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This is a dream of a world that can never be.[break][break]
He walks through the door to his Dewford beach house, arms full of fast food bags. kyle lopez, noah faber, and Gabe all smile at him. Another day in paradise. From another room, he hears the patter of footsteps. Eris Halla and Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki play with his children. It’s a boys night. They have all the trappings to make it a night of serendipity.[break][break]
“Got you some extra spicy wings, Lopez.” Navy grins. “So you can embarrass yourself in front of your husband.”[break][break]
“Yeah, ‘cause you’re so good at handling spice, Navy.” Gabe’s grin is a mirror of his brother’s. They laugh. They dig in. Eventually, the video games come out. All four of them are accomplished trainers. At least three of them are accomplished gamers.[break][break]
Navy plays a boxer with green gloves. He’s not good. Gabe and Kyle both say he’s a low tier character. But he keeps getting up. Even when he wins, he’s beaten up. He smiles despite everything. He never stops fighting. Even though Navy sucks, he wants to see that guy win.[break][break]
The kids file in somewhere along the way. It boils down to Kyle and Navy. The crowd cheers for the boxer in green.[break][break]
A last minute upset! Kyle is out! He goes flying![break][break]
A new champ is crowned! He conquers![break][break]
It’s the first time Navy’s ever won. He smiles bashfully and slurps down a wing.[break][break]
“That’s my brother.”[break][break]
When he wakes up, he walks into an empty home. Fixing himself a late night cup of coffee, he goes out on his porch and thinks of a distant world. Somewhere beyond the sea exists a world where his brother is alive and well. Turning back to the barren television, he can swear he sees a green boxer cheering him.[break][break]
Smiling, he goes back to bed.

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What a day for a daydream. Sitting on his porch, he closes his eyes. Suddenly, he’s sitting under a tree. Melody Miro is letting him use her lap as a pillow. She smiles down at him. It’s a nice fantasy. Perfect. Nothing more complicated than this: the woman he loves is there with him. She smiles a smile of recognition. All is well. There is no one else there. No Crystal, no Kyle, no Tsubaki. Just her. Just the two of them. Just a moment to rest. A moment to be thoughtless. A moment to look at neither past nor present.[break][break]
A moment to simply exist. Existing in bliss. Existing with her. Simply basking in the warmth of someone else’s company. To be understood, loved, and cherished is a rare thing. She’s as vivid now as she’s ever been. There are no words said. What use is there for words with one you have loved so well for so long? She reaches down, fusses over his hair. She worries about him, like any wife would.[break][break]
This is nothing but a fantasy. A fantasy of a tomorrow he doubts he will see. This is a world where the strong are allowed to weaken. It’s a good world, a good fantasy, something worth fighting for.[break][break]
Eyes still closed, Navy smiles the wavy smile of a man who’s truly happy.

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He’s sitting on his porch, surrounded by people that hardly know one another. Crystal, Raphael, Tsubaki, and Eris all smile at him. They listen. They take his advice to heart. There’s a desire there, hidden, buried, brought to the surface by the shifting mist.[break][break]
In a world that so often silences a voice, he is heard. What wisdom he has is passed on. The others take that advice to heart and they grow – truly grow, from what he has to say.[break][break]
“Don’t just repeat the same mistakes. That’s how it usually goes. It’s fine to mess up once. Don’t let it happen again.” They nod. They’ll take it to heart. They won’t have to have this conversation again tomorrow.[break][break]
“And don’t be afraid to rely on your fellows. We’re a family. Well, you’re everybody’s family, Eris.” He smiles at Eris Halla. She is collectively Hoenn’s daughter. “That’s what family’s about. You look out for each other. No matter what. They stumble, you help them. That’s just the way it is.”[break][break]
From inside, an indeterminate voice cries out. Dinner is ready. They should all go help themselves to some of those fabulous rolls.[break][break]
This surely has to be an impossible dream. Melody Miro can’t cook to save her life in real life.[break][break]
From a distant shore, someone laughs a hollow laugh.[break][break]
“Family looks out for each other, huh, Navy?”

