it went agressive itself. The Queen should be able to handle the fire-type because... Well, Yooka expected the Queen could handle herself considering how far she came seemingly alone. So Yooka only focused on the Ursaring.

"I'll distract it while you two figure out what to do with each other."

She still held the stick from earlier and waved both arms trying to grab its attention. Even getting closer to it while keeping her distance from both the charmeleon and the ursa. She also spoke out while doing so, "We'll be out of your hair if you leave us. If not, then I don't know what's going to happen but it won't go well." She knew full well that it may just end up attacking her despite her warning. She was prepared for that possibility, aswell as a possible counter.

Watching all three for an action, Yooka hoped it didn't have to come to a fight. If it did then so be it. The Queen was probably expecting Yooka to do... something. The ursaring isn't the target of the mission so Yooka has no actual reason to attack it, unless ofcourse it attacks her or her party first and hinders the mission itself. Same goes for the Charmeleon. However, The Queen isn't even part of her mission, to her, the Queen is just a side-mission that could be ignored but something about the Queen prevents her from just continuing on her own again. The feeling of having help is too strong and the curiosity of her being a Queen fascinates Yooka.

The ursaring stared down at the little kecleon with hatred in its eyes. The territorial bear's fur bristled as its lips curled back into a permanent snarl. The big brown pokemon's claws extended outward and flexed inward as it tried to make itself appear as intimidating as possible. It had learned the hard way that being civil was not the answer these days. If it were to keep its status in the wild up, it needed to be a ruthless monster.

"Leave." the bear at least gave the offer to the pokemon that had intruded upon his turf.

Garnet had kept low to the ground as he looked between the tyrantrum and the ursaring. He could tell from the glare the normal type had casted towards him every now and again that they were not happy. Despite this, Garnet's own lips had raised to reveal pointed teeth as he hissed at the bear, "You know, it's not nice to just go about attacking random folk just because they're on your 'territory'. If you had just asked I would have left without a fight, you dumb motherfu-"

"Silence!" the queen's authoritative tone rang through the air. Victoria turned her head slightly to glare at the charmeleon below her. The kecleon was supposed to be one doing the talking, not the fire type.

"He attacked me for no reason, why the hell should I sit down and shut up?" the charmeleon retaliated with words, not liking the idea of being ordered around by the queen.

"Because if you don't I'll mount your head on a stone spire as an offering of peace to the ursaring." It was an empty threat, but that seemed to get the lizard to shut up even if only for a second. She ignored the outraged look on the lizard's expression and looked to the chameleon. Would they stay and sort this out, or give in to the ursaring's demands?

Unfazed by the attempt at intimidation, well more of, Yooka didn't know what the Ursaring was doing really. All she knew was what the tenseness of the situation was at the least. She stopped with the waving when it responded and took two steps towards the Queen. Only to freeze in place when the Charmeleon spoke up. It didn't respect the choices the Ursaring had made and he practically said something she also would have said if she was in his place but more aggressive than how she likes to try to be. The Queen probably noticed this tone as she literally said to be quiet.

Yooka continued to stare at the two in a type of silent fear. although she wasn't really worried at all really, just worried if she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The charmeleon and the Tyrantrum both stated things that made her question if she should just move on to her own business but she's made a practical pact with that tyrantrum and she doesn't want to really break it. If it wasn't for the tyrantrum's potential of being an actual Queen, she would of absolutely said something about the words that's been said. She hated that she forced herself to be quiet herself.

She did not want to be where she was as of this moment. Between the aggressive looking Ursaring and semi-threatening Queen. Outside of that she was having a wonderful time. Yooka spoke up on that note. "O.K... So we're agreeing. we should just keep moving. Right?" She injected the word "right" like she was questioning if anyone would argue further with the intension of "if you do I will hurt you". "I recommend just staying quiet for a bit and just come with us." If it wasn't for this tenseness Yooka would of been more content with what happened than she made it out to be. She just wasn't in the mood to really fight, but if it came to that she'll more likely attempt to slow or hinder the target for the others to do the work and focus on her own defense more so than being on the offense.

She continued to back away from the Ursaring as it had made it's point and she expected the others to follow suite. She wasn't really backing down as she wasn't showing her actual fear and she never did apologize directly. she just wanted to show respect and kept relatively calm about things.

