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♂ samosek the doublade ✨ / ability no guard / rock slide, sacred sword, aerial ace, wide guard, shadow sneak, solar blade, springtide storm / gacha

[attr="class","body"] before all of the chaos, before he has to fight the likes of rocket traitors and risk a near-death knife wound from one freya morningstar, jayden finds himself walking inside granite cave alongside his mentor THEO BECKETT. it's a bit nostalgic to be walking alongside the underboss like this — it reminds him of being fourteen and in kanto, and being privy to the man's every whim.

[break][break] he and THEO BECKETT have always had an awkward relationship, only further cemented by the complications of the older man's relationship with dmitri, but over the years, jayden had come to see him as a reliable source for information.

[break][break] a pillar in which he could rely on in times of trouble or strife.

[break][break] "sir," he says suddenly, breaking the silence. his throat feels a little dry. "can i ask you a question?"

[break][break] 'love, cross. some of us aren't meant for it.'

[break][break] things had changed so drastically since they had last had that conversation. nearly a year ago.

[break][break] underneath similar, yet somehow strikingly different, circumstances.

[break][break] he thumbs an old umbreon charm in his pocket.

[break][break] "what do you think of pokemon fables? do you believe them?"

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for the most part, they walk in silence. it gets broken eventually.[break][break]

"you may."[break][break]

the question is met with a pause.[break][break]

"perhaps. is there one you believe in?"[break][break]

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POSTED ON Apr 27, 2023 13:21:31 GMT

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[attr="class","body"] "i don't know."

[break][break] his confession is an honest one, and one that he would not normally be so comfortable sharing, but he'd become closer to THEO BECKETT over the years. he'd even taken over his office. but this wasn't about work.

[break][break] "have you... heard the one about luvdisc?"

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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 17:22:50 GMT

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"i have."[break][break]

it was Cillian Quinn who told him about that particular fable. about how luvdisc are gifted as a sign of affection or love.[break][break]

love.[break][break]

"did someone give you one?"[break][break]

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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 17:52:38 GMT

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[attr="class","body"] "yes."

[break][break] at the time, he had found out through a simple search. later, he had thought himself foolish for believing in something so wholeheartedly.

[break][break] he had thought all fables were the same, but lately he had wondered if that was still true.

[break][break] the blue rings of his umbreon glow in the darkness of the cave as lada goes to investigate some marks in the sand.

[break][break] "Chu-e Choi. "
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the familiar name is enough to draw certain memories from him, and with them come pinches of emotions that aren't nearly strong enough to affect him.[break][break]

"do you think they loved you?"[break][break]

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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 18:08:18 GMT

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[attr="class","jayjaytop"] ♂ samosek the doublade ✨ / ability no guard / rock slide, sacred sword, aerial ace, wide guard, shadow sneak, solar blade, springtide storm / gacha

[attr="class","body"] "no."

[break] [break] because if they did, they would be here wouldn't they?

[break][break] his face pinches with pain, but it rings hollow in the face of emotions that he would have felt if theo had asked him over a year ago. before chu-e's death, before his betrayal, before everything.

[break][break] "but i used to want him to."
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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 18:10:58 GMT

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he cannot relate, so he does what he can to try and understand.[break][break]

"why did their love matter to you?"[break][break]

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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 18:19:17 GMT

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[attr="class","jayjaytop"] ♂ samosek the doublade ✨ / ability no guard / rock slide, sacred sword, aerial ace, wide guard, shadow sneak, solar blade, springtide storm / gacha

[attr="class","body"] "because..."

[break][break] he struggles to find the words. jayden didn't feel anything for the ex-underboss any more, not with everything that happened, but his emotions surrounding the topic continued to range from a disappointment to confusion to rage and then to hurt. it was impossible to know how tangled up he was in it simply because it was chu-r or because it was rocket.

[break][break] his relationship with Ashley Shepard felt similar, if only slightly less complicated because of the way that they'd been able to mend things.

[break][break] "i had been in love with him." or he had thought he had, and then felt betrayed when he learned that the feeling wasn't mutual. that it had been merely things built up in his head. jayden shakes his head. "i don't know if all fables like that are true, or if just that one was a lie."
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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 18:22:28 GMT

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"it might not have been a lie."[break][break]

he suggests.[break][break]

"i've found love to be complicated. terribly difficult to understand, even more so to receive."[break][break]

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POSTED ON Apr 29, 2023 18:33:17 GMT

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[attr="class","body"] "not a lie? what do you mean?"

[break][break] his brow furrows. this was a development that he had not considered. and least of all one he hadn't considered coming from THEO BECKETT of all people.

[break] [break] "you said that some people weren't meant for love."

[break][break] his words come out almost accusing.

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POSTED ON Apr 30, 2023 9:40:29 GMT

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"they could have loved you at the time only to fall out of it. that doesn't make the gesture mean any less. that's just...life."[break][break]

painful. tragic. but beautiful.[break][break]

"i think what i meant to say was that some people just don't want love."[break][break]

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POSTED ON Apr 30, 2023 18:17:49 GMT

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[attr="class","jayjaytop"] ♂ samosek the doublade ✨ / ability no guard / rock slide, sacred sword, aerial ace, wide guard, shadow sneak, solar blade, springtide storm / gacha

[attr="class","body"] fall out of it?

[break][break] emotions churned in the admin's stomach, not having considered such an option. he had always assumed that he had been the one playing the part of a fool, having assumed things when they were none.

[break][break] but it wasn't as if Chu-e Choi had ever told him anything different. not until recently.

[break][break] but could he even trust them anymore?

[break][break] jayden turns to look at theo when he speaks about love, and how some people don't want it.

[break][break] "because love makes you weak," he says — it's a statement, not a question. it's a phrase dmitri had said time and time again. love is weakness. more than likely, it was a doctrine other rockets believed. "right?"

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out of everyone jayden could be having this conversation with, theo falls under one of the worst choices. just weeks ago he had doubted himself; doubted whether he could ever feel such a thing as love.[break][break]

but he knows he's felt it. he just has to remind himself of it.[break][break]

"...love makes you whole."[break][break]

he pauses.[break][break]

"and in turn, that makes you strong."[break][break]

jayden cross // MP COUNT STOPPING HERE[break]

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100 MP for completing a Postdormitum Mission.[break]
200 MP for "winning" a Postdormitum Battle/Mission.[break]
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TOTAL: 420 MP

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