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Hey
You free?
I need to talk to you
I'm so pissed the fuck off
Fuck everything right now man
Can you meet me at Fortree
ground floor away from the houses
watch out for bugs

Matt was waiting for Isaac, leaning against the base of a tree as he stared off with a hard expression. His whole body was tense and he felt stiff. Muscles did not want to move right. Brain literally felt like it was pulsing in his skull. Rubbing his temple, he gave a heavy sigh. Expression changing softer, if not upset.

The whole situation.. it did not sit right in his soul. It hurt. Felt bitter. Wrong. Disgusting.

Was he a fool? He sure made a fool of himself. But the way they acted... was he actually a coward? Perhaps he was. Shoulders slumped and he placed his hands to his face. No, no emotion. He had to be strong. A stupid chip on his shoulder, to be impressive to a man who didn't even deserve his attention. But it was still important to him.

A family to protect. From a hurling fucking rock. Or kill thousands- god it made his stomach sick. Sliding down the base of the tree, he settled between the roots. Simply... waiting.

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

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It wasn't every day that Isaac Merlo, civilian, slipped into the guise of Blackjack, increasingly-notorious member of Team Rocket, to take a personal call. In fact, it was completely unheard of. The less people knew about his criminal activity, the better. Sure, he'd show up in his outfit to run the Bazaar, but that was different. That was still the underworld, even if it was the lighter side of the darkness.[break][break]

No. This was a reversal of everything Isaac's carefully-balanced double life stood for. And yet, with the urgency of these texts, how could he say no?[break][break]

To say they were on good terms was an overstatement. To say they were on bad terms was one too. They were on . . . terms. Baffling ones. But in a way, there was something entertaining about them. Most of the time, if someone was an asshole, Isaac was content to call them an asshole and move on. Having someone he could call an asshole one minute, then open up to about some real shit the next was rare. It was catharsis, and the relief after the catharsis, all in one.[break][break]

And that may have been why Matt was coming to a Rocket of all people for help.[break][break]

The trees behind Matt rustled, one by one. That wasn't out of the ordinary. With all the wild Pokemon flying through them, the trees around Fortree were always rustling one way or another. But the rustling wasn't usually quite so heavy and irregular. It was almost like something was squeezing its way through the treetops, using the canopy so that it could avoid walking the earth. What the heck could be the cause of that?[break][break]

"So. Lot on your mind, huh?" The Rocket landing behind Matt may've been a hint. So was the Dhelmise watching from the treetops, using its Phantom Force to recede into the tree once its job was done. If Isaac had to get credit for anything, it was that the man knew how to make an entrance.[break][break]

And, for once, it seemed like he knew how to shut up and listen. With his question posed, he stayed almost uncharacteristically quiet.

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If the thoughts hadn't been so loud in his skull, he may have heard the noises that didn't belong to the forest. Honestly he had about given up on him showing up, as it was starting to get dusk. But soon, that voice came ringing to his ears. Matt jolted his head up, managing to smack it against the tree trunk, only thing he made of it was a grimace.

"Yeah, got called a coward, a pie fucking thrown at me, saw one of my good bros insulted, by some fucker who needs to be shoved off a cliff."

Matt said that so fast and pissed, it would be a surprise if Isaac heard him at all. Pushing himself off the ground, he went to lean back against the tree. "Nothin's right. Everything is wrong. They... they aren't.." Saying it out loud sounded wrong. He knew Josh wasn't this way, it wasn't what Josh would do- but it made his guts want to explode.

"Feel... lied too."

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Matt was saying a lot of things really fast, and Isaac's head was spinning trying to keep track of it all. Insults? Cowards? Defenestrating some asshole off of a cliff? Lies? Pies? What? Isaac shot a concerned glance at the tree, as if trying to see how hard Matt clocked his head on the dang thing.[break][break]

No. That didn't seem right either. Matt wouldn't have texted like that if this was just a little bit of head trauma induced rambling. No. Something was up here. The man didn't seem particularly angered, or even his usual sense of confrontational. Instead he seemed . . . lost. Hurt, even. And for Matt of all people to be seeming that way, something had gone horribly wrong.[break][break]

"Hey. C'mon. One step at a time, man," Isaac said, a flicker of concern in his voice. "There's . . . a lot you gotta get off your chest, huh? And that's okay. Cause I don't know what's going on, but it sure sounds like a load of bullshit."[break][break]

He sighed, not wanting to get secondhand worked up here. "Alright. First thing's first, who are they?"

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MAtt ironically had a thought back to one of Nico's close friends; Aki. Whenever she got upset she talked a mile a minute. Usually Matt either yelled or brooded until it was over. Not this time, he was visually upset. His face looked strained, as if he aged from the whole thing.