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“You really gave those kids hell today, Navy.” Gabe sits around a campfire on the beach. It helps stave off the cool night air. Dewford gets chilly when the day dies. In this night sky, there are no ghosts. No skeleton dragons sleep within the sea. Nihilego are confined to some far off dimension.[break][break]
They’ve won. There’s no reason left for kyle lopez to mantle the title of Top Champion. His friend can rest and let one of the Navidson showboats take over. Navy knows peace. His gym can be a place you see in the movies. He plays the grim, stoic older brother to Hoenn’s Top Champion.[break][break]
“Someone’s gotta get ‘em ready for you.” He eats ice cream from a bowl. Mounds upon mounds of the stuff. In dreams, you never get fat. “Sol’s a pretty tough guy.”[break][break]
“He’s strong enough to keep the peace.” His brother smiles. “Like Bailey couldn’t, even with Groudon.”[break][break]
“That’s all in the past. Don’t talk about the dead like that, Gabe.” They’re grown-ups. He shouldn’t have to chide his brother like that.[break][break]
“Say.” Navy inclines his head to his brother. “You get those flowers I wanted? The ones from the Petalburg Florist?”[break][break]
“Yeah. Dunno why you always wanna buy from Elisabeth Fiorelli . There’s florists in town, you know.”[break][break]
“I had a nice conversation with her. Not every day you can find that. She doing alright?”[break][break]
The question takes Gabe aback. Quirking his brow, the younger Navidson laughs.[break][break]
“Yeah, she’s doing alright, you bleeding heart. Everybody is since we won.”[break][break]
Victory tasted sweet. Storming Sootopolis with the best of the best led to the ideal world he wants, against all odds. Gabe, Kyle, and the elites all played their parts. Walsh was cornered. His men put on trial.[break][break]
Peace reigns.[break][break]
And yet…[break][break]
“Hey, Navy.” Gabe looks different when Navy meets his brother’s eyes again. They’re tiny. Dark. His blue hair is replaced by the bright yellow motif of a star. A third eye opens his stomach, looking up at the sheriff.[break][break]
“I’ve been meaning to ask you…is this really what you want? This peaceful world?”[break][break]
“Huh?” If the sheriff sees something strange about this phantom of Gabriel Navidson, who now looks the part of a wish-granter, it doesn’t show on his face. Instead, he’s confused by the question. He scoffs at its absurdity.[break][break]
“What’s gotten into you? We won. There’s no point to fighting anymore. Everybody can rest up. Grow old. Die happy. People like Eris, Hideo Kino , Tsubaki, Kyle, that florist. None of ‘em have to raise up armies of monsters. They can do shit that matters. Not just fight.”[break][break]
“But this isn’t about them, Navy.” His brother’s small, dark eyes don’t blink. Only the true eye on his stomach blinks. “This is about you.” He stands up. The breeze kicks up, the first sign of a storm upon the horizon.[break][break]
“When this tomorrow comes…you’ll be dead. That’s what you want, isn’t it? You never were good with peace. Not when we had it.” His words aren’t unkind, even if they’re biting. “You picked a few of those fights with dad.” It is not a question.[break][break]
“I fought dad cause-”[break][break]
“You fought dad because you like to fight! You fought in Dewford because you like to fight! You just can’t see it through. Cillian Quinn , Tempest Quinn , bryan delarosa , the ones in masks…you couldn’t kill a single one. You’d just incapacitate them. Let them live another day. Keep the fight going. That’s not what a man of peace would do.” A fire catches under his brother’s right eye. It spreads across his body.[break][break]
“Someone had to keep you safe! What was I supposed to do? Curl up in a ball and cry?!”[break][break]
“There we go! There’s some real fire. Big bro. Come on. Tomorrow, you’re gonna come back here. When you do, I’m gonna show you what’ll really make you happy.” The fire consumes Gabriel.[break][break]
“Let’s take our birthright.”[break][break]
When he wakes up beside Melody Miro , he is sweating. His breathing doesn’t stir her. Looking out at the moon hanging in the sky, he dreads going back to sleep.

