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POSTED ON May 29, 2021 10:04:40 GMT
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She shrugged, doing something with an eyebrow. “I dunno.”

The breakup with Emma hadn’t been something they’d talked about, and likely wouldn’t be that day. The Quinns rarely had the opportunity for conversation, and they had little brother to fry.

She lit a cigarette and blew the trace of a long drag.

“What’s he like? I mean… what does he even do?”


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POSTED ON May 29, 2021 11:03:50 GMT
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"Insecure, but ambitious."

It was the best way he could think to sum up on the fly. He didn't know much more about him save for his relationship with , but that was a personal detail he chooses to leave out.

"As for what he does — he's a grunt, so whatever we tell him to. What does he want to do? Couldn't tell you aside from he wants power, wants to be an Avatar; must run in the family."

There's a hint of amusement, then.

"Reminds me of myself. Irony's not lost on me."
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POSTED ON May 29, 2021 11:24:38 GMT
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Ick.

This was weird, and she most certainly did not like it. She took a hard sip of harder scotch. Why? This smelled like someone she didn’t want to remember.

It was his fault.

She allowed a moment of silence to pass between them with a heavy sigh, drawing from her cigarette.

“Why does shit happen to us, anyways?” Because they'd both asked for it maybe, but surely their willpowers were not the only at play.

“I still don’t understand how he could be in Rocket. Like, what are the odds of that? I don’t like that.” A fingernail brushed over glass tentatively. “Whatever. Of all things, this is finally overwhelming.” She gave a laugh which was more defensive than anything else.


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POSTED ON May 29, 2021 12:17:09 GMT
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"Cause we're not allowed happiness, Saoirse."

It's dry, a suggestion of grim humour.

"I recruited him," Gavin admits, grimacing. "Heard some kid was asking around about shadow Pokemon and wanted to figure out what he knew. Planned to shake him down a bit and just take the information, but..."

But, well, now Rowan was Rocket like his older siblings. Oops.

His jaw sets, lips pressed.

"We're more valuable than he is. I'd say he's in the most danger but you and I already looking out for each other; guess he benefits from that, too. I haven't told him about you, by the way. Figured you might want to do that yourself." A pause. "I can always let him know if you'd rather not. Just wanted you to have the choice."
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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 7:36:25 GMT
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The humor passed by without meeting her gaze. She scowled into a sip of scotch, head beginning to fuzz from the copious amount she’d already taken from the bottle.

Of course he'd be into shadow pokemon. Why would he not be?

Her face turned sour still at the idea of ‘doing it herself’. She gave an incomprehensible sound akin to a growl and then shrugged.

“Let’s just… put him in a box, and send him back. Then I won't have to say anything.”


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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 9:44:58 GMT
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"Saoirse!"

Gavin laughs, sharp.

"We can't just ship him back to Galar to avoid an awkward conversation." There's a glimmer of amusement in his amber gaze. "Like I said, I'll talk to him if you don't want to. He asked if there were others and I said yeah, but I didn't give him your name."

Gavin taps his cigarette against the ashtray, then takes another sip of scotch.
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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 10:56:26 GMT
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But they could, if they wanted to, really. They had that power.

She stared at him, idling knowingly between comedy and danger.

“What? You told him about the others that weren’t me, then?” Tapped her glass and shifted her weight. “And what, pray tell, are their names, Cillian?”


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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 11:07:22 GMT
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Gavin presses his lips together with a repressed scoff of laughter.

"No, Saoirse, I mean I didn't give him names. I just said we've got another sibling but that the decision to bridge contact was up to you, not me."
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Ash was tapped into a tray.

“Fine.” Her smirk was unusually dark. She wasn’t actually having a good time. This was a defense mechanism.

There was a heavy sigh.

“Guess I’m gonna fucking talk to him then.


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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 11:49:22 GMT
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"You don't have to," he reminds her.

He recognizes the false quality of the smirk, the way it doesn't reach her eyes. She's stressed, and he knows from experience that a stressed out does not always make sound decisions.

"I can tell him myself if you'd rather not, or we don't have to tell him at all. It's whatever you want."
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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 12:05:51 GMT
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“No, no, hell with that.”

She hissed a sigh that almost growled and continued hissing through an obnoxious drag, then blew smoke. Her emotions were just as cloudy.

“I want to.”

Fuck.

She downed the rest of what was in her glass.


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POSTED ON May 30, 2021 19:01:13 GMT
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"Okay."

There's a brief silence as he puffs on his smoke. He's not entirely sure what to say. Ordinarily he finds silence comfortable but the circumstances leave him feeling tense.

He sighs.

"So what's new with you?"
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The amount of scotch she’d consumed in such a short amount of time hit her from the side, causing her to slouch somewhat against its influence.

She set the glass down, not immediately refilling.

Eyes stared off. End of a cigarette burned, dying alone without lips.

“Finished the generator.”


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POSTED ON May 31, 2021 19:24:03 GMT
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Gavin watches her, brow furrowed with concern.

"All right?"

He's not used to this, to asking after her — but he does it anyway, remembering the warmth of concern, of being cared for. Something they'd been raised without. They had a lot of catching up to do.

"Hey, that's great news!" There's pride in the lilt of his voice. "Bet that's a load off, you've been working on that for a while."
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She nodded.

His pride in her would have meant a lot if not for the situation. It was unfortunately ineffective. Try as she might to shift her mind, the scotch made her shock infinitely more suffocating. It was all too much to process. Her body listed slightly to the right with a sigh.

“I have.”

“There’ve been a lot of setbacks. Sort of glad to have it out of the way honestly.”

She looked down at the bottle again, poured a glass, set it down sort of loudly and then went to slouch on wherever the closest spot to sit was.

Brought the glass to her lips, and lit another cigarette she’d snatched from the pack. “I’m working on some new things now.” she sighed.

Her head rolled back towards him. “I want to go to Ultra Space, Cillian.”


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