Right, right. Calm. Try to speak clearly, like how Nico does even when he's a little miffed. Always had this way of just, talking.

"They are the rangers." Breathing a long exhale of a breath, he ran his hand through his hair. "We had a meeting. It... went terrible." Honestly, yes, his pride was hurt. Maybe Razz was right. That made him angry again, feeling his skin itch.

"I hate this."

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]"The Rangers," Isaac repeated, a touch of disbelief in his voice. Okay, sure. The guy didn't have a ton of respect for the institution of rangerhood in the first place. People looking after Pokemon? Good. Great, even. Maybe this was a controversial opinion, but Isaac believed Pokemon deserved respect and dignity. A group being around to make sure that stayed the case was important.[break][break]

It was just a shame that the League had too many fingers in that Ranger pie. Isaac wasn't about to trust a government and economy that revolved around Pokemon to not look the other way when it benefited them. If push came to shove, who would the Rangers truly side with? The ideal of their job, or the guys lining their pockets? Far as he cared, they were just the officers' little buddies.[break][break]

But little buddy apparently partied hard when the big guy wasn't looking. The boy scout animal cops were slinging insults and pies at each other with reckless abandon? In a meeting? Isaac worked with a literal pack of crooks and his meetings were still more cordial than that! Granted, this was because if you pied a grunt in the face and some cream got on an underboss' shoes, you'd probably pay the price the hard way. That was totally just semantics, though.[break][break]

Briefly, Isaac wondered if Josh Devlin and Julia Davis were alright. Maybe he'd check up on them later . . .[break][break]

They believed. They truly did. That fact was written on their faces. And from the pain in Matt's voice, so did he. It was heartbreaking to hear. Part of Isaac wanted to say that this was why you never met your heroes. But what was there to gain from rubbing salt in the wound further, even as a warning?[break][break]

"You're telling me the Rangers had a meeting, and it turned into a literal clownshow like that," he repeated. He tried to keep that Rocket edge to his voice. He really did. But, fuck. It all just melted away into a warm, worried sympathy as Isaac wondered what the fuck was happening in this region. "I've got a million questions, but I think this one sums up at least half the list:"[break][break]

"Why?"

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Matt looked up at him, hoping, for something, anything, hell the snide remark might have even helped him out. But no, he got... sympathy. It made him want nicodemus unken. To bury his face into his boyfriend's chest and feel all is safe and right for once. That the one thing that won't leave him is in front of him, safe, in his arms. But he has Isaac for now... and it was worth every minute.

"I don't know. I walked outside cause things got tense and... yeah. I needed to catch a breather, came inside to Josh yellin' at some... one eyed fucker. Called me a coward for leaving, then insulted Josh... Got pissed, said fuck all them, and walked out to a pie being thrown at me."

His eyes went downcast, staring at the grass at his feet. Feeling small compared to everything else around them. It felt like his world was in a full blown meltdown. "I know I had to have embarrassed Josh... I'm such a fuckin' idiot." He slapped his head. "How can someone be smart and a moron at the same god damn time." The frustrations were growing, but he still looked just sad.

"I just wanted to protect people, not... this."

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]Okay. Clearly things had flown off the rails more than Isaac thought if Josh of all people got angry. Josh! The guy who, if you opened the dictionary to the word Idealist, you'd see with that same big eager smile as he accepted everything coming his way. That Josh was getting actual, no-shit angry?[break][break]

Isaac almost wished he was a fly on the wall for whatever the fuck caused that. But then he'd be right in the pie crossfire. Which, his brain was now reminding him every five seconds, was a thing that happened. Why was there pie at a meeting? Why was it being thrown? How could anyone say shit about bravery if they were punctuating their point like Bozo the goddamn Clown?[break][break]

"Y'know. If someone calls knowing when to hold 'em and knowing when to fold 'em being a coward, then fuck it. I'm a coward too," Isaac said. "Feels to be like a Ranger should know when and how to pick their battles. And until they dragged your ass back into it with a low blow, you had that on lock. Shit, would we even be having this chat if they gave you five fucking minutes to cool down?"[break][break]

"You played it smart. And you'd better not let some cheap shotting asshole take that from you."[break][break]

Still, the tension clearly reached a point where Matt couldn't hold back anymore. Hell, could anyone? A meeting that started with needing to leave the room to breathe and ended with, again, a fucking pie fight sounded tenser than Gavin's office. "You got wound up because you cared. I'm sure the guy understands," Isaac said. "Especially since he was getting into the mix of it for you, too."[break][break]

See, this was why Isaac couldn't stand People. Not people. They were fine. But get enough of them in one area, and it turned into People. This inexorable tidal wave of opinions and agendas and restrictions and conflicts that bore down on you like a tidal wave. Get every region's champion in a room, ask them what toppings they want on their pizza, and you've caused a world war.[break][break]

Yeah, no. Fuck that. This was why Isaac gave others wide berth to do as they pleased. If he tried to herd every cat in the Bazaar in one direction, the place'd be a crater by sundown. Maybe Matt needed to try doing the same. "So do it," Isaac said. "Who needs the blessing of a bunch of hot messes to do the right thing? You sure as hell don't."

