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Adrian Malcolm
RUINS OF REGIROCK
POSTED ON Nov 23, 2021 15:00:32 GMT
"...i'm not too sure." though he had a bit of a working theory, he wasn't sure one instance made it concrete. test it again.
the regirock was now sustaining significant damage thanks to him calling it off, not that he was particularly thrilled with letting it run wild either. though to him at least it seemed the greater threat had passed. and yet their peers were not so easily convinced, relentlessly attacking the goliath.
if he let them destroy it, they would just resume attacking him, which would leave him at their mercy. he wanted to separate it from the situation while retaining its power as a deterrent. otherwise they would just resume their earlier quarrel with the invigorated sense that they were in the right. he couldn't have that.
razz offered him a means of escape, providing him a solution, such as it was.
it would require him to be underhanded, but he felt the need was strong. "...would you?"
before allowing himself to be shown to safety by buzzwole, adrian allowed his dark aura to corrupt the regirock. all the while he's jumpy, keeping an eye fixated on what he perceived to be the main threat: the unidentified avatar.
eyes are drawn towards katherine, seeing the influence of their aura as she draws near the titan and them by proxy. its mechanisms cannot be inferred, but as he stares towards them, he notices the rock tucked in their arms. hypocrite.
razz delivers him into buzzwole's proximity for safeguarding. from there, he could siphon life from its robust constitution, feeding regirock the leftovers. he could only take so much, lest buzzwole should realize his deception or become unfit to bear him.
due to the gravity, he must be assisted. he conserves his strength to safeguard the rock, though in the end he's provoked by katherine's prejudice. "you're ridiculous."
adrian spits on the ground. "you fear it, and rightfully so," he takes a moment to breathe, sneering. "but what have you done to actually stop it, that we haven't? we both possess remnants, but only you are naïve enough to assume that only you know what to do about it. yet your only achievement was baseless violence, leaving us worse off when it did reappear—what was your actual plan?!" adrian gestures to regirock.
"... besides, there is no destroying this; it is an aspect, just like the one you serve."
and it would seem this aspect had chosen, if one considered it a voluntary act.
"if you continue, you're only proving to me that you're incapable of reconciliating. that you've the same inclination for violence with extreme prejudice as this... monster, as i'm sure you think of it. a threat to public safety who flagrantly abuses their gift..."
it might've been his bias, but katherine shared some nasty traits with this regirock.
adrian isn't sure what he's talking himself into, but it boils over abruptly as he harps on her transgressions. the league deserves better than you. his index points to katherine.
"it ceased fire on my order... and if that's the case, then it is no longer a threat to our safety," he doesn't want to see this thing around anymore than them. but how could anyone trust this thing under anyone's charge, save their own? adrian can clearly empathize with katherine's motives and intent, but not her alleged misconduct.
"but based on your collective actions, i can only assume you are still a threat to mine."
it's quite sad when you can't trust the league not to perpetrate crimes against you.
"if they move against us, i want you to end the matter... starting with her."
this he ordered of the regirock, retracting his previous command. yet another test.
if regirock only retaliated contingent with his specific instructions, it could be safely assumed that it obeyed him without exception. it would then also help him understand katherine—whether fear was truly the sole factor behind her persistent irrationality.
and he could deny culpability. test me.
[attr="class","pkspr"][attr="class","pokesprite pokemon regirock"] [attr="class","pokesprite pokemon shiny kubfu"] ADRIAN grants REGIROCK the DARK-TYPING* ADRIAN plays into the offer for EXFIL BUZZWOLE is siphoned to revitalize REGIROCK Unlikely to make it very far very fast under GRAVITY ADRIAN renders a lengthy sentiment to KATHERINE ADRIAN hopes they aren't beyond reconciliation REGIROCK is ordered to attack if conditions are met ADRIAN tests the extent of his influence on REGIROCK Hopes to gain insight into KATHERINE'S motivations
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