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FERNANDO SILPH IS NO STRANGER TO CASUAL PUBS. he makes a good habit of visiting most as a way of pilgrimaging through specific cities. during slateport’s occupation, there was not a bar in lilycove that escaped his patronage.

it was a way to get to know the masses. to keep his taste wide and cultured. and, to meet and entangle with team rocket’s underbelly. a once warm place of comfort with his previous councilman now is forever besmirched due to an unruly underboss.

a though that fernando rarely reflects on.

after all, this place in unrelated. for NAMELESS is the antithesis of KALEIDOSKULL. where kim had invited him as a way to bond and open up, freya morningstar would happily wring his neck for dipping his toes a bit too close to home.

fortunately for him, he has bad timing. the man he’s looking for is out. left in the care of another.

“…”

he sits at the bar unceremoniously, idly watching a televised battle, waiting for a bartender’s attention.

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She wasn't a bartender, but he did catch her attention.[break][break]
It wasn't so much that he seemed out of place, but rather, unsatisfied. He had the air of a man who had been stood up; the disappointed reluctance that always accompanied delayed gratification. Mei recognized him, of course - from television, from social media, from Rocket hit lists. Apparently he was the sort of Councilman who visited bars like Nameless, though she highly doubted he was here for recreation alone.[break][break]
This was a dangerous man, Mei knew. Rich, certainly. Entertaining, quite possibly. She could ignore him and settle into the lap of any other patron - Arceus knew plenty would be more than willing - but she felt drawn to FERNANDO SILPH like a magnet, his presence in her underworld its own brand of Hoenn anomaly.[break][break]
"Need a drink?" She purred, slipping into the barstool next to his. Manicured fingers reached across the counter, groped for a bottle to snag, as she often did. King wasn't even here to scold her for it.[break][break]
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IT’S NOT HER QUESTION THAT PUZZLES HIM. rather, it’s the brazen nature of taking from the bar top as if she owns the place. not that he particularly cares. it’s not on him.

“depends what we’re drinking.”

he can see her movement from the corner of his eye but he never gives her his full attention. not when the battle comes so tight that a moment’s notice can slip the most obscure details.

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"Looks like whiskey," Mei observed, peering down at her spoils. Amber liquid was sloshed into two glasses, the nectar of the common man. She slid one to him without waiting for his consent.[break][break]
"Cheers," she offered noncommittally, saluting him with her glass before knocking it back. She liked whiskey because it reminded her of Marza Volchitsa.[break][break]
She wanted to touch him all of a sudden, find out if he was real. Not because she hoped he'd hire her, but because nothing about Hoenn seemed particularly stable as of late. Its leadership felt just as insubstantial as the illusions conjured by the region's love affair with dream mist.[break][break]
"What brings you here, Councilman?"
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POSTED ON Dec 6, 2023 17:17:26 GMT

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“INDEED.”

a glass is raised but even that does not pivot his attention. the world around him becomes a secondary task to juggle as he hones in on the television. even when he knocks the drink back, a sly eye traces the movement between NIDORINO and GENGAR.

it ends by the time his empty glass touches polished wood.

the lull between returning a pokemon and bringing out their next choice gives him a moment to break away. a chance to pivot his attention without losing out on anything substantial. small breaks that make watching pokemon battles digestible when handling a whole roster.

he points to it, right as it cuts to commercial break. funny enough, it’s an ad for DEVON CORP, a SILPH CO. company.

“here to unwind and watch the game,” he answers casually, “before going back to work.”

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Mei's glaze flicked to the television. The face of the Devon Corp. spokesman transitioned into an ad for some sort of perfume, showcasing a carefree young woman running through a field of wildflowers. She turned back to regard Fernando, losing interest immediately.[break][break]
"It's good to rest. I assume you're working long hours these days? You'll burn out if you don't take care of yourself."[break][break]
Was she really speaking to him, or hoping the wind carried those words to wherever freya morningstar happened to be at that moment? He wasn't the only member of the League Council on the brink of a martyred self-destruction, much to Mei's chagrin.[break][break]
The televised battle resumed, and she wondered how much he really cared. She supposed gym leaders were invested in keeping their skills fresh: it was why she kept up with her own training, after all, despite a lifetime of service to Rocket's violent causes.[break][break]
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She poured it.
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POSTED ON Dec 6, 2023 17:40:11 GMT

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“THESE DAYS?”

she smuggles a dim smile out of him. enough to elicit a nudge of his glass her way at the offer of another.