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Isaac's words made sense. Heck, he was sure he heard some of Nico's words in there. Fuck, he had to tell nicodemus unken what happened. Fuck. Would he even tell him to keep going? Or tell him to quit? What was he going to do? This was all so much for his head. He wasn't even old enough to be facing this much stress, man.

"What if I got him in trouble?" He groaned, realizing just how bad he actually made this. "Fuck." He slammed his fist into the tree behind him.

"They're probably going to fire me too." Thinking back, Matt wanted to punch himself. "Kind of took it far." Maybe he shouldn't have insulted Razz... no fuck that guy. "Urgh." Taking a deep breath, he leaned his head back against the tree.

Looking towards Isaac, he frowned heavily. "How am I supposed to protect people? We're going to teleport a rock to go kill thousands of innocent people, or kill all of us. I don't know. It's so much." Letting his shoulders lump, he looked up to stare at the stars that flickered between the trees.

"Just looks like nothing is a good option and the only way to even get out of this to either fuck off and live life day to day or just fall into a cog of the machine."

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]"If that whole room wasn't in trouble, I'd be shocked," Isaac said. "They're supposed to be Hoenn's finest, and they can't handle a meeting without a bunch of shit-talking and escalation? Far as I care, that's on them."[break][break]

Sure, Matt lost his shit too, from the sound of things. But everything from the tone of his voice to the look on his face told Isaac that at least he acknowledged it. "I'm gonna guess this was, like. Your first day on the squad. Or close to it," he said. Matt certainly would've done more than just punch him if that was the case, back during their first meeting. "And someone decided, when a newbie's trying to cool down from all the info overload, to jump right to hazing them? Yeah, no shit you took it so far! You had no idea what you were getting into, and instead of being given a hand, some fuck went right for the throat. Should've known his role and shut his hole, if you ask me."[break][break]

Isaac didn't even like the rangers, and yet this cascade of disaster dominos still stuck in his craw. Literally any difference in word choice, and this could've all been avoided! Instead, it sounded like the whole room turned into anarchy! And this was for the Rangers, who needed to keep cool under pressure and be a beacon of hope for the common people. Bedtime manner and a cool head under pressure should've been the first lessons they learned. "Tell me it was some other hotshot rookie, at least."[break][break]

But that was only one reason why the events of that day stuck so hard in Matt's craw. What he learned that day was the other half of the equation. Even if he wasn't fired, even if they did still want him around, he'd be up against the impossible. There was a difference between hearing the reports on the news and hearing it right out of the heroes' mouths; at least one Hoenn was fucked.[break][break]

If Isaac knew all the answers, he wouldn't be here. He'd probably be a trillionaire, living on a private island with Cygne with a full pardon from his Rocket activities. But he did know one truth, deeply and intimately. "Alright. I know you're hurting right now, and I like not being punched in the face, so I'm gonna give you a heads up on this barb. Think of it like a verbal trust fall, okay?" Isaac said. "But how would you feel if I stabbed you? Right here, right now?"[break][break]

He waited, just that precious second, to let his point sink in. "That's why it's important to not stop protecting people. No shit, we're all gonna die some day. Maybe that day's not gonna be in my 90s like I hoped. But that doesn't make our lives any less worth living," Isaac said. "So fuck the machine. And fuck acting like the whole world's gotta be on your shoulders, Or Else.[break][break]

"Who cares if you can only live one day at a time? There's a lot you can do in that one day. And there are a lot of people who, if you do right by them, are gonna be thrilled to have another day when they thought they wouldn't. So don't you dare stop protecting people, okay? Just the fact that you still want to, despite all this bullshit, tells me you're twice the guy they think you are."[break][break]

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Matt shrugged. "Didn't catch his name. Wears a eye-patch, looks like a tool, yay high." He measured with his hand. "Spiky black hair. Honestly could have been a almost Josh clone if they didn't have different hairstyles." Just remembering him made his skin crawl. To punch him in his stupid face.