((Looking back I have apparently made rolls using no energy. Also, sorry for jumping to conclusions without questioning you. Please don't you gbe giving up on me either way... every thread is interesting in it's own way even if I end up making it look cringey AF, also looks like censoring is no longer needed. Knock youself out. If it's needed I won't complain.))

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He had been hushed yet again by the strange green lizard. Garnet was beginning to find that he did not like either of these two at all. He could totally take that Ursaring! While the urge for justice was strong, he needed to keep himself in a positive light of the two that didn't want his head as a trophy...or rather one. He snapped his jaws shut with an irritated lash of his tail in either direction that expressed that he was not at all pleased.

The chameleon had backed away, but he had remained with a defiant glare that bore into the Ursaring's soul. The fire type was only moved when the foot of a Tyrantrum pushed him along with a reminder that he could easily be squashed.

The reminder was unintentional on Victoria's part, but she would have rolled with it if she were to know. The queen semi-shove semi-kicked the Charmeleon along with the kecleon. It seemed as if there was a new addition to the party. Despite being the queen in the area, she had relented decisions and control to the explorer. She knew better than to order around those that were not her subjects, for they had no reason to abide by her word other than the fear that she might end their lives if they do not.

She was knowledgeable about the outdoors, but explorers were often experts at this sort of thing, were they not? She expected a lot out of the little kecleon, perhaps a bit too much? The kecleon had not done a very good job at mediating the situation in her opinion. They had fled rather than resolved it, something she surely would have been adamant about if any of her subjects had been involved.

The charmeleon followed along reluctantly. His mind grumbled with wicked thoughts of what he would do if he were to ever encounter that Ursaring alone. Oooh no, he would not hold back indeed. The Ursaring was needlessly violent, it deserved to be taught a lesson!

"So who are you two?" the charmeleon suddenly asked as he realized it would probably be important to "gather" the information from them. It'd be odd of him to suddenly know things about these two without their telling and he did NOT want to find out how they reacted to being spied on.

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Heheheh... heh... ehhh... I remembered why I liked this thread...:

Why was the Queen so rough? Yooka thought she said she wasn't oppressive, but her actions proved otherwise. She kept quiet about the Queen's decision as her's size is still a bit frightening to think about going against. A feeling pressed into Yooka aimed at the Charmeleon during this time but she didn't know what it was nor cared for what it was. She needed to stop the Queen before the new guy questions Yooka as being bad. How to approach this? However, before Yooka could really think of something she just blurted out, "Victoria why... er-"

Yooka had paused as she realized she was going to directly question the Queen's actions but ultimately sighed and went with it, expecting the worst. "-why are you acting like that towards him, it's not like he did anything to us--- She flinched and cringed instantly for a second as she realized she's caring for something she didn't know. In otherwords, Her body jolted and she turned around in embarrassment. "What am I saying? I just wasn't feeling the mood to be in a fight? Argh, I would fight if it was needed but... mmrrr. this is why I would like to go solo for missions... Here's me thinking I'm a strategic person but I'm just no good as a leader."

She turned around to see the reactions just incase something were to occur. She had high expectations something would go wrong but pretty much only towards the group, she wasn't even really paying attention to her surroundings. If something were to be nearby this group with real intentions in fighting, she herself wouldn't be ready for it. Except for maybe her instincts of fight or flight as that would kick in hardcore due to those expectations of a bad reaction.

His question had gone ignored it seemed as the kecleon had instead gone on with talking to the tyrantrum and ignored his question altogether. What the hell? The charmeleon's light flickered with a more lively burn as the tail danced with his frustration. The lizard was about to speak up in protest of being simply tossed aside from the conversation, but the look the queen had suggested that it would be better to sit down and shut up again.

The queen's eyes narrowed as the darkly colored Tyrantrum cast her powerful glare upon the normal type. She was fine with being questioned, but the Kecleon had the audacity to question her and follow up with this sort of display? What kind of explorer was this?

"You are correct." Her tone was harsh and cold towards the Kecleon, "I act with force because I need to. Hostility cannot be calmed with submission, only temporarily satisfied with your cower. If I were not forceful he would not have moved. I had given him the opportunity to move on his own, but still, he remained. If you had paid more attention you would have seen that."

"It does not take a strategic mind to be a leader. To be a leader is to convince others to follow you without the need for force or a title to hold over them. I once thought you could only do so with power or kindness, one or the other, but it's a mix that's needed. You need to SHOW others that they can follow you." Victoria had gone on to a bit of a ramble, luckily she had realized this and amended this by getting back on topic.