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For a few nights in the middle of October, Michael Navidson fights sleep. His excuses to Melody Miro for not joining her in bed are sound at first. Long cases. Investigations. Tumbles into the rift. He lives such an active life, fingers in so many pies, that it’s plausible. Caffeine helps. Other uppers. Stimulants to keep his heart beating and his mind sharp.[break][break]
That first day is agony. By the second, he’s got his routine figured out. His ailing brain misses some details. Nothing goes seriously wrong, thankfully. He just gets a few odd looks, most of them concerned. Little cat naps keep him from falling into full REM sleep. He’s miserable the whole time.[break][break]
He thinks about Gabe. His dark eyes. The third eye looking up at him from the stomach. A promise of a wish granted, the wish he truly wants granted. A selfish wish, given to a selfish man. He fights.[break][break]
And, like all men fighting the call of the inevitable, he loses. One night, when he’s watching a movie with Melody, he nods off. This sleep takes root. He’s gone. His dream comes true.[break][break]
What awaits him is the true end of the warrior’s road.[break][break]
There are many names for this place, but only one that matters. Valhalla. A hall for fallen Einherjar. Here, the worthy do battle until the end of time. There are no sides. There are no petty matters like affiliation. They are all warriors under the watchful eye of their all-father.[break][break]
He strangles Tempest Quinn until the dark-eyed man’s neck snaps. There is no moment to howl in triumph. A masked man runs the sheriff through with a sword. He dies choking on his own blood, smiling. Michael will never know it was jayden cross beneath the mask.[break][break]
A sortie is led against Callan Young, Katherine Fairburne playing the role of champion. Droves fall before her. Scores of men. Navy crawls over their bodies. He looks back and sees the faces of the mighty tremble in fear.[break][break]
“If we wanna beat that bitch, we can’t be afraid of her.” He curses the men with him as Josh Devlin’s head is crushed by Giratana.[break][break]
“Come with me or not. I’m going for her.” And so he stands. So he marches. So he fights. So he dies a hundred times.[break][break]
This is a world where only the strong reign. Warriors parade, hooting in triumph and dying in glory. They feast upon fine foods. They take what pleasure in flesh they want without consent. It is an old world order, the way things once were.[break][break]
It is humanity dressed down to its bare essentials. Everything else is secondary. Civilization, science, philosophy, discovery, they are luxuries born of soft times. There is no place for them in this hall of warriors.[break][break]
“Michael!” The warriors chant when he returns laden in the spoils of fallen foes, one of this place’s greatest champions. “Michael!” A warrior angel’s name. His father named him well. He fights with his father’s hateful eyes. His arms are dyed scarlet with blood, all the way to the shoulders. “Michael!”[break][break]
This is the world where you’ll be happy, o brother. A world of strength. You don’t need to talk here, or pretend to be anything you’re not. A world just for you. It’s not about your little flock of children. Maybe Eris Halla, Hideo Kino, or Vanilla Kingsley could survive here, but you wouldn’t want that, would you?[break][break]
Ahead of him stands Kouji Matsubara. Another warrior on the road, a younger man with a younger man’s strength. Their fight repeats again and again. Sometimes he lives, sometimes he dies. Always they die content. They die grateful for the fight. Vortigern dies with Absol’s blade in his heart. Absol is devoured by Vortigern.[break][break]
It is your birthright, o brother. It is in your name. Michael. A warrior with a flaming sword. The first into the fray. Last to leave. A warrior destined to battle the best of the best, to triumph and fail, until you are spent. Again and again. That is the world you want. That is the truth.[break][break]
“You idiot…”[break][break]
Gabriel cocks his head, consumed by fire. He looks down from where he is perched, watching the battle. His brother addresses him with a cheek sheared by Cillian Quinn’s knife. An eye hangs from its socket. When he speaks, his voice is hoarse.[break][break]
“You ever consider whether I wanna be happy?”

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POSTED ON Oct 19, 2023 15:28:11 GMT

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“What?” It’s a bad habit of Gabe’s, to ask that question when he heard someone perfectly well. Even in death and dreams he still carries the old habit. Below the one-eyed All-Father stands the legion of warriors Navy has fight with and against. Each of them materializes there, turning their eyes down upon the renegade.[break][break]
“This world sucks.” With a terrible snap, he sets a broken nose back into place. “This isn’t the world I want for Baki, or Melody, or anyone.” He gazes up across a vast gulf of empty space. “What I want’s for them to be happy. If that means having plenty of shitty, boring days? I can deal with that.”[break][break]
“You would deny Valhalla?” His brother scoffs. “You, who have already died a warrior’s death? You, who beat children until they cry in your gym?”[break][break]
“Yeah. Think I do.” His eye meets his brother’s true eye, the flaming eye on his stomach. “What’re you gonna do about it?”[break][break]
“Cast you into hell.”[break][break]
And so, all the warriors fall upon him at once. Katherine with the fallen son. Callan with a masked Slaking. Kyle, Freya, a multitude of masked men, Matias Silph wreathed in flames. All of them and so many more come to claim his head for the All-Father.[break][break]
He meets them all. He tears at them with his scarlet hands. He bites at them with his teeth. Clawing tooth and nail, he fights his way up the mountain.[break][break]
Only one Pokemon joins him. Shuwen. Of course it’s Shuwen. This bear always seems to be here when he fights in dreams. Their raging fists mirror one another. Fast as flowing water.[break][break]
Something else watches from on high. Through the stormcloud, an emerald dragon descends. Its golden eyes watch from on high.[break][break]
“Oh, don’t you dare.” Navy says to Gabe, exhausted. His body isn’t mending as it did when he first stepped into these halls. The injuries are sticking. His right eye is blind from blood.[break][break]
“I don’t want that.”[break][break]
“You fight tooth and nail for a peaceful world.” A powerful voice booms. “For a world that will move on from you.”[break][break]
“Commendable.”[break][break]
“Oh look.” Gabriel’s smile is mocking. “It seems you’re making a friend. Are you going to tell me this isn’t your heart’s desire, Navy? I can see your heart. I can remember your wishes. What you wished would happen when father vented his frustrations on you.”[break][break]
“I don’t need it.” He climbs. Shuwen strikes. Climbs some more. Golden eyes watch.[break][break]
“I don’t want it.”[break][break]
“Hush. Allow me to help you here, young one.”[break][break]
The great dragon surges with power, flying low. Infinity energy surges within Navy…[break][break]

