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annalise shakes her head. [break][break]"it's not that hot out."[break][break]she doesn't get to rib him anymore than that. his face softens, then a sudden apology spills out. he's trying, she thinks, in his own MATIAS SILPH way but it feels shallow for him to atone for everything in one big brushstroke. because he did mean to hurt her, at least at the time. [break][break]but she's here. transgression after transgression, she comes back and all is forgiven or swallowed. it's inexplicable, tangled in an attachment formed after he saved her the first time.[break][break]"is that what you've been thinking about this whole time?" [break][break]she looks away, scuffing the dirt with her sneaker. [break][break]"it's fine, matias. you were going through your groudon stuff."

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MATIAS SILPH is being weird. not his usual brand of weirdness or his new-normal weirdness — something else. she pulls her knees up to her chest and folds her arms on top of them, watching him sit up and try to rub the pink from his cheeks. [break][break]he turns to ask her a question, shoulder bumping against hers as he goes. [break][break]"yeah?" her answer lilts with confusion, denying the own flush fading from her face. "why wouldn't i be?"[break][break]she blinks up at him, gaze prying. [break][break]"are you good? you're blushing." she lifts a finger to point at his face, smiling through the accusation.

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annalise knows she's won before he concedes to it. she's leveraged herself and his secret against him — he's cornered. she nods, the ghost of a smile touching the corners of her mouth as he says just for tonight.[break][break]"yeah, fine." [break][break]she feels out of control in most situations she ends up in, but she can control this. she can control Greyson Connors. for a night. for an instant. [break][break]"no one will know," she promises again, voice low as she reaches out for him. "now let's try to get you upstairs."

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Greyson Connors lets go and backs away, taking in the chaos he's made of her home. she watches his face, eyes sharp and vigilant, but she stays rooted where she stands. his blood is congealing on her floor, staining the hardwood, but he wants this all to become clandestine. her roommates will come home. they will know. [break][break]"stay, then."[break][break]the calculated terms of her end of the negotiation, repeated plainly. [break][break]"stay and i'll promise you."

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annalise startles in his grasp, wide-eyed at his sudden shift. he lowers his head to look in her eyes and she just stares, confused and scared. [break][break]"i — "[break][break] her lips form an answer, but her breath lodges in her throat as he shakes her. [break][break]"understand what?" [break][break]she yanks an arm out of Greyson Connors's grasp. [break][break]"i'm — i'm not going near anything! i'm just going to tell the league you got hurt!"

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Greyson Connors puts his hand over hers and the smile on his face is rejection before his mouth opens. petulance knots itself in her chest, thick and heavy and demanding. her fingers curl tighter in resistance to his words. [break][break]"i can report it to the league."[break][break]annalise rejects his rejection, wrenching his excuse to leave from him with a tone that brooks no argument. [break][break]"you need to lay down."

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"you can't." [break][break]Greyson Connors reaches up for her cheek, a miraculous gesture after the state she found him in ten minutes ago. she leans into the touch, clasping her hand over his own. her lower lip trembles, then tears spill down her cheeks, hot and guilty.[break][break]i dragged you into this. [break][break]their breakup had been her permission to chase her anger to its end, but she sees the damage she's caused. she can't contain it, can't put it out, can't fight against the momentum it's created.[break][break]he removes his hand and moves to get up. she stays kneeling, feeling like she's watching everything play out from the doorway. he's going to leave and kill himself on some other avatar. annalise knows. she's lived it in different shades of purple. [break][break]"wait — " [break][break] she stands and grabs his arm. [break][break]"stay. you can barely stand and — and my chesnaught is what's keeping you conscious anyways."

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tense and pull me into you.[break][break]her mind curls around that one command. she squeezes her core and, with some resistance, brings him closer. his head ends up next to hers, warm breath pooling into the crux of her neck. the sensation washes over her skin, drawing out a traitorous flutter in her stomach. [break][break]annalise clamps her arm over his leg. [break][break]and she rationalizes the feeling. she's just deprived herself for a long time, so her thoughts have become garden weeds trying to root romanticism in anything. [break][break]she twists her hip and shifts his balance. they flip over in the grass, trading places in one motion. MATIAS SILPH never told her to right herself, but she sits up on top of him as soon as his back hits the ground.[break][break] she looks down at him, feeling equal parts validated and confused by the color in his face. [break][break]"do you wanna take a break?" it comes out as a question, but she decisively swings her leg off of him and sits in the grass beside him. her uninvited thoughts already feel stymied by the separation. [break][break]"you look like you could use one."

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◓ INVOLVE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING POKEMON ABILITIES IN A POST: EARTH EATER, ARENA TRAP, SAND FORCE, SAND STREAM, LEVITATE. CAN BE A NPC/WILD POKEMON.

◓ CAPTURE/DEFEAT/REDEEM A GROUND-TYPE POKEMON IN A WILD, SAFARI, GACHA (NO TRADES/GIFTS).

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◓ PARTICIPATE IN 1 IMMINENT INSTABILITY SWARM OR DISTORTION.

