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"and why does that matter?"

in that moment he remains her polar opposite: calm and collected, his words are chosen carefully as he almost interjects. he hears her sob and it fills him with a sense of dread and guilt. but she needs to learn. she needs to understand.

"why does it matter that you are a silph? it is just a name, a title, like stone or abbiati. strip that away and you are still stormy."

the door doesn't open just yet.

"why does the opinion of FERNANDO SILPH, a man so concerned with his own reputation and power that it blinds him from basic human traits like empathy and compassion, matter so much to you? take away his title of brother and what is he to you? he might have helped you become leader but at what cost? constant belittlement and shaming? he is an extremist. nothing and no one will ever be good enough for him."

only now does the door swing open. he doesn't turn immediately but when he hears something tapping against the floor, he turns and sees the bouquet of red and white flowers on the floor, scattered and broken. he sees the man and recognizes him as lars from the rescue mission.

the door soon shuts and it's only then does he realize his elevated heart rate. he slips his hand out of hers and stands up, approaching the flowers. he picks it up and rearranges them neatly before walking over to place them by stormy's bedside.

"he must have wanted to see you alone."

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POSTED ON Jul 8, 2019 4:51:29 GMT

cait's gaze followed lars as he opened the door - only for him to flee moments later - his face wrought with despair. she'd turn her head to observe as he made his abrupt exit, her green-eyed gaze unusually bright as she did so. he had worn his feelings so plainly that it was easy to understand what had caused him to become upset, the young woman experiencing a twinge of pity as she realized that she had glimpsed tears.

she schooled her features after a moment, reaching into her purse to retrieve a compact mirror before carefully checking her reflection. cait had calmed down by a decent enough margin, little to no sign of her gift present upon her features. she'd tuck it away and considered if she should pursue and attempt to comfort lars; but it wouldn't do to simply disappear.

'i'll deal with it later,' she promised. 'but i need to focus on being here for stormy. stone or no stone.'

the young woman made her return, a cool air about her as she entered and claimed her seat once again. the fire-type expert's face was noticeably stained with tears, and cait immediately shot alexander a look lined with suspicion. but she remained discreet and civil as she veered her focus toward the injured woman, her brows slightly furrowed as she spoke.

"are you going to be alright, baby girl? need anything? water? food?"

it was the tone of voice she typically picked up whenever a friend or family member was in need. her mother had often entered with such a phrase whenever cait or any of her other children were in a pitiful state - and she had coined it for herself when she had been on the cusp of approaching adulthood.

"what's wrong?"

she wanted to reach out and grab stormy's hand, but refrained, aware that it was alexander's duty and right to tend to her physically if she was in need.

'i wonder how shaken up she is about rocket.'

cait remained blissfully unaware of the words that stone had directed toward mister silph, the young woman undoubtedly loyal toward the man and very likely to take offense.

ALEXANDER STONE - Stormy Silph - Laurence Anderson

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Lars

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now even the salt tastes weird.

He remembers what she mentioned, back on Mount Pyre.

That she was seeing someone else.

He couldn’t believe it—no, he refused to believe it.

The one she was seeing—was the temporary Champion? What chance in Hell did he even have? Much as he wanted to burst back inside and maybe possibly start a little riot, shout a little bit about how he was the one who saved her, not the other man, he had a strong suspicion it was going to fall on deaf ears too fast, too soon.

He didn’t even notice that Cait had slipped past him and had re-entered the room. He had no idea what was going on inside the room.

But the position, the timing of his entry said it all—he’d walked in on something, and that something now caused some flicker of anger from within his gut to rise up. The general disbelief still shook him to the core, slowly being replaced with only one other thing now.

Betrayal.

Were his actions not loud enough? Was she—was that woman the kind of person who preferred words over gestures? He knew that his mother’s language of love was the same as his—at least, before she died and left them to fend for themselves against their no-good jackass of a father.

Then again…

The white-hot anger coiled inside him, his mind going too fast to process what he was doing. He didn’t know he’d stood up and had already made his way down and out of the hospital until he caught sight of the surroundings—had he been walking too fast? He didn’t know.

All he knew was that the moment he spotted his motorbike, he made a beeline straight for it, unlocked and crammed the helmet on his head, and slung his figure on it. Gunning it up to full power a few moments after he’d placed and turned the key, he left the damned place.

Never again, Lars.

Never again.

