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Remiel Calcifet
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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 12:34:13 GMT
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Her final remark on silver platters inspires a smile in return. Plenty of his mates back in Galar practiced such a living. And he had, once upon a time, practiced the same. There was hardly a day that went by that his face wasn't on some tabloid for one royal scandal or another. But, since he'd become ambassador, the tabloids seemed to have lost interest in him. His mother's plan for control had worked...

Until now.

For his professional title in Hoenn had, too, been served to him with all the bells and whistles.

How foolish he would seem, to both members of Rocket and the powers that be in politics, to abandon his positions of power in both. They would see a spoiled brat, as they always did, rejecting privileges he'd been given and influence they would literally kill for. They couldn't hope to understand the true breadth of these decisions behind the veil of misconceptions and prejudice they placed on him.

It's for this reason that the royal finds himself grateful for Elisabeth's insight and the unspoken understanding they share. Her eyes perceive at a greater depth than most. It's the kind of experience that leaves most men feeling vulnerable and intimidated. Remiel, on the other hand, embraces the cold chill that runs down his spine as she draws near.

The Galarian admin turns to meet that severity in her gaze with a smooth smile. His eyes are as deep blue and enigmatic as the shadowy ocean that fills the void before them. They meet her eyes first, then trace the curve of her goddess-like jaw before briefly settling on her lips. The dark of his pupils dilate before he flicks that azure gaze upward once more.

The fragrance of her perfume is light but no less tantalizing. Nevertheless, he answers. "Sometimes that is what the world asks of us... isn't it?" Even Giratina had rebelled against Arceus despite the insurmountable odds. Remiel had no qualms about facing adversity. He achieved definition in conflict; thrived on it as a Volcarona thrived in flame.

Though Elisabeth hadn't acknowledged his final question directly yet, he let it go. The royal had already surmised the answer in this delightful yet cryptic teasing of words.

"Angels are bright still, though the brightest of them all fell... after working with you here, I can believe that." He adds, finding the sea's reflection in her eyes. "But what are you really after, Elisabeth?"

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Elisabeth Fiorelli
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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 23:55:22 GMT
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'Elisabeth,' he'd called her, and her gaze slid away, a subtle shift entering her posture as her arms wrapped around herself protectively in reply.[break][break]

Titles and formalities served as barriers in the world they had both left behind. To cast one aside was a proverbial step closer to another person -- a breaching of another's defenses, with the expectation you would not find yourself in hostile territory.[break][break]

"Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace," she recited the Galarian passage back, "Yet grace must still look so."[break][break]

Was this to be her epithet, then? A tale of tragedy and betrayal, with hands forever blemished by sin? A faint laugh escaped from her lips at the notion, and at the audacity of the question he'd presented to her after.[break][break]

"I want what everyone else wants, I suppose," was her mild reply.[break][break]

A photograph of her had graced the Kalosian newspapers after her husband's death, veiled in black lace so as to shroud her dry eyes from view. Long, loose golden curls had fallen down her back, careless and lacking artful presentation, as she'd descended the steps of a church neither of them had ever frequented. Sinners knew better.[break][break]

Elisabeth stood now as a pale imitation of that infamous portrait, this time her face exposed to reveal an enigmatic expression that concealed her true intent as well as any widow's lace. A hardness manifested itself in her, as if her features were sculpted of alabaster stone.[break][break]

Still, she felt the touch of his lingering stare, assessing her like any work of art. Reflexively, her head tilted towards him once more, this time analyzing him through a curtain of golden hair that fell over her eyes. In their reflection, a mirrored sea wildly churned with ambition.[break][break]

"Why do you ask, Admin Calcifet? Is your chessboard in need of a Dark Queen?"[break][break]

Her emerald eyes narrowed for a moment, flitting over his own features in return, before her lips curved into a mocking smile.[break][break]

"Or do you suppose I'm seeking a White Knight for my own?"