A look was given to him as the question was asked. Lips pressed together tightly, staring off to the side. "Betrayed." A truthful answer, wit ha edge of almost hurt in his voice.

But he listened. Thinking to the rangers, did he even want to be apart of them? Were they really the people he thought they were? Or was there only a few good apples in there, who he met on a lucky friend chance, and got robbed of what he thought was true. Really felt like a kid who met his hero's and it backfired in his face. That left a bitter taste in his mouth.

"Really rather beat the shit out of that guy."

Was... Matt joking? It was hard to tell. "I won't... but I don't know if I can even trust them. "Don't think I could if I wanted too." He meant the protecting people. "Just... dunno if it should be with them."

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]Isaac's face fell a little at Matt's response. "Hey, no, c'mon, I didn't mean, like. Me stabbing you. I was just trying to make a point about life being precious and-" Sure, that was exactly what he was doing. But he cut off the explanations, releasing them with a sigh. "Shit. I'm sorry, man."[break][break]

He hoped his point got through, at least. But the fact that Matt's fire was so dampened that he didn't taunt Isaac back, or even throw a punch? That hurt to see.[break][break]

By now, the bridge seemed thoroughly burned. Matt didn't want anything to do with them, and they seemed to return that favor. Part of Isaac wondered if he was being too hasty here. Was one bad experience really enough to go off of? If Isaac cut and run from Rocket after the whole Spoink retaliation incident . . . well, he'd be dead, probably. But he also would've never realized how many people in Rocket did Get It, and did want to make things better in their own Rocket-y way. Jayden. Rowen. Gavin. He wasn't alone, even if he felt that way.[break][break]

But, what allegiance did Matt owe them? And with how clearly shaken up he was, who the hell was Isaac to deny him his feelings? "Not like you need their asses to do good in the world, man," Isaac said. "What'd people do before the Rangers existed, huh? Just sit around, hoping Arceus'd come down to save them?"[break][break]

"Fuck that. Keep your ear to the ground, find people in need, and do right by them. Sometimes, that's all they need," Isaac said. "And sometimes, it's all you need, too."[break][break]

It was a road he'd walked before, before Rocket was even a speck in his eye. And . . . it wasn't the road for him, in the end. But that was because he made the rookie mistake of walking it alone, with no resources, no plan, no backup, and no hopes. Matt was better than that. He had a caring family, a loving boyfriend, and friends in just the right places. He'd be okay.[break][break]

He had to be.

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Isaac being the one to listen did help him so much. To hear a selfish view; no it was not selfish. Just a different opinion and lifestyle. When he spoke to Nico later, he knew the blonde would offer some form of sound advice that would also resonate with him.

Hell, even when he caught up with Josh, he knew he'd offer his own point of view. If... Josh wanted to talk to him. He made a tch noise, hell would they even let him back? Fuck, he was probably fired. Great. Now his parents would yell at him, well... disappointed, probably.

"Thanks... for comin' by. I gotta talk to some people... and see if they don't fire me first." A shrug. "Sorry I dragged you out."

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[attr="class","skulloverlap"]BUT HOLD YOUR BREATH, GUESS WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW?

[attr="class","skullbody"]"Good call. If they're who I think they are, I know they're only gonna want what's best for you," Isaac said, a soft smile on his face. Nico was the ultimate +1. Josh was almost supernaturally understanding. And Matt's family? Well, they'd have his back come hell and high water. Isaac knew it, deep in his heart.[break][break]

It was funny. For a single, fleeting second, Isaac realized just how easy it could've been to sway Matt to his side. All he'd have to do was spin up some half-truths about the organization. Say that the League that he was freshly full of hate for had exaggerated their crimes. Explain the missions he'd been on; quashing other gangs, helping out where the League was negligent, and going on adventures that would spike the angry man's adrenaline. Then, while he was still full of piss and vinegar, get him to sign the dotted line. The situation may as well have been handed to him on a silver platter.[break][break]

And even if it were, Isaac would've slapped that platter to the ground. Fuck that. Who the hell would he even be if he lied his way into making someone sell their soul? Maybe Matt's soul searching would lead them back to that very topic. Maybe he'd end up making good with the Rangers after all. Or maybe he'd do what Isaac never could and pursue his own destiny.[break][break]

"Hey. No sorries. I said I'd be here, didn't I?" Isaac said. "Take some breaths and clear your head, man. After that mess of a day, you're gonna need it." He paused for a second, and then his grin took a turn for this mischievous. "If I end up on that guy's bad side, I'll give him hell for you. Okay?"

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[attr="class","skullcredits"]TAIKO!

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