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POSTED ON May 2, 2023 3:58:14 GMT

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Life is good. Rent’s paid up until the end of the year. His name’s out there. The upper crust of the League, despite Navy’s best efforts, are recognizing him for his work. Though they might have lost the battle in the end, no one is going to deny that Michael Navidson played his part.[break][break]
But today isn’t about that. Today’s a day meant for relaxing. Something’s coming. Something is always coming. It’s why days like today are so valuable. Tomorrow could destroy any hope of a normal life. Every moment of quiet, every calm second, is something as valuable as gold. Navy resolves to spend it with Tsubaki. She’s his ward, after all and she too took a dive through the rift.[break][break]
Shuwen goes between the office and the roof, toting buckets of water up. Despite being a creature of legend, born from Navy’s fighting spirit and conceptualized in reality, Shuwen is…pretty normal. His idea of a good time is helping Tsubaki. Indeed, the Urshifu’s quite taken with her as a rule. He stays by her side when he can, reaching up and helping her reach stuff on high shelves. Shuwen even does that most coveted of male rituals, opening jars for someone.[break][break]
Navy’s happy Shuwen is there. He will be able to fight the black dragon, should Vortigern slip free. Someone can handle that beast. It’s a load off his mind. Navy sips on coffee and reads a magazine about automobiles. There’s calls requesting help. He’ll get to them in a minute. It’s as good a day as any to find Tsubaki and sit her down. Talk about some things. Talk about Hoenn and the life she has found herself living.[break][break]
But only after this next article…

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+ Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki

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[attr="class","star2tsu"]It feels as though you've woken up from a nightmare, but it's worse than just that. [break][break]

You remember the details so vividly, things you couldn't conjure in your wildest imagination. Things you did, things you said. Everywhere you go, no matter what you do, you can't escape from them. They're on your mind constantly. And the worst part is, you don't even have the relief of knowing it was all a dream, because you can't be sure how much of it was real and how much was imagined.[break][break]

What lies at the bottom of that rift just a short ride away calls to you even now.[break][break]

This last month's been hell. Rehabilitation, crippling depression, and dissociation. Whatever brought you to the void kept a part of you. You're lighter, less yourself. The worst of that has passed, of course. Navy's suggestion to focus on taking up a hobby, a small rooftop garden, actually seems to have helped to take your mind off it just a little. [break][break]

But even so, you live in the shadow of the things you've seen. They make this ordinary life seem so much more out of place and hard to fit into.[break][break]

"No, no! A little closer, I can't carry it that far!" [break][break]

Your words leave your lips, and yet there's still a gnawing sensation in your gut that they're the result of some cruel practical joke.[break][break]

You shouldn't be here. You're missing something out there. These words, they're barely even yours. You're just fitting into a role that Navy expects, what he wants for you, as if that would make him feel better after seeing you in such a sorry state. [break][break]

"There! That's better! I knew you could follow directions! So what happened to all those other times, huh?"[break][break]

It's playful banter, really. What amounts to it, anyway. The prickly thorns of a rose are there to ward off those who think to eat her. But they prick indiscriminately, even those who've gotten close just to admire her beauty. It's a quality people either come to love or hate. Back in Kanto, it was just how you managed to survive. [break][break]

You take the lead now. Shuwen is great at carrying things and doing manual labor, but you're not sure he's suited to cultivating a garden. You glance to Ayame briefly, sunbathing on the roof. A moment of hesitation, and you determine that you'll take care of things yourself. You don't wanna disturb her nap.[break][break]

"Now go and grab more bags of fertilizer. Give me some space." [break][break]

You wave Shuwen off, happy to be left alone for a while. There's a sense of relaxation and satisfaction that comes with digging in the garden, something you never expected til you tried it. [break][break]

It keeps you centered, less likely to get lost in all the stuff that's happened lately.[break][break]

All that said, silently, you wonder where Navy's gone.