"You are most certainly not a leader," she repeated, "And you are most certainly not fit to be an explorer on your own. You are obviously in need of someone to follow until you learn how to lead before you end up getting someone hurt or worse. A poor leader is only certain to get others ki-"

"Okaaaay I think she gets it," the charmeleon finally interjected quickly, having heard enough of the queen's ramblings about leadership. Garnet had to admit though, the queen had a point in one area. If not for the threat of the tyrantrum, he probably would have stayed to have a lovely little staring contest with the ursaring.

"Look I just wanted to know your names..." Garnet tried to repeat once more, though Victoria was more concerned with a response from Yooka than answering the red lizard.

Her expectations were not met, surprisingly. The tone however... was spot on. Yooka took a deep breathe and held it while staring at the Queen with a stern face, trying to look calm but the pressure in her chest would not go away. This was her first real lesson outside of Darcy the skitty's little trip. She remained silent as the Queen explained herself, however Yooka did notice. She just wasn't expecting her to do it for long, just to get him moving. Did Yooka really not... ngh... I'm too soft...? Yooka looked towards the Charmeleon with the same face but soon closed her eyes and faced away as she listened. The Charmeleon wasn't even looking at her at the time.

The queen shifted back to the topic of, 'Yooka being a rather bad leader'. The pressure lifted as she had gotten used to the Queen's tone, if it even was still there, but when the queen was cut off Yooka perked up and looked at the Charmeleon with a saddened but surprised look. "Aw... no... I did want to learn more, even if was told to me via forceful means. Information is valuable to me. Especially ones that could be useful for me as a guildmember... ngh... ...geez, name's Yooka, I didn't hear the question the first time. Too focused on... " She paused and shifted her gaze back to the Queen.

Just to scoff at a thought, then she spoke it out it the same tone, "Speaking of too focused... not you, it's me, I find it funny that the guild doesn't give training which if it did, I would have taken it... I truely expected something like it, but heh. someone to follow...?" Yooka paused again, she ended the tone with that question and looked just to the side of the queen as she only recalled the skitty and igglybuff. Any other team she tried to get in contact with usually passed her up, which made her give up on looking for that help. "I... don't know... anyone else-" Yooka growled to herself as she re-continued her gaze. "-Besides a Skitty and an igglybuff... which they are worse off together, then I am alone out here. ...ngh." Yooka growled to herself again and said in a much calmer voice. "I haven't met any other explorer that had the time."

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The queen seemed...shocked at the least. Her head rose as her eyebrows furrowed. She was not surprised with the actions of the charmeleon, but rather what the Kecleon had said. No training? No training?

Why, this was so absurd that she simply had to repeat it out loud herself to make sure she had heard that right, "No training?"

She went uncorrected, but that was likely because she continued without even an opportunity given to the others to interject. "What kind of establishment are they running? I at the very least train those who desire to become knights with my kingdom-"

"Wait, kingdom?" Garnet interjected or rather attempted to interject as the queen continued on with her side of the conversation as if he had not even spoken.

"In that case, I'd recommend you find yourself some better affiliations or at the very least someone to assist you so that you do not end up getting yourself killed. Are you being sent on a mission this dangerous in this place with absolutely NO training? Outrageous. At that point, they are simply requesting that you die for them with little to no payment in return."

"The only time I've seen untrained soldiers be sent into battle are expendables. Useless brutes who mean nothing to society. I am NOT a queen that resorts to those means, but my father viewed things differently. I'd highly advise that you either demand some sort of PROPER training, else leave the guild until you've managed to obtain such training. Otherwise, you are certainly being sent to your doom."

"HOLY SH*T DO YOU NEVER SHUT UP!?" the charmeleon interrupted the queen with a look that seemed to be mixed with distress and disbelief. He had grown tired of being butted out of the conversation. He existed you know!

"Mind your manners!" the tyrantrum huffed before she looked away from the charmeleon.

"Look who's talking!" the charmeleon retaliated in an exasperated tone.

This was something Yooka fully expected. Yooka too did not like the way the Guild handles its peeps in regards to those jobs, but the place was decent as a... homeless shelter. While the Queen talked about her take on Yooka's situation, Yooka wasn't really paying attention despite looking at Victoria. I don't know what they are exactly running myself. Every now and then she'd hear a spike in the queen's speech, placing her back in focus. Again, same. At least the missions are based on a difficulty spectrum, but I never do trust that. The last Yooka registered before the Charmeleon interruption was the bit to get some training.

