Eva nods, she is satisfied with her answers from Dahlia. cait alfric ’s comments bring her gaze towards her. There is a shift in Eva’s demeanor. Her posture straightens and eyes narrow in judgement, not at her backhanded comments towards Katherine Fairburne , but at the mention of a war with Rocket “With your power comes responsibility,” she reminds the avatar. It’s Major Morales of the Hoenn Army speaking now, not Doctor Morales, “I like to think that responsibility includes the preservation of good in this world,” she eyes the rest of the Avatars in the room, “Rocket is not a threat to be taken lightly. Should a war come to be I would hope you would answer the call,” she would, Eva already was and she didn’t have any special “super powers”. Of course, she held herself to a much higher standard and it was unfair to ask others to do the same, “With your help we would save a lot more lives than we would lose,” Eva was speaking from experience, her time fighting Rocket in Kanto was traumatizing. With even a smidge of the power held within this room, the war would have gone much differently, “And as a Major, I think I can speak on behalf of The League and the Hoenn Army when I say we are putting the right people in place to prepare for such a turn of events. I wasn’t here for the war you speak of, but I’m here now, and I can guarantee that me and my brothers and sisters in arms are qualified to handle an attempt on Hoenn’s freedoms,” she wasn't sure how dahlia goode handled the previous war, but obviously it didn't sit well with Cait, probably several of those in this room. She still held regret when it came to Kanto's fall and some of the decisions they made, but she wasn't in charge back then.

tl;dr: Meet Major Morales

Eva’s gaze softened as Sénon Game spoke up on behalf of cait alfric in preparation for the harsh reality he seemed to miss, “I’m sorry, Mr. Game, but choosing to ignore responsibilities doesn’t just make them disappear,” this wasn’t some sort of game, this was real life. They were there whether you liked it or not. The look she gave Cait was apologetic, but not for what Eva said, but in recognition of her feelings, “And that is your choice, I just hope it doesn’t haunt you,” there was a sense of sincerity in her words. The lives Eva couldn’t save haunted her every day.

Nothing is more fashionable than arriving late in this buffoonery, coming a few seconds after the Commissioner dahlia goode has made her entrance.

Selena received the letter, but there is much contemplation for the pinkette if she was really invited or not. She would have been required anyways because she is Tapu Koko's avatar—not to mention the threat of another fine and imprisonment—which in her opinion, is the only thing that the League is capable of doing: incriminating their colleagues. The matter of FERNANDO SILPH's vendetta against her is beyond her decision to cooperate in this initiative.

She just needed to be there.

“I assume coming late does not mean detention, no?”

Smiles plasters on her face when she barges in, her presence marked with the familiar jolt of lightning pushing outwards her body. The lady's cerulean eyes scan the room as she takes note of the ones present on their seats. When Circe pops from behind, her staff pointing towards the empty seat next to Thomas Benoit , Selena gives a brief nod before she finds herself next to him.

Selena has been late for the first round of questioning. She’s never late, however, to see Katherine Fairburne going all out feral again with another person in the assembly.

The pinkette chooses to focus on her side of the table, a document that lays open for her perusal. There is no need to listen to this childish banter when it is not what’s the highlight of this gathering: this contract will surmise everything dahlia goode chooses to say and not.

“The biggest question here would be why such an initiative is needed in the first place.” Selena raises her voice, attempting to stir the conversation. “I know for a fact that even if there’s no AQUA, every chosen one will help Hoenn get back on its feet. So what, is it only to save the League’s image? To salvage its name?”

There’s no saving their name.

“Now, I can’t help but agree with cait alfric that it seems like the avatars are being used as a cannon fodder—no offense. And besides,” her eyes shift to FERNANDO SILPH. “I wonder where does the funding come from? Where will the league get all these resources? Isn’t this an insult to all our rangers and police officers who experience the same level of work hazard and then us avatars will be paid much more than what they could make a year?”

Arms cross as she tightens her grip to her composure, wisps of lightning sweeping the room so lightly it can tickle other people’s skin.

“This is a level of ridiculous I did not expect to see in this assembly. Even the contract recognizes that avatars can die; our institutions, however, will not. This is a very questionable investment right here.”

EVENT: AN AQUA INITIATIVE