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Michael Navidson

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Sheriff

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Shuwen snorts at her, taking the playful words to be just that. He’s had a special connection to Tsubaki for all 3 weeks of his existence. He senses the rift on her. She was reborn with the Ultra Deep Sea, as he was born there. They’re siblings, of a sort. Shuwen reaches down and rubs the top of her head. She may be a rose with thorns, but his hands are calloused enough to not even bleed. He comforts the girl in his own way. There’s enough of Navy in him for that. Afterwards, he complies. This garden needs more fertilizer. A creature such as he is not made for more delicate works. Lumbering out, she is left alone on the roof.[break]
There’s an amazing view up here. She can see Slateport’s jungle sprawled out around them for miles. It’s a testament to the size of this city. It’s a true metropolis. As the song of the sea plays in her heart, humanity answers her with a chorus of its own. Pidgeys fly in the sky around her, drawn by the crumbs mankind leave behind. Car engines sound as traffic passes beneath her. Hoenn is always hot, but the temperature is perfect here in spring. The sea’s cool breeze brushes past her. [break]
Peace is disrupted by a new visitor. It’s Navy himself, finally done reading about cars. His eyes survey the garden. They see much, but he doesn’t share much about his observations - not yet, anyway. He’s glad to see her. He smiles at the sight of her. There’s open, palpable relief there. He’s terrified that one day, he will search for her and she will simply be gone. Vanished, without a trace. At least he could say his goodbyes to Gabe. Losing her like that would be worse, he couldn’t imagine what he would say to the girl’s father.[break]
“You know, I’m glad the league compensated us so good for that mess in Dewford.” He grumbles like an old man. “Cause someone decided to torch my truck.” Navy is nowhere near as angry about it now as he was when the truck’s destruction was initially announced to him unceremoniously outside of a Dewford hospital.[break]
“The berries and flowers are coming along great.” He admits. His own Ivysaur, Ivy, is taking a nap alongside Tsubaki’s larger Venasaur. She turns over in her sleep, sorts, and blows sleep powder into Ayame’s face.[break]
“How you holding up, kid? Not even eighteen yet and already got a letter of commendation from Dahlia Goode herself. …come to think of it, when’s your birthday? Wanna know when to celebrate.” It’s as good an ice breaker as any.

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[attr="class","star2tsu"]You begin to drive the trowel into the earth over and over. [break][break]

Chk. Chk. Chk.[break][break]

There's something redeeming in the simple repetition, the effort you put in seeing immediate results. As you stab it deeper, drive dirt from the hole you're digging, there's a lingering sense of hesitation in the back of your mind. [break][break]

Chk. Chk. Chk.[break][break]

A sense of dread and guilt that rises up and steals your breath away. As you stab into the earth over and over you can almost hear it screaming.[break][break]

Chk. Chk. Chk.[break][break]

So entranced in that brief spell of madness, you don't notice his approach until he speaks.[break][break]

"F-fuck!"[break][break]

You jump up to your feet, wiping cold sweat from your brow as you suddenly remember your surroundings. [break][break]

"Oh... it's just you, Navy."[break][break]

You sigh in relief. You're slightly dizzy, wondering what just came over you. You can't remember where you've been the last ten minutes. But it doesn't matter now that he's here. He promised he'd protect you, didn't he?[break][break]

So it's fine.[break][break]

"Th-thank you."[break][break]

You're not sure what you're supposed to say toward his compliments on the garden. [break][break]

It's not like you're the one making these plants grow. You're just the one making sure the conditions are right for it, which is pretty easy at the end of the day. If you actually contributed the sunlight or the water or something, that'd be different. [break][break]

Either way, you appreciate it.[break][break]

You make sure to tactfully avoid any mention of his truck. It's a shame what Sakura did to it, but you couldn't control that either, could you?[break][break]

"Yeah, garden's growing pretty well. Every plant here seems happy."[break][break]

You avoid his question about how you're doing, too, defer to something you can actually answer properly. Because, at the end of the day, you just don't know. You received recognition for your contribution to the cause, but you scarcely remember doing anything worth commendation. You don't remember anything at all, at least nothing worth remembering.[break][break]

You swallow, suddenly realizing how parched your throat is. You reach for a water bottle and take a long sip.[break][break]

"The League should be more selective about who it endorses, I think." [break][break]

You say it after a pause, a moment to collect your thoughts. [break][break]

"But, regardless... my birthday's on the twenty-first of December, the first night of winter. Longest night of the year. Why do you ask? You think you're invited to the party?"[break][break]

You grin. It's a stupid grin that comes with a knowing glance. [break][break]

You know that if he doesn't come, nobody's gonna. You've made too many enemies, too few friends. You probably won't celebrate. A girl like you who's hurt so many people doesn't have much need for something like that, doesn't need to be celebrated.[break][break]

+ Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki

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Michael Navidson

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Elite 4.

Sheriff

5'10" / 177.8 cm height

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“That’s what, seven months from now? Plenty of time for ya to make yourself some friends here in Kanto.” Running the numbers, her birthday is perfect. He knows she won’t like what comes next. People her age so rarely enjoy having an adult looking over their shoulders. She’ll live. Hopefully she can forgive him for this one small annoyance compared to all the good he’s done for her.[break][break]

“School will be ending for the semester soon. I was thinking that we can see about getting you all prepped to restart in the fall as a senior. All things considered, the Chairwoman’s letter of commendation opens doors. You can get into any school in the region.” For once, he thinks he truly understands how she feels – that someone like her shouldn’t or couldn’t return to that sort of lifestyle.[break][break]

He looks to her, waits to see what she has to say.

