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POSTED ON Nov 3, 2021 15:11:38 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]"stop moving around so fucking much in there or you're going back into your pokeball."

his jacket shifts as something moves inside it, crawling further up his body before resting on his shoulder. its pink head barely pokes out as its jelly-like substance wiggles with each step niko takes. kinda like one would HORSE RIDING.

stepping into another aisle, he browses through the canned goods the grocery store has to offer.

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There’s always something annoying about grocery shopping at unfamiliar stores; about having to search through aisle upon aisle and sometimes still not being able to find some very specific items in her shopping list. It’s why it’s not something she does often, and also why she hadn’t really intended to buy much when stepping into the grocery store at Verdanturf.
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Just a few supplies for her mission and nothing more.
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And yet, it still takes her way too long because she has to look through just about every aisle…
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Eventually, she finds herself among rows of cans, some of them advertising their content to be things as odd as unfezant meat. Weird. It would be better to just ask for directions, wouldn’t it?
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”Hey, sorry to bother you, do you know in what aisle the cookies and stuff are?”
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If only she weren’t just looking at the back of the person she’s talking to, then maybe she would realize sooner...

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POSTED ON Nov 4, 2021 9:50:07 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]it's a can of unfezant meat he's looking at when a voice calls out to him. he doesn't recognize it even if he should, but who could blame him? it's been years.

but the moment he turns, recognition hits, and his expression falters for just a second.

"..."

ditto continues to roll on his shoulder, like a wave out at sea.

he raises a bruised hand, gesturing left.

"like, two aisles down that way."

turning, he drops whatever can of food into his basket before walking away.

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POSTED ON Nov 4, 2021 13:22:46 GMT

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She recognizes him, even if it’s been years.
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Maybe because she could have never forgotten, or maybe because she saw him all too recently in the dream mist that had overtaken the Star Soirée. He looks different; he looks different from what he did the last time they spoke, and he also looks different from the illusion that had been shown to her. But even if he has changed, it’s still with no hesitation that she calls his name.
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”Magnus.”
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What is this? Some sort of destiny thing? The stars aligning so that they just so happen to be at the same grocery store and so that she decides to ask him for help out of all the people there?
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It’s insane.
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It’s ridiculous.
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And yet, there’s a single thought that consumes Sol above all else...
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”What the fuck?”
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He left her, and he's trying to leave again.

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POSTED ON Nov 5, 2021 5:54:51 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]magnus.

a name he hasn't heard in so many years. it even sounds foreign to him, as though it no longer fits whatever person he's become. no nostalgia comes from it.

the ditto on his shoulder rotates, eyes shifting back to peer at sol while niko continues to walk away, not stopping to even look back. he turns left, heading towards the cashier with an almost empty basket of groceries.

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If he had bothered with telling her she’s wrong, then maybe Sol would have questioned herself; maybe she would have thought he’s just some stranger who looks and sounds way too similar to the brother she still misses everyday. Maybe she would have thought it’s all her mind playing cruel tricks on her.
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But, it’s him, isn’t it?
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His face. His voice. Him that walks away from her…
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Magnus, leaving her behind without an explanation again.
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”Magnus!”
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Sol, who is usually so cold. Sol, who has almost mastered the art of hiding her emotions.
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Today, at this grocery store, because of him, she yells, and tears begin to well up as she follows after him.
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After all, she had thought he was dead.
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”Seriously?! You’re not even going to say anything?!”

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POSTED ON Nov 5, 2021 15:30:57 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]still, he's yet to turn.

he heads to the self-checkout, placing the basket down on the station only to abandon it there. he turns then, peering at her with coldness that might've once been unimaginable.

"stop making a scene."

a pause.

"you have the wrong person."

and with that, he turns and heads out the door.

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There was once a time when Sol had loved her brother more than she loved anyone in the world. A time when she had hoped and prayed that he’d be safe and that he hadn’t suffered the same fate suffered by most of those who were declared M.I.A back at Kanto. She had suffered when she lost him. She had missed him every single day.
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Because of all those feeling is that she cries, and because of them it’s also that she knows it’s him even if there’s nothing familiar about the coldness with which he looks at her – that coldness that cuts like a sharp blade.
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”Fuck off. I know it’s you.”
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Even if they once cared for each other, things had never been perfect between them. Things had never been perfect in their family, honestly, and perhaps that’s exactly why he had left.
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She wouldn’t blame him for it, if it weren’t for the fact that he had left without saying goodbye, without even explaining things to her…
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He had let them all live with the fear that he might have died.
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Of course she follows after him when he heads out, leaving her own groceries behind. A jar of pumpkin spice that had been intended for a pie breaks when the basket is dropped, spilling its content, and although she should probably pay for that, Sol ignores it.
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”Stop running away from me. You’re such a fucking coward.”
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Shouldn’t this be a happy reunion? Shouldn’t they be glad to see each other?

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POSTED ON Nov 5, 2021 16:14:21 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]a nerve is struck almost too easily, and he would've snapped at anyone else. but not her. not his little sister who he once would've died for.

maybe he still would.

"i'm a coward?"

he sneers, stopping to finally turn towards her. even now, he towers over her.

"i'm a fucking survivor, sol. i was smart enough to leave then."

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A survivor.
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Sol could scoff. In fact, she does.
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”Leave without a fucking word, Magnus. You didn’t even say goodbye. You let me believe you were dead.”
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Her words sound accusatory, angry, filled with resentment, and of course they are… Why wouldn’t they be? How could she not be upset at him?
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Years have passed, they have both grown and changed in different ways, and yet there’s nothing that intimidates her as she looks up at him – fire in her gaze.
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”Why, Magnus?”
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Because he really is a coward? Because she would have told him to stay? Because she would have been hurt? Perhaps because she would have hated him forever if she knew he actually had left her.
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Sol knows all these things, yet she still asks anyway.

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POSTED ON Nov 5, 2021 16:31:45 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]"it was easier that way. less painful, considering the things i went on to do."

he pauses but his resolve never falters. he stands his ground the same way she holds hers.

"...the things i've done."

his eyes narrow, dismissive.

"magnus is dead."

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She looks at him, and in those teary eyes of hers, there’s nothing but anger and resentment. Those feelings that seep out thanks to all the pain she has bottled up over the years. There’s cracks on the glass now, all of it threatening to come out in an outburst.
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It’s so hard to stay in control when all she wants to do is punch him. To hurt him as much as he has hurt her.
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”What things?”
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Magnus isn’t dead, but he has changed, and he’s not the person she remembers. The person she once looked up to.

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POSTED ON Nov 8, 2021 14:44:26 GMT

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[attr="class","niko i"]where her eyes are teary, his are dry, though this is not unlike the man he once was. he had always been taught to not feel, to push aside feelings in favor of duty, and to be strong.

"you really want to know?"

he already knows her response. he'd want to know as well.

so, after a heavy sigh, he continues.

"i've been in rocket ever since i went missing."

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Sol has never been one to listen to her own emotions, nor has she ever been good at letting them show, but that jar in which she usually puts all of her feelings about brother has now cracked, and from it it all begins to spill in the form of anger and tears.
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Those cracks only deepen when hearing his next words.
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”...Rocket?”
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It’s a whisper of disbelief, disgust washing over her at the mere mention of Team Rocket, for with it come memories of all the horror and loss that has been suffered because of them – not just hers, but also that of the people she cares for.
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”Why?... Why the fuck would you do that?!”
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Angry, accusatory, a question as sharp as a knife.
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Traitor, is the word that overtakes her thoughts.

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