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Remiel Calcifet
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POSTED ON Jan 10, 2023 6:42:09 GMT
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His eyes remain most alert and attentive throughout their exchange, tracking every subtle movement and physical gesture as early man was trained to spot predator or prey in the bush. Needless to say, he notes Elisabeth's reaction to his most purposeful step into familiarity. Was it dangerous? Sure. Everything beneath the shadow of Team Rocket was. But the prince dared to test it anyway.

The rumors he'd heard in CAMPHRIER TOWN every summer that he'd visited held no power over him, even if they were true. The fate of weak men made good warnings for those of the same caliber. On some level, he trusted Elisabeth knew that. Her late husband might have outwardly held great power in the past, but he'd been weak to underestimate her.

She, on the other hand, was the quintessence of Kalosian beauty and cunning: a force as tempting as it was impressive to the Galarian crown prince. Though, if her continuation of his quote was anything to lead by, they both concealed something far more complex beneath their elegant demeanor.

"I want what everyone else wants, I suppose,"

"Hmm... is that so?" Remiel responds, mindful of the vagueness but still interested in what else that could mean.

But, sure enough, Elisabeth effortlessly places the spotlight back onto him instead shortly thereafter. Only this time the royal perceives a shift in her bearing. It's subtle, yet it somehow manages to stare him right in his face. When she dares mock him with that smile, it finally sinks in.

"Only one with as much ambition as I," He smiles in return, lifting a single hand to gently brush aside the golden hair shielding her eyes. It's tucked behind her ear as he continues, slowly leaning his face in closer at an almost imperceptible rate. "And only for a game or two, perhaps." He adds, fingers tenderly grasping her chin.

Cobalt hues narrow, amused at her final inquiry. "You don't want a White Knight," The Admin whispers, stopping just inches away from the seemingly forbidden fruit of her lips with a precise tilt of his head. "And I'm certainly not it."

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Lisa Bortiforte
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Elisabeth Fiorelli
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POSTED ON Jan 10, 2023 8:12:45 GMT
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Rumours in Kalos had painted Elisabeth Fiorelli as a seductress.[break][break]

A girl of nineteen had lured a seemingly untouchable man to his ruin, destroying his legacy with a fatal allure that promised to ruin other men like him. Her body was a beautiful weapon, and by all accounts, she seemed to have learned how to wield it expertly. She'd been no saint, and her adultery was an oft whispered-of thing, if not a confirmed one.[break][break]

And yet. Such stories from observers held small grains of truth, but hers had never been her own to tell.[break][break]

The closer drew to her, the more the fire in her eyes began to dim at his approach. As his hand brushed the golden hair from her face, her own breathing slowed, his face suddenly replaced by countless others in her mind. In this moment as his skin met hers, she changed in front of him seemingly in an instant. Gone was the mockery and sneering venom that had earned her the moniker of the Black Widow of Kalos, and in its stead, visible pain was reflected in the depths of her emerald eyes.[break][break]

This wasn't Kalos, and she was no longer a woman desperate to hurt her tormentor in the cruelest way she knew how.[break][break]

The only person left for Elisabeth to hurt was herself.[break][break]

"Far be it from me, Crown Prince," Elisabeth said in a low murmur, steel entering her voice as a hand slowly moved to brush his aside, "to hand yet another thing to you on a silver platter."[break][break]

The porcelain mask returned in all its hardness. Whatever fleeting vulnerability had been revealed to him evaporated as her expression turned blank, reverting to the stoicism that characterised her most often in her role as a Rocket admin. Elisabeth took a purposeful step back from him, and in this small distance, an unseen gulf widened between them that spanned the length of an ocean.[break][break]

"You asked what I want," she said suddenly, and it was as if she was speaking not to him, but to herself. Once more her arms wrapped around her like vines, tight and unrelenting in their defensive hold.[break][break]

"I want to wake up one day, and no longer be wanting."



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- Outfit






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Remiel Calcifet
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POSTED ON Jan 28, 2023 2:56:29 GMT
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The soft intensity with which Remiel had proceeded granted the clarity required to discern the subtle shift in her demeanor. Pain meets confusion when it emerges from those pools of emerald green. A pang of worry slips past his confident mien to surface in his own hues of cobalt blue. She moves his hand aside; backs away.

