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[As Rika promised, she's currently recording her gym battle in Azalea. The battle seems to be going well for Rika, although she runs into a bit of trouble when her Vulpix becomes poisoned, becoming weak. However, Rika is able to solve the problem quickly and turn the tides back into her favor.]

Hope! Finish off his last pokémon! Use Fire Blast! [The Vulpix does just that, causing the opponent's pokémon to faint. As soon as the battle is over, Rika scoops up her Vulpix into her arms in celebration.] We did it! Nipaa!

[She faces the camera and holds up the badge with her free hand and grins.]

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

[add another one to the composed camp!]

Very good, Furude.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Mitsuru.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

You've trained your Pokemon well.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It has been a lot of hard work.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

Nothing worth achieving is ever easy.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Yes. Especially things that require a lot of training.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

Precisely. Nothing was ever achieved by standing around and doing nothing.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you have had experience with that, Mitsuru.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

I've worked hard my entire life to achieve what I have. I have always encouraged others to do the same.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

You seem like a very hard worker. What all have you achieved?

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

A-ah... well... [she's never been one to brag]

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

You can go ahead and tell me.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

I was the student council president back in high school.

I also inherited my father's company when he passed away.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Those are some great accomplishments.

What sort of company is it?

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

A research company. It's been owned by my family for several generations.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

... What do you research?

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

[heeeesitates]

It's not research that is readily available to the public.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

I see.

I understand how that is.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

-- no.

I can't say that. You've already confided in me, Furude. It would be unfair not to extend you the same courtesy.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Mitsuru. It's all right.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

...

It's a complicated story. Do you have time, Furude?

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Of course I do.

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

[Mitsuru lets out a breath and shuts her eyes, before she opens them again with a new resolve]

The Kirijo Group... my grandfather's, then my father's, and now... I suppose my company, did much research on creatures called Shadows. However... my grandfather was playing with fire, and ultimately, there was an accident.

This accident created two things: a labyrinth called the Tartarus, and the Dark Hour. The hidden hour that occurs only at midnight. During the Dark Hour, anyone without the potential was transmogrified into a coffin.

The Shadows began terrorizing the city, unbeknown to anyone who was not aware of their existence. Those who were attacked by Shadows during the Dark Hour eventually suffered from an illness called Apathy Syndrome. Needless to say... the Kirijo Group needed to clean up its mess and prevent the Shadows from attacking members of the city.

This... this is where my comrades and I came in.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Were you able to succeed in preventing the attacks?

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[bufudyned.livejournal.com]

Yes... we were.

But in the midst of our attempts to stop the Shadows, a new threat came into being.

Her name was Nyx.