[Pokemon Liberator Julia]

Julia held up a luxury ball in the palm of her paw. It was an excellent color scheme for a zoroark's pokeball, but sadly this one was ... ferociously opposed to cooperation. So far words hadn't done much other than delay fights and she had run out of options, with her only remaining option being to prolong her captivity and hope frustration would yield results. It had been several days since she'd used her snag machine to rob a green haired man of his prized pokemon, and she was nearing her limits. As much as she resented the idea to returning this zoroark to servitude, using mind control defeated the purpose of freeing her and torture well... That was too much for even Julia to sink to. At least, she didn't think she'd sink that low. The thought scared her a little, so she tried not to think about it.

Gazing down at the luxury ball in her paw, she spoke to the zoroark within. "Alright, time to try this again. I've got you water, and whatever passes for food in this city." Julia said, before letting Zoroark out of the ball. They had fought several times by now, and Julia hadn't exactly fully healed Zoroark between fights. It served little point, since she would just be forced to hurt Zoroark more next time she picked a fight. At the same time though, she wasn't beating her until she couldn't fight back either. She had more been aiming to strategically return Zoroark during their fights to end them prematurely. It turned out dodging a pokeball beam was harder while you were also dodging attacks or being grappled.

Nearby, she had set out a single glass of water and a bowl of rice. They were inside a tiny storage warehouse that was mostly empty. "Ready to give me a chance?" she asked, folding her arms and smiling cattily as Zoroark emerged from the ball.

[heirtothemonado]

Zoroark reappeared in a flash of light as Julia opened the Pokeball, only to meet her captive with a seething, albeit very tired, glare. So they were back to this song and dance, were they? No matter how many times this "Julia" character asked, there was no way she was gonna get along with her. She'd stolen her from N! That was unforgivable as far as she was concerned, and her priority number one was to get away from her and find N back again...but every time she tried, the Meowscarda had put up a fight. And after several attempts, Zoroark was exhausted, hungry, and close to her physical limit. The Luxury Ball helped a little, but she couldn't keep this up forever.

"<...Are you going to bring me back to N?"> Zoroark growled in Pokespeak, responding to Julia's question. Her voice was soft, and tired-sounding, but there was no mistaking the anger behind it. She looked towards the offering of water and rice that Julia had left her. As much as she didn't want to eat anything that Julia offered, she was starting to run out of options. Her strength was starting to fail, and she needed food. Not that the several fights that had broken out between her and Julia had helped in that regard. Zoroark just hoped she could get away soon...