The Testimony of Howard Slayte

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Cillian Quinn
The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON Apr 21, 2024 7:07:00 GMT
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"If you wanted to follow him, you'd have admitted to it."[break][break]

Because if boasts about knowing Cillian's intentions, he'd know just as well that the underboss was capable of murder. It wouldn't be the first life ended in this office, nor the last.[break][break]

"Don't pin your short memory on me; I used his name, as I said."[break][break]

He'd started with it, in fact.[break][break]

"And don't gamble with my patience unless you're willing to lose."

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The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON Apr 21, 2024 9:13:09 GMT
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Lose? Howard almost laughed in the underboss's face.

"I've been losing for my entire fucking life." Ever since pursued a field with no opportunities, no hope for progression, no hope for living. From the moment his brain had formulated what it had wanted to do, Howard's life had turned into hell.

Archaeology was a dead-end field. Howard's life had ended from the moment he had picked up the trowel.

"His name." Cillian would not understand. There was no need in pursuing this line of discussion. "Forget it."

There were more important topics at hand.

"Something fucked with my golem. It did not malfunction, but how is that possible? Nobody alive knows how those things work more than me. So what happened?"

Howard would not accept Regice as malfunctioning. If it was, the ancients had failed their successors and the region was fucked. That was an unacceptable conclusion. Thus, it had to be wrong.



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Cillian Quinn
The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON Apr 24, 2024 5:11:52 GMT
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Howard almost laughs. Cillian remains severe.[break][break]

"You've not lost that life, yet."[break][break]

He is cold, firm. The threat, though not explicit, is hardly disguised. If were suicidal, he'd found the right tool to do something about it. Cillian was more patient than many of his Kanto-bred colleagues, but no less capable.[break][break]

He ignores the continued stress about Shred's name.[break][break]

"Did you see a Spotlight cast, perhaps?" He imagines Howard would've mentioned it if so, but includes the ask to be thorough. Then: "There were several Avatars on the field, our own and otherwise. Did you notice their behaviour surrounding the incident?"

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The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON Apr 25, 2024 8:36:55 GMT
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If he was a braver man, he would've pushed Cillian Quinn further. There was a world where the brains of Admin Slayte splattered across the walls of this cell.

Nobody would've missed him. Nobody would've lamented his passing. He would've been another cautionary tale to those who came after, to not blunder on the battlefield. There was a world where Howard kept talking. Instead of putting down the shovel, he would've dug deeper and deeper until Cillian's shadow miasma surrounded him.

That was not this world. Howard was too cowardly to die, even to escape Rocket's clutches.

"No, I don't think so. I was being attacked on all sides, and Regice was the only reason I didn't immediately falter." Howard puffed up his lips and exhaled. "I apologize, I was not keeping track."

A poor suit for battle.

"Wait." His scowl darkened as a memory came crawling back. A rare look of contempt blossomed forth. "No. What's the deal with the fire chick? Penelope?"

His foe.



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Cillian Quinn
The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON May 2, 2024 9:19:17 GMT
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Cillian shakes his head, flicks his wrist. Not having eyes on every part of the battlefield was hardly a crime, and if it was, Cillian was guilty as well. He'd been equally present, was equally ignorant to the cause.[break][break]

"Livy, yes. I saw that - thing she has with her. One of the Ruinous Beasts, isn't it?"[break][break]

Knowing how and were affected, Cillian could only imagine the hell that the councilwoman was being made to endure by her volatile patron. Unlike how he felt toward his colleagues, he had no sympathy for her.[break][break]

"No idea of what powers it might have, beyond some sort of emotional influence if J- if Admin Cross and Underboss Fiorelli are any example."[break][break]

If Moltres and Articuno's avatars shared similar abilities, why not these beasts of ruin?[break][break]

"But golems don't have emotions, do they? Correct me if I'm wrong." His dry tone suggests he's not expecting that correction. "Did she say anything to you? To Regice? Perhaps to Shred?"

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The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON May 6, 2024 9:01:44 GMT
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"It can feel, for better or worse. Its emotions are unfathomably limited. Regice was not designed to feel."

Yet occasionally, it did.

The stuttering of Jayden's name didn't go unnoticed. If Howard hadn't been teetering on the edge of execution, he would've questioned the underboss on it, but he suspected that there was no need to. The Ruinous Beasts were a cancer that ate away at the humanity of those who held them.

was, for better or worse, human. His wrath, his love, his hate, they were all human elements blackened and cursed by that feline that stalked him.

Admin Cross was cursed, and always would be.

"Yeah, the fish made of fire. It tried to swim through Regice, but it's too cold. It couldn't melt the ice." Howard frowned as he remembered what Penelope had said. It was hard to forget. Every time he closed his eye to sleep, he heard her voice taunting him. "She mocked me for missing the shot."

Howard's face contorted with rage.

"She knew what she was doing. That bitch."



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The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON May 11, 2024 8:42:04 GMT
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"How do you know?" For a moment, the austere image of the underboss is softened by a genuine curiousity. Golden eyes gleam bright, without malice. "Has it told you? Do you speak with it?"[break][break]

He'd found a certain fascination with REGISTEEL once, enough to look into the golems and to find fascination in the old temple.[break][break]

The thought of it prompts, "You should talk to Priam, if you haven't already. We took something out of the ruins they found Regirock in; maybe it'd interest you."[break][break]

Or maybe was way ahead of him.[break][break]

Either way, there's a much more pressing matter at hand. His mood shifts serious once more.[break][break]

"I wouldn't be surprised," he grumbles. "Positions of power are like beacons."[break][break]

You didn't need one to earn a legend's attention, but it sure as hell made you easier to spot. And what was Livy but a councilwoman?[break][break]

"We'll have to look into it further, but it's plausible." Cillian runs a hand through his hair. "If Shred wakes up, we can get his take on what happened."[break][break]

For now, it seemed, Howard was off the hook.

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The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON May 11, 2024 18:14:10 GMT
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"I could feel it."

The admin crossed his arms in thought. It was not uncommon for Legendary Pokémon to connect with trainers; most of Rocket's high command consisted of Avatars by this point. Even had Darkrai whispering in his ear. Who wasn't contaminated at this point? ? ? ? Himself?

Rocket was being ruled more by demigods than humans every day.

"I spoke to it once, but on this I am confident, Quinn. You do not build a defender with emotions, because emotions are the death of duty." Or perhaps they were the life of them. Howard's lips tightened at the mention of . Each time he tried to find the grunt, he was off on assignment or hiding in the submarine's gym.

"I'll look into it, but if you're giving me consent to go after Priam, then that means..." The admin rose to face Cillian. "I'm..."

He almost dared not say the words.

"...good to go?"



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The Testimony of Howard Slayte
POSTED ON May 15, 2024 1:59:45 GMT
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It sounds ridiculous, but Cillian does not dismiss Howard's claims as such. Avatarship was strange. Perhaps this was something like that. The mark that might lead to a blessing's path.[break][break]

He shrugs it off.[break][break]

"Mm. Not for everyone."[break][break]

has never been so loyal to Rocket as he is now. Cillian knows that he is at the heart of that, his husband's dogged devotion bleeding into the things Cillian held most dear.[break][break]

But the conversation is growing long, and Howard is eager to excise himself from the presence of the underboss.[break][break]

"Perhaps not good." His humour is dry. "But free."[break][break]

The door swings open anew, fey glitter sparkling in the light.

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