"may they find rest despite being failures of our cause." hina was a cold and objective being, seeing past people as humanoids and into the very data they could provide her. that was all they were. for every failure there were handfuls of successes that returned to their homes and still visited the butterfly gardens, so eliminating a few individuals who strayed too far behind the advance of science was nothing. [break]
all it was was annoying to hear the groaning and crying of those she had to hold still as she filed their teeth and otherwise knocked them out of their head when they didn't know to keep their discomfort to themselves.[break]
"you were always such a good brother to them," the purple-haired woman speaks in a low tone, husky and foreboding. it seemed something was on her mind - a distant goal or steps towards a 'what if' situation while she multitasked to speak in the present. "and such a good partner to me." dropping the match onto the pyre, she looked up as the fire quickly took to the skies - despairing and angry as if the souls of the expired were fuel for the reaction. "may they find comfort in being brothers and sisters heading towards the same afterlife - full of what may come their way." essentially, hina was washing her hands of these rejects. what they did and what came to them in the afterlife was out of her control or interest. it was a subhuman 'goodbye' to lives taken so young.[break]
it seemed this was understood as one of the new recruits faltered, coughing to mask the gasp they had taken.[break]
a sharp glance was stabbed through the faceless unit. it was obvious hina didn't care to have her proceedings interrupted by any means, let alone by such a lowly individual. regardless, danny's presence softened her actions - almost as if shielding him from the real depravity she had towards anyone outside of him. "i hope we all work together well," micah now said - extending both hands to the new recruits as if going to shake hands. when they went to clumsily go forth with this, she quickly pulled back with one hand to her lips in a calm smile as if the fire behind her wasn't roaring and almost daring to strike her.[break]
"mm, even you."[break]
the shiny palossand was mistaken for ash underneath the feet of the recruits. only one was pulled away by it into the fire. the one who had dared gasp became kindling - lit aflame to the shock and surprise of the new followers. they weren't ready for any of this, but hina would make sure they would be by the time they left her sight. over the screaming and writhing of the new burn victim, hina didn't bat an eye as her palossand did its job - snuffing out the flames once the recruit was properly shocked. they were effectively buried alive within the sand pokemon that then slipped away once more, leaving the fainted individual to the mercy of the ground they were on.[break]
"we will be stationed in mossdeep." this was said as a resolute order, not an open suggestion. "and this is brother nicodemus. i would have it that you show him utmost respect, seeing as he is my right hand and the one who will be taking care of setting up a majority of our base of operations." with this, she had her personal rotom float around danny - laughing, almost mockingly, as it pulled open a spreadsheet of how to divide their money into the base.

⚰︎ divider made by milky!

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