◓ PUBLISH AN IC-POST IN YOUR EXHIBIT OR GARDEN.

◓ REFERENCE ANOTHER CHARACTER BY TAGGING THEM IN AN IC-POST. (marcus kotov)

◓ USE A GIF OR IMAGE THAT FEATURES A GROUND-TYPE POKEMON IN YOUR POST.

◓ INCLUDE MUSIC IN AN IC-POST (LINK OR THE PLAYER CODE).

◓ USE ONE OF THESE NAMES IN A POST IN ANY CAPACITY: GIOVANNI, BERTHA, CLAY, HAPU, RIKA.

◓ USE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN AN IC-POST: FIRMAMENT, DEMESNE, DREGS, BALANCE. (marcus kotov)

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◓ COMPLETE 1 IMMINENT INSTABILITY MISSION.

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◓ COMPLETE 3 IMMINENT INSTABILITY MISSIONS.

◓ POST IN A COMMUNICATION THREAD OR COMMENT ON AN HNN ARTICLE.

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◓ SELL A POKEMON TO THE BLACK MARKET.

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the hard line of her mouth twists into a frown. she feels frustrated, fear-fueled tears pricking at the corners of her eyes. in full, hypocritical form, annalise can't understand Greyson Connors's pride. he lays in her blood-speckled living room, nearly cut in half, justifying his near-death. [break][break]"you can't beat an avatar, greyson. neither of us can."[break][break]she takes a deep, shuddering breath. [break][break]"the league has already lost so much. what if i hadn't been here? hoenn needs you. i — "[break][break]she stops herself, breath stilling in her throat, and rubs at her eye with the back of her pink-tinged hand.

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a soft laugh escapes between her lips. she and DANE FAIRCHILD have christened this apartment with bad vibes and now he wants it? better than letting someone else rent it and inherit the spectres of their argument. [break][break]"agreed. plus the price isn't too bad."[break][break]she joins him in looking around the room. it strikes her that she doesn't really know his aesthetic, nor how he furnished his room back at home. [break][break]"hm," she looks back at him. "not too far, yeah. i don't live in mauville hills, though."[break][break]she narrows her eyes at him. rich kid, they say, glittering playfully. these days, she can afford a luxury apartment in this part of the city, but she prefers the coziness of her current living arrangements. with everything she's been through, she doesn't really want to live alone, either. [break][break]"y'know, you're really close to my office, i think. i could stop by after work every day until you get sick of me."

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Move Forward and Protect [Commitment: Act 1]

POSTED ON May 4, 2024 20:22:03 GMT

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her mouth quirks with the barest amusement at Toki Akiyama's surprise. she could've made her arrival a little louder, she supposes, but situational awareness is a useful muscle for a young ranger to train. poachers and rocket members won't give him a noisier warning than swift and sudden oblivion. [break][break]her gaze briefly tracks his noibat as it takes flight from his arm, but his voice drags her attention back to him. he's heard an echo of his explanation in other ranger's.[break][break]"me too."[break][break]personal reasons make an unfortunately powerful motivator. he defers to her and she accepts the responsibility with a nod. it's a refreshing change of pace from dealing with people like june sleigh, who would probably be making her way through the bushes downhill by now.[break][break]"okay, here's the plan: you focus on protecting the wildlife and i'll focus on the arrests. regular poachers will probably run, but rocket poachers might stand their ground against the two of us."[break][break]a couple of twenty-something rangers don't make for intimidating figures. [break][break]"if they stay and fight, i want you to forget the plan and fight with me instead. if you got all that, we can head down now." [break][break]she takes a few steps forward and motions for him to follow, tapping her index finger against her lips. she takes him down into the clearing bordering the tree line, waiting to hear movement within.

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MATIAS SILPH releases her wrist and she's quick to sheath the knife before he moves forward with his lesson. she's always tempered her fighting with instinct and split-second decision, so it's a little funny to her that there's technique to something as base as struggling. [break][break]he directs her legs around his waist. she obliges under the guidance of his hands, hesitation stilting her movement. getting closer to her opponent has never come to mind in a position like this, only desperation to get out from under them. [break][break]but it's not desperation she feels now. he lowers his body against hers, face close enough to exchange a breath between them. their eyes meet, but nothing is said — just a wordless, self-conscious flush of her cheeks before he moves on. [break][break]"yeah. i think so." [break][break]she studies his face like he's brand new to her. and from this perspective, he is. she can feel the residual heat underneath her skin but to acknowledge it any more than she already is is to invite its resurgence. so instead —[break][break]"what now?"[break][break]— she pushes the lesson onward, restless for the part when he's on the bottom again.

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"its avatar?"[break][break]confusion lines the edges of her voice. though she tries to conjure the image of someone, anyone, no face comes to mind when she tries to imagine necrozma's avatar. all she can picture is some faceless vessel cutting Greyson Connors open —[break][break]"why didn't you run?"[break][break]a glance at his delphox. [break][break]"autumn could've teleported you away before — before all of this happened!"

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