Yooka cringed towards the Charmeleon's interruption. It was blunt and could probably need some work. Advice was always more interesting than Personal information regarding a place. So when Yooka heard the Charmeleon ask about the Kingdom, she too practically ignored him. The instant he injected
'Look who's talking!'
Yooka put a wall between the two using her shadow. It faded relatively quickly as it wasn't easy to spread so very wide and high. After doing so Yooka pointed at both Victoria and Garnet. "Random Charmeleon meet the Queen of Blacktooth, Victoria. I'm sorry that this has to be blunt but survival advice is more important than a place. Let me ask one last question and then you two can have your time." She then looked at the Queen.

"Yes, I shall try that when I get back from this mission. I don't exactly want to return empty handed demanding training... but my view is the same as yours Victoria. If by some unexplainable reason the Guildmaster cannot give me some form of it, I'll just look elsewhere. I have been growing more and more tired of that place with the lack of experience. My question is this and it's pretty out there in terms of normal questions. Will you provide a type of training if I cannot get one at my place. I'll just need to know where your place is and since your a Queen... I may have to ask to see you and stay there when I get there."

Yooka didn't know what to do after asking that of the Queen. It was a pretty rushed thought, but it was one she was most honest with. If she really couldn't find a place to do what she needed, then the best place to go would be to a place that offered it. Even if it was probably going to be rough on her. She may not fit in the army itself but perhaps elsewhere in service. The guild itself was practically mercenary work, she didn't WANT to be a part of the Queen's army really, but if it had to be a temporary thing to get that training. Then so be it.

The queen narrowed her eyes as the kecleon spoke with a request for training in exchange for...nothing. Absolutely nothing. In fact, it would probably be more of a burden to take up the kecleon than it would to accept her even as temporary help. The queen had further begun to ignore the charmeleon as well as the shadowy wall placed between them. She could have easily crashed into it with no problem, but she was not quite keen on violence today.

"If you were to be denied training..." she spoke up unintentionally seeming as if she were about to accept the kecleon's offer, "I would not take you in. You offer nothing in return except consumption of valuable resources, time, and efforts that could be used on someone who would remain in the kingdom as a permanent placement."

"What you offer, is a situation that does not benefit me nor my kingdom other than to simply 'feel good' about doing a 'good deed'. I cannot afford to give charity, especially since it would simply attract others of the same nature as word gets around. Pokemon would seek out my kingdom as a place to learn combat and then leave. All of our tactics would be known by the public and the element of surprise against any who dare to attack us would vanish as all of our own information would be in the public. We are a place for civilians to live in peace and comfort, not a dojo," she had concluded with a snort.

Garnet had allowed his arms to hang limply at his sides as the two conversed. His own annoyance and boredom growing. What, just because she was a queen, he had to respect her? As if! The charmeleon snorted himself as he allowed his eyes to wander and search the area.

All was quiet and safe it had seemed...though a rustle of the bushes had caught his attention. The conversation between the two had started to become background noise as he focused on the movement within the bushes. His eyes narrowed as his bared his teeth at whoever was hiding in the bushes.

"Who-" he had begun to demand the identity of whatever was out there, but the creature seemed to have been antagonized by his own voice speaking directly to it.

The creature leaped out of the bushes with loud and rapid barks. The herdier had appeared with wide bloodshot eyes that seemed to dart to and fro. The herdier's own lips were pulled back into a snarl as the normal type searched for a target as quickly as it could. Before it could react, its sights had been set on the kecleon.

The herdier gave no time to even give some sort of statement or battle cry as it instead snarled with sheer hatred and charged right for the normal type with its jaws parted for a harsh bite. The charmeleon, luckily, had reacted quickly enough and knocked himself into the herdier to intercept the normal type. Garnet's immediate reaction was to disable the herdier somehow and if not then to kill it, but it seemed that the dog was already onto him.

The canine had gone straight for his throat. The jaws opened up wide and snapped down onto orange scaly flesh. The charmeleon cried out only slightly despite the fresh signals of pain being sent to his mind. The teeth dug deeply into his scales and broke through the skin to draw blood. The charmeleon, luckily, had managed to block the attack to his neck with his arm. He had shoved his arm into the Herdier's mouth rather than allow it to go straight for the kill, but now he needed it to let go.

