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POSTED ON Mar 16, 2023 23:55:53 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]"hm. you'd be surprised. there's fire in PENELOPE LIVY's belly. even if the woman is more naïve than she believes herself to be."
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it was illeana's decision at the end of the day.
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"would your new supervisor approve of such a thing?"
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POSTED ON Mar 16, 2023 5:01:32 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]"how forunate, indeed."
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he echoes, and as if a cold-breeze had just washed over him, his body relaxes ever so slightly. the councilman's gaze falls to his glass, a look of distaste, or even disdain, flashing over regal features. wordlessly he shakes the obsidian limb, traces of champagne littering the balcony's stone.
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"accept my apologies. i'm still getting used to the limbs... intricacies."
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turning his head slightly, he twitches two of his fingers to a nearby, waiting servant. silent, as to be nearly unseen, they depart to fulfill his request.
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meanwhile, gabriel breaks away from their close proximity, moving close to the edge of the balcony. here was a savannah of steel and concrete, of lights and laughter, of endless opportunity. and he saw fit to be its king.
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"tell me, what do you know of ultra-beasts?"
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POSTED ON Mar 16, 2023 4:51:45 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]that was, of course, not even remotely true. gabriel doesn't speak his thoughts, however.
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"plead your case to another member of the council. perhaps they will step-in to fill my shoes."
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knowing the two leftover, he has his doubts.
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"how has your research into these ultra-beast realms gone?"
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POSTED ON Mar 16, 2023 4:13:56 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]gabriel, straight-backed as he'd ever been, made his ways through the league's halls in official capacity, for the last time.
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no small amount of stubble lines his straight-edged jawline, and wrinkles crease the skin around his eyes. he'd aged in the few months, it seemed.
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he only notices the smaller woman at her words, and even then, it takes a moment to shake him from his revelery.
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"miss reyes." a simple greeting, he's come to find. "no need to call me sir - i am no longer a member of this office."
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at one time that might've given him great displeasure in admitting. now? it didn't seem to shake his foundation in the slightest.
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"well enough. how have you been, under my replacement?"[break][break]

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POSTED ON Mar 15, 2023 2:30:55 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]gabiel could admit that she knew how to play a room to her advantage. the florist was equal parts physically striking, silver-tongued, and sharp as a scyther's blade. this, of course, made her more than interesting than most. it also made her more dangerous.
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even as elisabeth performs for him here, directing his gaze where she wills, he's the picture of unbothered. but, the mention of enemies stirs something in him. something left buried deep. something unresolved.
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unconscious thoughts of the day his arm was quite literally ripped from him, muddles the self-control he normally exerts. the grip of his artificial limb tightens around the neck of the glass, and in the blink of an eye, shatters it.
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glass tinkers to the floor, but gabriel's gaze remains fixed on elisabeth's.
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"no, elisabeth. i do not."
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POSTED ON Mar 14, 2023 22:16:31 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]her reaction is telling.
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the fox's smile of moments ago lingers, if only by a thread, and her playful tone appears slightly more subdued.
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this in itself meant nothing. a councilman asking anyone their opinion of team rocket would elicit a similar response, of course. still, it was interesting.
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the only physical cue gabriel gives in response is a single raised eyebrow.
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"impressive?"

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POSTED ON Mar 14, 2023 4:52:57 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]"you do not bore me." a concession. the closet she'd get to a revelation of his own.
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his eyes fall to his glass. nearly empty. hm. he fixes his gaze back onto the woman, a modicum of curiosity lacing his words with the potency of an arbok's venom.
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"what's your opinion on team rocket?"

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POSTED ON Mar 10, 2023 5:25:57 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]out-of-character for the councilman, her comment rises a small chuckle in the giant. loud, and heavy, in the silence of their balcony, it died as quickly as it came.
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"niceties without substance. well said." another sip of champagne wets his lips, and brings his expression back to the intense, but neutral state of before.
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silently, gabriel regards the woman. his look is every bit that of an appraiser; a god passing judgement on those beneath them. then, it flattens out, eyebrow quirked ever so slightly on question.
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"would it matter if it did?"

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POSTED ON Mar 10, 2023 5:07:22 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]not one to normally take orders, gabriel feels a tinge of authority welling inside of him. then, rather unceremoniously, he squashes it.
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pride had no place here.
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"i was rather impressed on how you made your way through this facility." she didn't need to know exactly the level of his oversight into her actions here.
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"i'll allow you to walk out of here with your prize." would she expect that? probably not.
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"but, i would appreciate if you can listen to my request before you leave."

