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POSTED ON Aug 8, 2021 23:55:38 GMT
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memories flow through her as though down a stream, rippling flashes of adolescence, of finding her place in this world, and of fire in her palms, claws at her beck and call. life could have been much simpler if i hadn't chased fantasies. 

serpents of destruction, unmatched in their power and prowess. what a heartbreaking realization to know that it was lies

her dragons peer at her. and that's what they are, first and foremost - be it land or sea, they own her, command her (she was ever the fool to think it the other way around).

"find me in sootopolis. i'll show you which then," she says with a smile. 

he really doesn't know anything about me, does he? it makes her feel like a...relic. she swallows, unsure of how to feel - unsure of whether she should feel something about that. 

"mm, that's the ranger way, i suppose. i've always been told there was a better sense of...comradery among that branch." 

she tosses a few more kelp cakes and enjoys the scent of the coastal air. she doesn't go to answer immediately because she's still not entirely sure where her allegiances (at least, publicly) declare her. but before she can answer, he says things that make her mouth go dry, that twist a wound she hadn't realized was still there.

a darkness comes over her then; her light blue eyes are piercing, unforgiving now, tumultuous, and she could have snarled. instead, she composes herself. there is the ghost of a man by her shoulder and he is encouraging her not to forget, no matter how desperately she wishes so. 

she points at moxie. the snake's puckered, ruined eye is visible from her resting point. "rocket did that to her." she blinks, and the fire within her quells. "you ought to be careful who you say such things to, ranger. there are bigger, meaner things out there than rocket, but that doesn't mean they haven't left their fair share of scars."

she reaches for the ekans affectionately. moxie sunbathes on.
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Chase realizes his mistake. he lifts a hand, scratching idly at the back of his head. "sorry" all things considered, she was being frosty with him now. that was his fault "I only meant to say; I don't care who you are. League, Rocket or other" maybe he should have explained himself better. she could have been Rocket, for all I knew he resists saying this because he knows he offended her "and it isn't my personal business what side you're on. I really don't care anyway."

he sighs, dropping his arm. "I'm bad with explaining myself properly" he was being awkward and insulting to someone who had shown him nothing but kindness "what I mean besides that is; whatever you've done, experienced... you can have a blank slate here. talking to me. if you wanted, that is. I know from speaking to you that you're much more talented than I am. it means a lot you'd help me, however small. you didn't have to, but you went out of your way to do so."

the fire that quells is replaced with sadness once more.

he doesn't dare smile reassuringly in case this insults her further. his face is kept neutral, almost wary. "I meant no offense" Chase adds quietly, guilt ridden.


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he's certainly an interesting one. that much she can give him credit for. had she met him a couple of years ago, she would have been abhorred at his outlook on the divided factions. but morality & truth aren't as black and white as she once thought; in that same instance of moxie's torture, she committed the same heinous acts she has scorned others for. 

still, his lack of conviction is...unbecoming. in due time, he'll learn. she doesn't wish it upon him, but this world is cruel, and people even more so. 

"whether you mean it or not, saying such things so blatantly could end your career before it starts," she says, though her voice is kinder now. "i was once a councilwoman, you know," she says, lips quirking. eons ago, it feels. 

"and had we met then, i would have decommissioned you myself." she laughs. and then she waves a hand. "don't put me on a pedestal like that. i took you out for more selfish reasons than i've let on."
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"I'm sorry" he says again, daring to glance up at her "I didn't mean to, ah, place you above everyone else. that wasn't... see? I'm bad at this" Chase chuckles awkwardly, rubbing his neck now "I really, truly, try to give people a blank slate when I meet them. there wasn't any doubt you've seen a lot of shit in Hoenn. you carry yourself well, composed and confident."

if not a bit defiant.

"point is; selfish or not, I appreciate the gesture" he gives a nod "and the League can decommission me if they want" his voice turns a bit stronger, eyes narrowing "truth is, I came here for selfish reasons too" Chase adds. if Freya was going to be blunt, he might as well too "I had no life back in Johto. my home was taken from me in Kanto. my mother, my only living relative, died too young." he smiles almost forlornly.

"I saw the Rangers as a means to earn enough money to live comfortably - for me and my Pokemon. I was always living pay to pay. and yes, I believe in the fight. I think Pokemon like Moxie don't deserve to be abused or mistreated" but the world isn't so black and white "I just like to be optimistic. I'm sorry if that's offending, Freya. I'm sure you've had a lot of stuff happen to make you view a certain way, just like I have to make me a certain way."

but that could change.



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"some people do not deserve blank slates." he speaks so brashly, with such conviction. she was like that once. she still is. 'but it's almost like looking in a mirror.' she resists the urge to smile, out of fear that he might think her crazy. 

"hold onto that optimism. just make sure to take my advice - you'll get a lot farther that way.

"and like i said, the rangers are...good people. even in the league, they're hard to find these days."
she picks apart another of the kelp cakes. her dragons watch her hungrily, but she makes no more moves to toss these over the edge. her own stomach grumbles; she tries to push that feeling away. 

she lifts her water glass. "to new beginnings," she says.
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"no. they don't." he says it not quietly, but strong. full of conviction. life is not a fairy tale. he lifts his glass when does, smiling thinly. he agrees with her, that's the fucked up part. but at the same time, he cannot shed his skin as easily as Moxie could. he couldn't shove down the hope his mother instilled into him.

but.

"that'll be my mistake to make" not yours he thinks. she is trying to give him advice, he knows. she says to keep the optimism but also her words close. Chase doesn't want her to make the same mistakes he may do, but he realizes that she may have already. that her words are experience. "and grow from it."

because the world was not evil or good. it was a shade of grey. how deeply shaded was up to the individual. 

"to new beginnings" he clinks his glass against her own.
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