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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 7:44:41 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]kelley. sinclair. rage swiftly rises to the surface and silas deals with it the only way he knows how. his leg finds a nearby table but again, his being is spectral mist. it doesn't help.

"kill them. kill all of them. they're all a bunch of rats."

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 8:03:34 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“That’s the plan.”

Fernando isn’t familiar with either name. Even if Silas were to mention them, dominic sinclair had always used a pseudonym during their exchanges. Considering how little he had on him, Fernando never pushed for more. Just enough to cut off the head.

Once upon a time, it sufficed. Now? Not so much.

“I’ll be sure you get a front seat.”

But there still much he doesn’t know. Things he needs to know if he’s to make any headway. So he asks a simple, innocent question.

“After Verdanturf, if things went your way, what did you want? Assume Rocket took over Hoenn. Then what?”

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 8:10:30 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]a front seat — silas almost laughs. how he longs to be tangible, to be alive, to be the one with the power and the will to see it through. now, he's demoted to a simple observer, to someone who only exists because someone else wills it. how pathetic.

"what do you think?" it's rhetorical. "we keep going. johto, sinnoh, galar — i wanted everything."

silas pauses for a moment, considering.

"i imagine more legendaries would have made appeared. i would've killed them, too."

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 8:12:59 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“Well, sure, I figured as much.”

He continues along because eventually there has to be an end. What he needs is motivation. Whatever Silas had planned, the rest of them clearly didn’t agree. Blame it on his methods, sure, but that doesn’t provide any more insight onto the current iteration of Team Rocket.

“But then what? You conquer every land, kill every Legend. Then what? What is your end goal?”

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 8:28:35 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]for once, silas is speechless.

his end goal? such a simple question leaves him at a lost, unable to answer with anything but:

"i don't know."

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 8:38:21 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“Fair.”

They can come back to that. While their wants and end-goals are different, the path to resolution puts them through similar milestones. Wherein Silas kills as an outlet, Fernando sees a means to an end.

Some Legends are born to die.

“Senri Harada, Articuno Avatar. Did Team Rocket kill him?”

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 9:03:19 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]"yes."

a lie, but it serves another purpose. fernando has shown little to gain his trust. but then again, it's not like it will ever matter. to trust goes against silas' very nature. still, he watches for a reaction, slightly curious.

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 9:04:56 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“Liar.”

Fernando says so because he knows so. What he needs is at least some semblance of trust. No matter what he tells Katherine, his fib will only take him so far. So, he resorts to petty tricks.

"Because I killed him.“

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 14:38:03 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]"did you?"

fernando lies — this, silas is certain of, and it shows in the way his lips snake into a semblance of a smirk. entertaining the thought, silas takes a step closer.

"why?"

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POSTED ON Apr 23, 2021 19:10:18 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“I had to. He was not fit to be an Avatar.”

Fernando pulls his hand inward, elbow to his side, inhaling, before letting it all out in one exaggerated exhale. A stream of mist is purged from his lungs and the added mass lets him bring out another. It’s a Megalopolan, mostly humanoid, but distinctly different by the way the mist shimmers in darker hues.

“Legendary Pokemon are like people, they have different personalities, desire, and they’re just as fallible. They make mistakes. They pick the wrong people.”

The Megalopolan is more reserved than Silas in that they come to, aware of their surroundings, before lunging at him with the intent to bite through his neck. Fernando dismisses it as soon as the alien phases through him.

“One of them tried to play hero and opened up our world to invasion from another dimension. Avatars like that must be eliminated. We cannot let such beasts get tethered to such fools.”

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2021 7:22:50 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]silas watches the megalopolan shimmer into a humanoid shape. it's one that he does not recognize, but like anyone else, it's one he doesn't cower to. it lunges and it disappears, leaving trails of mist.

"kill the other avatars while you're at it."

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2021 7:30:08 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]His scowl is unmatched. They make little head way but Fernando entertains the demand.

“Do you kill for sport or do you just kill because you hate?”

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2021 7:39:18 GMT

[attr="class","blackwell"]"both."

no falter in his voice, silas matches the scowl.

"people are fools. they make mistakes. they change. they betray. so if we were to use your logic, then there should be no avatars at all."

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POSTED ON Apr 24, 2021 7:47:57 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"]“And then humans will follow too. Until there’s no one left.”

Fernando understand this but his goal is not their extermination. They must cull the weak and stupid so that the rest can flourish. Evolution is the next step. Like Silas, he is willing to expunge those needed, but where they draw the line is what makes them different.

“There is a threshold for tolerance. When they cross it, I will step in to maintain balance, whatever that may require.”

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