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Baki

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POSTED ON May 4, 2023 0:53:45 GMT

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[attr="class","star2tsu"]You give him a pained look. If only you could express all the grief in your heart with just a glance. You sigh, and turn back to the hole in the garden, suddenly really interested in digging it deeper again even if it's twice as deep as it needs to be.[break][break]

"I don't make friends easy, Navy. You think seven months is enough? You should see what I've managed in the last seven years."[break][break]

Exactly one person. Him. Michael Navidson.[break][break]

You scoff. You haven't needed the rest of them anyway. [break][break]

All your acquaintances, the kind of relationships ordinary count among their friends, they're just a list of people you haven't yet hurt. They'd sell you out or betray you if you got close, so you've kept them at an arm's length. Likewise, they weren't liable to get close to this prickly girl who wants nothing more than to be left alone, for fear of you hurting the same way you hurt everyone else.[break][break]

Your relationships are acidic, you're corrosive to the touch. That's why this'll all come crumbling down too, eventually.[break][break]

"I've gone it alone for so long I forgot how to be a person. Can't make friends. Can't attend school. And now, after Dewford, I can't make it through a day without a panic attack."[break][break]

You raise your eyes, glancing at him over your glasses. [break][break]

"What makes you think I'm a good fit for anything like that?"[break][break]

It's in the words you don't say. It's not that you don't think you're capable. You're plenty capable. It's that you don't think someone like you deserves such a boon like that, when all the people you lived alongside for so long would never be given the same opportunity. [break][break]

It's random chance that you got that letter, as far as you're concerned. That, and nothing else.[break][break]

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Michael Navidson

He/Him

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Sheriff

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POSTED ON May 4, 2023 1:07:02 GMT

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“Because you’ve got your whole life ahead of you, Tsubaki.” His eyes are serious. Other than the wind and the chirping of birds, nothing makes a sound. It’s just the two of them up there, their sleeping Pokemon paying them no mind. His eyes are sad when he says those few words.[break][break]
“When I was your age. No, when I was younger than you, I made a lot of dumb mistakes. It took my parents dying to straighten me out. I’m not saying you didn’t do bad things, but they don’t have to be the thing you hold over your head for the rest of your life.” He gives her a sad smile, looking at all the self-loathing lingering there in her ruby red eyes.[break][break]
“You have to tell yourself that you deserve to be happy. You deserve to have friends. You’re a charming girl. If you just put yourself out there, you’ll make friends in high school. You…you only get one chance to be seventeen. Take it from me, spend it right. You’ll be my age with no way to make money except getting the hell beaten out of you and finding skitties for old women before you know it.” He gives a dry laugh.[break][break]
“And besides, if you wanna work with me so bad, there’d still be weekends, holidays, and after school hours.”

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Baki

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[attr="class","star2tsu"]You stare at him for a long time.[break][break]

Silence that hangs over the garden, drapes itself around your neck like a noose. You don't know how to respond to that exactly, so you don't. [break][break]

You deflect. [break][break]

"I don't think my father dying is going to solve this, Navy."[break][break]

That isn't what he meant. You both know that. And yet, it's preferable to saying the alternative.[break][break]

He seems to be under the mistaken notion that you're avoiding moving on to new things because you want to work with him. No, rather, he's half mistaken. You don't want to work here, but this man who took it upon himself to save you, an insect who was drawn so close to a poisonous plant, the smell of nectar, a honeypot... you wouldn't mind staying here a while longer, to savor the taste of this life. [break][break]

It's complicated. It's not something you want to think about. But what you can admit to yourself is, this man who calls himself your guardian, he's given you everything you'd been missing this whole time. That part, at least, is undeniable. [break][break]

"... Sorry. Yeah, you're right. This isn't a normal life. Still... stuff like this, it's the only thing I know, the only thing I'm good at. After going so far down this path, I don't know if I'm able to just start over."[break][break]

Thinking like a cop in order to avoid them had you training yourself for the job before you even realized it, years before you fell into this position. You're a natural, even if it's unconventional. [break][break]

He knows it, too.[break][break]

All the same, you're still grappling with what you saw under Dewford, with what you saw in the Quaestor Lucis. You're so hopelessly fragile at the moment, this rough life will shatter you to pieces if you're not careful.[break][break]

"... Not after what I've seen, Navy."[break][break]

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Michael Navidson

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October 13th

Slateport

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Elite 4.