-Anderson exit-

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There's a hitch in her throat, a forced attempt to choke her emotions down. She had been taught to keep her cool, to control her emotions and to not self-destruct. Right now, she was lighting the fuse, and it needed to stop.[break][break]

What he's saying makes sense, it should make sense. But her terror-tortured brain is still ramped up on adrenaline and exhaustion, unable to make sense of what she so desperately needs to hear.[break][break]

"Who am I, Alex? Who is Stormy supposed to be, because I'm feeling lost and alone."[break][break]

She regrets those words the moment she says them, but her own pride prevents her from correcting herself. The hesitation that occurs while she says it is the only evidence that she didn't mean it.[break][break]

Maybe she's thankful then, that Lars entering the room breaks the silence, or the biting remark, or the fight that might be bubbling up between them. Or maybe it does nothing, as Alex leaves to collect the fallen flowers and place them in an empty vase.[break][break]

Alex mentions Lars briefly, a subtle comment that might have intended to ask a question. Whatever the case, Stormy barely registers he's said anything, still too lost in her own self-doubt.[break][break]

I--"[break][break]

She hesitates, a thought caught in her throat when the door opens again and Cait returns. She swoops back to her side, asking her if she needs anything. There's a moment where the woman feels stunned and confused, unsure how to respond. She still feels sick to her stomach, like she's heaved the contents of her stomach so many times it's become hollow.[break][break]

"I don't know.."[break][break]

Her answer is unhelpful, and she leans back into her bed, one hand shakily rising to her face to swipe away her tears.[break][break]

The sound of a motorcycle revving up aggressively outside the window breaks her concentration, and she glances towards the window curiously. She's too short to see out of it from her seat, however, and soon returns her attention to her hands that have balled up into fists in her lap.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Jul 10, 2019 7:35:46 GMT

if only he knew the answer, the magic words that will make all of this okay. he gently places the flowers into an empty vase and watches as they settle. she speaks again but there is hesitation in her voice. it's from that hesitation that tells him she doesn't mean it.

"you need to find out on your own. i cannot tell you who you are or who you are supposed to be, stormy. i can only be here for you."

stormy is so much more than just a silph. he sees so much in her and it pains him that she confines herself to the remnants of a legacy. he'd tell her but he needs her to realize it for herself.

cait reenters the fray and rushes to her bedside. he can only watch as she tends to stormy, and in that moment he feels like the outsider. his eyes fall, drifting to the flowers for a brief moment as he steps away from her bed.

"we should give her some space. let her rest."

a motorbike revs outside but he doesn't bother to look. he walks towards the door but lingers on the edge, indecisive. he knows his words are simply an excuse for him to leave and he takes it in his stride. she needs to rest but more importantly she needs time to think, to be by herself so she can reflect on what has happened.

but he's not going to force cait to leave.

"i will be back later, stormy."

and with that, the door slides close behind him.

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 5:18:17 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"] "ms. silph is—"

"llewelyn. of no relation. miss llewelyn," fernando corrects the receptionist with a monotone boredom that comes from having to repeat the previous answer one time too many. with an approximate guess as to where bronwen is being held, fernando approaches her room with a calm collectedness. unlike the others, there is no urgency behind his approach. he takes his time because whether he gets here now or thirty minutes ago, the results are the same.

his eyes narrow at who stands outside her room. of course.

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 5:48:45 GMT

speak of the devil. he hears footsteps coming from down the hallway and instinctively turns. he thought he'd be too lost in his own thoughts to notice but he does. his eyes fall on the familiar blue-haired man, watching him with caution as he approaches.

"it has been a while, councilman."

fernando's narrowed eyes are met with relaxed ones. the presence of the councilman does little to shake him, but he does worry for the two inside the room. one more so than the other. his hands find his pockets as he speaks.

"how are things?"

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 6:32:56 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"] "of course. you would be here." fernando sighs, looking towards the room but ignoring it in lieu of who's outside. perhaps stone will spare him the trouble of wasting his time. "what's the situation?"

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 6:37:59 GMT

"did you expect me not to be?" he tries to gauge the councilman and it comes without much trouble. but he knows silph isn't trying to hide his indifference to the situation.

"she is well and resting." he pauses, reading. "would you like to see her?"

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 7:02:56 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"] "sorry. i don't recall you visiting any of the other gym leaders during their hospital stays so it caught me a bit off guard. i suppose that makes sense though since that would be a hippa situation." he pauses. if stone's outside and she's resting then that must mean she's sleeping. or at least that's the only way fernando can interpret the two pieces of information that he has. "how long are you going to be waiting outside?"

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 7:16:32 GMT

"i suppose circumstances were different then. i am surprised to see you here, however." they don't like each other. that much is clear. there is distrust that exists between them that no simple conversation could fix. this extends beyond that.

he's asked a question and he lies in response.

"not long. why do you ask?"

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 7:20:26 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"] the answers simple because before anything else, fernando is a practical man. "because if you're staying overnight then there's no point in me being here. some of us have work to do, mister stone."

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 7:22:42 GMT

"some of us do." he finally steps to the side and gestures, allowing fernando to enter the room should he so wish to.

"i believe miss alfric has us covered."

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POSTED ON Jul 15, 2019 7:31:02 GMT

[attr="class","spiral"] the mention of alfric causes fernando to narrow his eyes. "you should open with that next time, stone." fernando stands there, half considering walking in but decides against it. "if alfric and you are here then i'm pretty much unneeded, no?" he asks because he wants a confirmation, validation before he departs.

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