“as oppose to what, exactly?”

he waits for more than just her answer, but rather, her shot as well.

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Shot poured, she drank in his smile as if it too were a fine liquor to be slowly savored. He was a handsome man, she decided - the missing eye only added to the allure. Scars told stories, and stories were entertaining. She'd spent a lifetime talking to rich, entitled men and she could count on one hand how many had actually made a lasting impression on her.[break][break]
Stories mattered.[break][break]
"As opposed to when I first moved here, I suppose," she shrugged. "The anomalies and conflicts plaguing this region have only increased year-over-year." She tipped her glass to him, then downed it. "Don't take me for a fool, Councilman. I've been paying attention."
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POSTED ON Dec 31, 2023 0:09:10 GMT

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“AH,” is the quiet gasp of acknowledgement that surveys her logic. it sits well for a moment before he counters with his own historic take.

“perhaps, but much has changed in this region.”

he swallows more than just a shot. he buries bitter memories of the people he’s lost and the sacrifices he’s made. a toll he has to write off as a price of war.

“when rocket pressed their invasion and slaughtered hoenn’s people, the league had to work it’s hardest. then the megalopolans. and then the meteor.”

like the constant back and forth, hoenn represents each shot he willingly downs. an intoxicating poison that builds from willful indulgence. each time he has a chance to quit, he continues, all in pursuit of a dream fever haze.

“how many years until the burn out sets in?”

all for a better tomorrow.

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Slaughtered? Mei cocked her head prettily, amused at his dramatics. He was from Kanto, wasn't it? Hard to compare Team Rocket's efforts in Hoenn with what had happened there.[break][break]
"It's already setting in," she noted, nodding at the bottle they'd swiftly half-drained. "You wear it better than most."[break][break]
She'd seen her fair share of workaholic martyrs, throwing themselves at one problem after another without much in the way of regulation. A certain peer of his came to mind, but she had a feeling they were all like that to some degree. Politics did that to a person, made them both restless and relentless. If one wasn't careful, they could end up more villain than savior. Power corrupted, but it didn't always sow violence. Most of the time, it just left too many average citizens behind in its wake.[break][break]
"So what will you do about it all? Surely a man such as yourself has some kind of plan to keep us all safe."[break][break]
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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 10:57:17 GMT

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“PERHAPS.”

contemplation almost sets in but her question interrupts. like the aftertaste of their last shot, he can taste it on his tongue. vile and a necessary evil. something tolerated for what comes after.

“do you think you can plan around an ever changing region?”

his nose wriggles in contempt.

“how many people have had to plan around an invasion from a different dimension and having a meteor thrown at them?”

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"I think you can learn from the past," she shot back, without missing a beat. If there was anything she did not tolerate, it was misguided contempt. Was she supposed to feel bad for him? One of the most powerful men in Hoenn? It made her want to laugh.[break][break]
"You scoffed at the notion that this region is experiencing something new," she reminded him. "Surely by now you have developed an imagination capable of predicting what types of threats might plague us."[break][break]
She examined her nails, the acrylic polish glittering in the low light.[break][break]
"In Hoenn, everyone must plan around invasions and meteors." Her gaze flicked back up to meet his. "Lest we lose our homes and families to the destruction."
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“THERE IS NO PAST FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED,” he delivers as fact. “loft expectations will only usher in disappointment at best.”

his glass is looking just as empty as his hope.

“tragedy at worst.”

what looks back into her gaze is steel that bends but never breaks. a metal that knows how to be malleable depending on the temperature. but even it cannot be shaped into impossible shapes.

“invasions, meteors, that only makes up two. what’s your plan for the rest?”

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She refilled his glass with a flick of her wrist, wondering if he was the sort to stumble home late into the night or stop before he'd reached his limit. All men in power had their vices; which were his?[break][break]
"My plans?"[break][break]
Lashes fluttered, half-lidded. She looked at him with the an amused concurrence, as if she were in on a joke and he was an aspect of the punchline.[break][break]
"Entertain the masses, of course."[break][break]
She knew her place - her role - just as he knew his. Everyone had a part to play in the grand tragedy of their collective survival.
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