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“I. DON’T. CARE.”[break][break]
And the energy leaves him in a magnificent surge of emerald, back up to Rayquaza. A clawed scarlet hand points up at the great dragon in accusation.[break][break]
“How the hell do you get off, trying to do that for me now? Where the hell were you when I was out on the street, hustling so that idiot could eat and have a good life? Where were you when my dad knocked my teeth out? Every night, I’d always dream ‘bout flying away with you. That someone would show that guy justice.”[break][break]
He turns back towards the All-Father. He climbs. He climbs on his own, even though it hurts.[break][break]
“Only justice in the world’s the justice you make for yourself.” He intones his mantra. “And you’re just a phantom from my dreams.” His smile is wry, self-deprecating. “’Sides, I’m no Eva Morales.”[break][break]
The emerald dragon disappears. Navy and Shuwen are alone again. And so, they keep climbing.

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MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN

MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN

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I HOPE YOU KNOW WE HAD EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU BROKE ME AND LEFT THESE PIECES.

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He stands, at last, on the mountaintop. Across from him stands the burning one-eyed star. The All-Father looks on in contempt.[break][break]
“Congratulations are in order, Michael.” Gabriel says, looking down at the path up the mountain. It is a path carved in blood. Shuwen’s hands drip with the stuff raw, red stuff of fallen warriors.[break][break]
“Don’t want congratulations.” He paces back and forth, looking past the star. He looks for a way out. More than anything, he wants to wake from this dream. Melody will be there. They’ll have a nice meal. He’ll forget all about this. It will be his own private misery, like all of the others that will follow. Another secret, just for him. Just like the woman he saved, years ago. Just like the lives he took.[break][break]
“Let me out.”[break][break]
“If you wanted to leave that easily, you would just wake up.” Some would call that an unfair observation. Navy sees the wisdom in the words. He sighs, stumbles. Shuwen catches him, steadies the sheriff.[break][break]
“It will be hard, what comes. It would be easier if you had the great emerald dragon’s blessing, if only for a short while.”[break][break]
“Not like it counts in a dream anyway.” The elder brother observes. “You can tell yourself anything when your eyes are closed. Make up any kind of story you want. Reality’s what counts. Green snake didn’t help us out. Nobody did. Nobody except me. Only words I can find to believe in are mine.”[break][break]
“Would that this was not a dream.” The younger brother smiles. “Pick your Pokemon then, Michael.”[break][break]
“You even gotta ask?” Ironsides flies from the sky, landing before his trainer. Screeching, he readies for battle. Gabriel, the All-Father, draws a burning pokeball. Tossing it out, Kohryu roars, coiling through the air like a great serpent.[break][break]
“Looks like a mirror of the first match we ever had.” Navy’s smile is pensive, remembering the battle on the beach. “Nobody likes a crybaby, Gabe.”[break][break]
“Then come claim victory or get cast down in defeat. Whatever you want. It’s all for y-”[break][break]
He’s cut off as he sees his brother do something mad. Crossing the mountaintop summit, walking past Kohryu, he stands before the burning star that was Gabriel Navidson. His arms open wide. He embraces the younger brother. Even as it burns him, scorches him, scalds his flesh, he hugs his brother.[break][break]
“I miss you, you little idiot. You don’t gotta be so extra. Even if you’re just a dream…you’re plenty real to me. Valhalla. Fighting. Losing. Winning. Just wish I had you. You can say this is what I want, this is what would make me happy. Maybe you’re right…” His own skin is on fire when he lets go. Turning, he looks at the sun breaking at last through crimson clouds.[break][break]
“…what makes me happy is other people being happy.”[break][break]
Ironsides, Kohryu, and Shuwen look between the brothers. None of the Pokemon move to interfere. The one-eyed star cries.[break][break]
“You’re the dumb one, Navy.” He says in a younger voice.[break][break]
“Yeah.” Navy agrees. “A man’s gotta be a little stupid.”[break][break]
And then, he wakes up.

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