The charmeleon hissed as he began to kick at the creature and claw at it, however, it was quite adamant in simply not letting go! The strange markings on the charmeleon took on a slight glow as the Cursed Blessing did its job. The lizard ceased his senseless strikes and instead bit down on the front paw of the herdier himself. The herdier released his arm as he drew blood from the normal type with a pained howl. The howl was cut short as the charmeleon threw the herdier into some nearby bushes.

"The F*CK was that?!" the charmeleon huffed, out of breath as the Herdier jumped back out of the bushes as if the wound on his leg had not bothered him at all.

"ah...! Yo--...?" Yooka's eyes lost their sheen. Rejected near instantly. "but-" She closed her eyes and lowered her head. Ofcourse, the reasons the Queen gave were logical. Unfortunate, but what else is there to do..? Yooka raised her head to give a bow but she was interrupted halfway in that bow by a sudden noise and a shadow lunging at her. She only caught a glimpse before the charmeleon intercepted the shadow.

Yooka failed to react as it startled her. She was too distracted by the denial from the Tyrantum to really pay attention. She took a step back due to that startle and watched as the Herdier bit the Charmeleon and continued to watch as the Charmeleon sent the herdier into the brush. She managed to snap back to the action now out of all the time she got from the Charmeleon. Besides the strange behavior of the Herdier she noticed the odd markings on the charmeleon as well. Two strange occurrences. Instead of being scared she grew curious and alert. Her face went serious. The Charmeleon's question was the first thing on her mind as it reminded her of why she's here.

"Dammit, sorry. That... is apparently my target." She quickly went between the bush and Garnet. If the Target tried again she'll just have to knock it out, but a bunch of questions formed in her head aswell. "But how the hell am I suppose to bring that thing back alive?" She remembered the Charmeleon's arm but did not look back. "Also, are you alright and what was with those markings? Argh F***, wait. I gotta subdue the target first..." She pulled out a blast seed, preparing for it's next attack. She'll use it as soon as it gets close enough to herself.

Something was off. The Herdier was suppose to be civil, or at least apparently a type of big brother? Why did it just pop out and attack without thought? What was going on..? This mission seems to be out of proportion. Is it seriously F-ranked? or did someone screw up and it's really something much higher and more deadly... This was NOTHING like the other F-ranked missions Yooka had went on. Yooka no longer cared about what the Queen said, her mind was focused on the target.

A herdier. Normal-type. Her punch is super effective but her shadow cannot touch it. She doesnt want to get in a close up fight considering how savage it is. Not with her level of combat skill. She's literally down to her stick and recyclable seed, and possibly the chance of a bind if someone can follow it up quickly. She doesn't trust herself with that bind however. She'll have to use the items. She also noticed a few more sticks laying around, useful, maybe.

The tyrantrum was startled by the sudden attack but was unable to do much as the charmeleon began to wrestle with the canine. She had seen the heartbroken look the normal type had given her, but she failed to give any sort of response or attempt to console her. She felt no remorse in her decision, but honestly felt that this should not have come as a shocker to the lizard.

The charmeleon had tossed the herdier into the underbrush just before the lizard recollected herself and revealed that the normal type had been the target they had been in search of. She had not noticed the strange markings on the charmeleon, but huffed as she moved to take a step forward, "I can easily subdue it-"

"More like KILL it!" the charmeleon huffed, "One hit from you and you'd probably snap its neck!" the lizard growled as he cradled the arm. The red glow was active across his body, though the markings on his arm were obscured by the scarlet that had been drawn by the fangs of the canine. "Don't worry about the markings, they're just a bunch of fancy tattoos." It was a lie, but he was going to go with it for now. They had more important matters at hand.

"I most certainly would not!" the queen objected, "I know my own strength, a simple stone edge-"

"Would impale it." Garnet cut her off again with a sneer.

"Would you let me speak for more than a few-"

"Nah." he snickered despite the pain that had had came with the bite. He dared not to look at his own arm as he cradled the wounded limb. He was used to pain, he had felt much worse than this before. A direct blast from a demi-god was nothing compared to this pesky bite.

"Yo, Greeny, you're probably a braniac right?" he spoke up, "You got any ideas here or am I just gonna have to get bitten to hell and back before you think of something."

"She is not properly trained!" the queen snarled as the rustling of the bushes foretold of the canine's return.

"Well I don't see you f***in doin anything other than suggesting we MURDER it!"