Sheriff

5'10" / 177.8 cm height

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POSTED ON May 4, 2023 1:55:09 GMT

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“What you saw, what we saw, is crazy.” Navy wishes he could dismiss the notion as that. Sometimes, he lingers outside her door at night, waiting to hear her turn in her sleep. It lets him know she hasn’t slipped back into the rift. Helps focus his mind so he doesn’t think he will fall back into the rift.[break][break]

“But, Baki…that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try.” It’s his open admission that he wants to help her. He wants that because he promised her father he’d help her, plus she’s a woman in need. He’s terrible at turning down women. Terrible with them in general thanks to a lack of practice, but he really can’t turn down one’s need for help when it is readily apparent.[break][break]

“What’s wrong with us…I can pull some favors. Talk to Melody. We’ll get the best scientists the League has to offer to look at us. Barring that…” He thinks about how best to proceed. Taking her with him last time was a mistake. But…if this olive branch gets her to open herself up to the possibility…[break][break]

“Barring that, I’ll keep going down into the Ultra Deep Sea with you, as many times as it takes, to find something. I’m not gonna let that place have you. But…Baki, I’m working with you here, do you think maybe you could work with me? Just a little?”

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Nagato

Baki

She/Her

December 21

Saffron City

Gym Leader

Officer

156 cm // 5'1" height

oceans of angels, oceans of stars, down by the sea is where you drown your scars

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[attr="class","star2tsu"]It's such a small ask after everything you've seen, isn't it?[break][break]

To want a future. To want anything at all other than the hard life you've been living, or the slightly better beat you've fallen into with Navy. You would think it'd be so easy, right? To grab at something because you've been given the opportunity of a lifetime, something many people could only dream of.[break][break]

You were given this opportunity, and for what? Just to squander it?[break][break]

"What would you like me to do, Navy? Go to school, make friends, get a boyfriend, live an ordinary life like every other girl my age, and pretend like none of this ever happened?"[break][break]

You stand up, turning to the potted plant next to you. [break][break]

It contains the plant meant for that hole. It's heavy, too much to lift with all your strength. But you try, with all your effort, putting all your anger into it. Dragging it fruitlessly a couple inches. It resists with all its might, though it's meant to go in the ground, to grow big, and bear fruit. [break][break]

It just resists, and you give up, kicking at it. The pain that shoots up your leg makes you bite your lip, trying not to make a noise.[break][break]

"Fff... UCK! Why's this so goddamn heavy!? How'd Shuwen even get it up here anyway!?"[break][break]

Your voice alerts the sleeping pokemon. [break][break]

Ayame's bloodshot eyes watch you closely for a moment, and then she shifts ever so slightly, raising her gigantic petals and letting loose a cloud of pollen in the air. It hits your senses like a truck instantly, a sweet, calming smell that relaxes the muscles in your body.[break][break]

"Ohhhh, don't give me that! What a fuckin' bitch! I don't gotta chill, okay? You're the one who's gotta chill, trying to drug me the moment I raise my voice! HONESTLY, what do you think you're doing, huh? You don't just d-drug someone who's... who's... ah-ah-AH-CHOO!!"[break][break]

You sneeze so hard you fall flat on your butt. [break][break]

The embarrassment takes you out of the moment, lets you really soak in the two pokemon laughing at you. You can feel your whole face flush, your humiliation written clearly on your face. [break][break]

You glance up at Navy, your bravado gone.[break][break]

"... F-fine... I'll... we'll figure something out..."[break][break]

With the most sheepish voice imaginable, you submit to what he's asking of you.[break][break]

+ Navy

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[attr="class","petalpoketsu"] sumire ♀ - intimidate - crunch / gunk shot / wrap / coil / glare / haze

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Teddie

Michael Navidson

He/Him

October 13th

Slateport

Heterosexual

Elite 4.

Sheriff

5'10" / 177.8 cm height

In the warrior's code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries, "NEVER!"

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“I just want you to be happy, Tsubaki.” His voice is so soft and small when he says that. It’s like he’s talking to a younger version of himself. Not Gabe. Gabe was always a good kid. All smiles, hope, and optimism. Tsubaki, like Navy, did not have the luxury of being hopeful or optimistic. He knows she didn’t have a choice for a lot of it, back in Kanto. There were things she couldn’t help. She was forced to walk a certain road.[break][break]
In the words of a famous band, there’s still time to change the road you’re on.[break][break]
“And if school isn’t for you, I’m not asking you to go to college. But…thanks. We’ll figure somethin’ out. Doesn’t have to be today. For now…you need a hand with anything around the gardens? Shuwen! Get up here!” The bear walks through the door toting fertilizer right as Navy calls for him. The gruff Urshifu looks down at them, seeing Tsubaki’s failed attempt to move the potted plant, and gets to work.[break][break]
He’s a big guy, it’s not hard to move the pot.

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+ Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki

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Nagato

Baki

She/Her

December 21

Saffron City

Gym Leader

Officer

156 cm // 5'1" height

oceans of angels, oceans of stars, down by the sea is where you drown your scars

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