He might have spared a chuckle to ease the tension if he hadn't been met with her mask again: the very same he'd been so subtly attempting to ease off tonight. But he didn't blame her. It had taken THE FOX years to pry off his own.

Nevertheless, the rift that separates them now does manage to inspire brutal honesty in its wake. The lack of shallow intimacy he'd sought might have done so anyway, under different circumstances. Though whatever was deep-rooted within Elisabeth, whatever he'd seen in that glimpse of vulnerability he'd caused, might have just as well consumed him.

So being detached is, in itself, a safety measure. And he's happy to play along with it.

"I want to wake up one day, and no longer be wanting."

As a man who had grown up 'wanting for nothing', her words elicit a scoff. "Want is what gives life purpose, Admin Fiorelli," He responds, fixing his tie and tightening it as he prepares to leave. But not before casting a final glance at the dull, black, yawning void outside the viewing port. "To be rid of it is to be dead, figuratively or otherwise."

Finished fixing himself, the dark-haired prince shifts his nonchalant gaze onto her. Despite leaving Kalos, she still wears the cloak of the aristocracy well: a cloak of thorns and elegance. It suits her so well, blends in so effortlessly, that it has become one with her. And others seldom notice it until they've drawn close enough to be pricked.

He sighs, walking past her and ascending the felted lounge steps. "To desire may be to suffer but to deny it yields worse. Until you've reconciled with that fact, you'll be playing right into the hands of those who have wished to control us." The likes of his mother. The likes of Team Rocket. And, yes, even the likes of her late husband.

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Lisa Bortiforte
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Elisabeth Fiorelli
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POSTED ON Jan 29, 2023 16:00:55 GMT
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How differently they understood the cost of desire.[break][break]

Elisabeth's eyes fixed themselves to the emptiness beyond the submarine's window, unfocused on whatever shadows the night promised them. His scoff did not go unheard, nor the footsteps that moved to ascend the lounge steps to depart. Titles returned with the cold, distant safety of formality, and with it a slight untensing manifested in her posture.[break][break]

His withdrawal was expected, really. The closer people drew to her, the further they got pushed away.[break][break]

"Is that right?" she said finally, and a soft laugh left her lips as she turned to see his receding figure. "Those who have no wants are dead inside? I'd always imagined it as a sort of peace, instead."[break][break]

What Elisabeth wanted felt cruelly unattainable: a nameless void of yearning that sought to sate a decade's thirst for power, for control, for vengeance. She didn't know how to slake this hateful want. Killing its point of origin had been a brief and fleeting release, nothing more.[break][break]

"I think it depends on what you want, in the end. And what in the world has the power to grant it, if anything or anyone at all possesses the means."[break][break]

It was why the treasonous escape he'd taunted her with felt like a lie, even now.



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Remiel Calcifet
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POSTED ON Feb 10, 2023 12:38:28 GMT
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Laughter rings cold throughout the lounge. It's as beautiful and empty as the ocean void surrounding them in this iron tomb they call a headquarters. Remiel turns over his shoulder and stops in his tracks to regard her statement, though the words keep themselves buried in the end. Instead, sharp hues of cobalt blue simply regard her for a moment while his expression is masked in shadow.

She was right, of course. It was a sort of peace. 'Enlightenment', some called it. The word itself was an embellishment to the reality of that philosophy if he'd ever seen one. Nevertheless, he supposed it might come in handy for those who could not reconcile their own capacity for ambition. Though he did not leave entirely convinced of Elisabeth's own dedication towards achieving that result.

"And I hope Team Rocket meets your expectations in that regard, madame," He nods, turning ahead once more and casting a half-hearted wave backward. "Until then, I bid you good night. Thank you for the company."

And, before long, the tap of his boot steps recede, leaving her alone once more.

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POSTED ON Feb 11, 2023 9:45:49 GMT
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