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POSTED ON Mar 10, 2023 5:00:30 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]weightless. it was a sensation as foreign to him as anything he'd ever experienced. a man his size was actively aware of his presence at all times. here, it felt muted; inconsequential. it was... nice.
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"hm?" fresh stubble and searching eyes, gabriel is every bit the man on a mission. so much so that looking at the two source of voices is a waste effort.
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"ultra beasts." even then, his reply is clipped, barely above a whisper, as if he was only talking to himself and no other. his eyes narrow as the shadow of a massive, derelict ship presents itself.
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wordlessly, he changes his direction to match.

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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2023 6:47:14 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]there was a twinge of envy, he would admit to no one. to simple nights, and the struggle of entertaining ones self. she'd come close in her estimation, though, not entirely correct.
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weeks spent cooped in the hospital, and physical therapy, had driven the councilman mad. the physical pain of it all paled in comparison to the mental and emotional. the humiliation; the inaction; the ineptitude of a cripple. even now the accompanied thoughts of those memories has gabriel instinctually grinding his teeth and flexing his jaw.
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he couldn't afford a simple night curled around a book. not anymore.
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from the lip of his sleeve, noticeable only because he shifts the glass from one hand to another, does the matte black sheen of his metallic arm catch the light. the digits are more slender than his own natural flesh, but carry easily enough force to bend steel. yet, here they were delicately pinching the neck of a far too expensive glass of champagne.
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"perhaps once i wished for nothing more," he admits at last, sipping the alcohol, "but responsibility keeps me trudging onwards. the path i'm on is long, and winding, and with no end in sight."
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for the first time gabriel turns to look at elisabeth. his expression, as usual, carries no mirth.
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"i'd have been more disappointed if you said you actually enjoyed these things on a regular basis. i would have been made to reassess my measure of you."

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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2023 6:16:36 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]the air here held a stale chill, reminiscent to the mouth of caves back at home. silence is occasionally broken by a vibrating pulse, one powerful enough to even fill gabriel with an instinctual unease.
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here, beyond the veil that separates worlds, was the first step to his ultimate goals.
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without waiting for those around him, he makes his way forward, body weightless in the strange physics of this world.
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nothing would stand in his way now. be they enemies, or allies.

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POSTED ON Feb 26, 2023 6:35:53 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]despite his investigations into elisabeth's backgrounds, her presence was a welcomed one. his instincts were as placid as a lake's surface despite her proximity to him, and that alone was enough to warrant a measure of caution from the councilman.
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in his mind gabriel had already come to two conclusions about this woman. the first was that she was simply a rather unimpressive florist with a rich family history, and an eye for the finer things in life. the other could only reason that behind the veil this woman wore on a daily basis lie something far more dangerous.
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but, gabriel was a lion, and very little could harm a lion so easily.
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"they do," he says rather simply. far more bothersome than the prattle was the routine of it all. on nights like tonight, all he could feel was his wheels spinning, but he himself was going no where.
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"perhaps that's a question you could answer for me, miss fiorelli. is this your routine night, or is your idea of a night out something differently entirely?"

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POSTED ON Feb 24, 2023 1:29:41 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]a voice pulls him from his thoughts, small and lacking the rough edges of those that usually parade around in his company. turning his head, gabriel takes in the sightly woman, and, only after a moment of thinking, comes to recognize her almost immediately.
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"miss fiorelli." his tone offers no warmth against the evening chill, but then again, it hadn't really last time they spoke either.
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"there is not a soul in that room that is not in this for their own interests," he says in reply to her earlier question, speaking that unspoken truth he knew she was most likely aware of.
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"but, even i needed a moment away from their prattle." gabriel takes a sip in appreciation of the newfound quiet, before lowering his glass to the center of his chest once more.
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"i would not have expected you to attend one of AKURA's events. is it to your liking?"

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POSTED ON Feb 23, 2023 4:25:49 GMT

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[attr="class","gabe2"]leaving URIAH BLACK to mingle among the crowd, gabriel made his way across the banquet floor. despite his purposed gait, he still needed to pause once or twice to share a few brief words, or even give a consolatory nod to a nervous stakeholder.
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this event was, of course, to celebrate and endorse AKURA, his family's company. yet, it also served as a foundation from which lobbyists with ties to the AQUA initiative could disseminate their ideologies. they would be subtle, of course, but gabriel knew how powerful a well-articulated sentiment could be.
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nevertheless, taking a moment to himself, gabriel stepped off the main floor and onto a nearby balcony. the wind carried the faintest hints of a chill, but it soothed the councilman more than it bothered him.
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taking a sip of champagne, gabriel took in the splendor of the city in quiet contemplation.

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