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When Littleroot had burned a few years ago, Rex had said nothing. When he had started his journey to be the best trainer in the history of ever, he had said nothing. When the Top Champion, the best trainer in the history of ever had died, he had said nothing. He had cried a lot, but ultimately little had been said.

This was different.

A locked door stood before the duo. A sign with the phrase 'KEEP OUT' spoke to Rex's soul. He turned to the woman next to him, eyes wide, much like a student.

"Lady, we gotta go around." He pointed at the sign with all the earnestness of a child. "Sign says we can't go in."

That sign had been there since before Annalise or Rex had been born. It would be there far after they were dead. Still, it was a sign that someone had bothered to put up. Rex opted to obey it as a result.

Even if there was no other way forward.

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a locked door with a KEEP OUT sign on it sounds like a room they need to get into. her hand still rests on the stubborn doorknob, but she turns to look back at her companion as he insists they can't go in, blinking incredulously. [break][break]"the sign that's barely still hanging on this door?" [break][break] nevertheless, she steps back to join him, biting the inside of her cheek thoughtfully. go around where? they could go some roundabout way, but annalise reaches for a pokeball instead. [break][break]her ceruledge appears, then slices through the door (sign included) at her behest. [break][break]"no more sign," she chirps, stepping forward. "let's go."

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"Yeah, that sign." He stared at her, hand on his hip. With the way she regarded the sign, she may as well have been defiling a corpse by searching for its wallet. When Annalise removed her hand, the younger trainer took a deep sigh of relief, content that the rules were being followed. "Thank goodne-"

The door is slashed apart before the words can leave his mouth. By the time he finishes them, the door is nothing but cut scraps.

-ss" Rex gagged as Annalise walked through the now defiled door. "You're gonna get us in trouble! It was there for a reason!"

As he attempts to reprimand her for her great crime, the reserve continues to shift as the Tera Crystals below feast on the hull. Rex looked around, panicked, before turning back to Annalise.

"Trespassing is wrong!"

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he's being a real stickler for the rules right now. in a way, it's endearing — most people wouldn't think twice about something as trivial as trespassing laws when they're on a sinking vessel, but he's quick to chastise her as soon as they've checked the room for immediate threats. it'll continue to be endearing, she thinks, so long as he's her helpless sidekick and not getting in her way. [break][break]"i know," she concedes, voice lilting appeasingly. "but this place has some very important league documents, so it's not technically trespassing if the league wants us to find their stuff, is it?"[break][break]beyond the doorway, her ceruledge melts into the shadows, watching the hall through the veil of its phantom force. annalise, meanwhile, gestures to a computer. [break][break] "try to get on that and see if there's anything useful on it."[break][break] she moves to look through a cabinet. [break][break]"it's illegal if you don't help, by the way."

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"Guh..." The inflection of his voice makes it clear that she's won, but it's the equivalent of arguing morals with a toddler. There's no work involved. No great debate. "Guhhhhh..."

If Rex was a machine, smoke would be pouring from every orifice as his brain started to spark and smolder. The ethical contradiction is too much for Rex to comprehend. The man was a boy scout to the core, the perfect ranger. Unfortunately he was neither a boy scout nor a ranger. He was just some guy from Littleroot.

Until he conquered the Pokemon League and became a champion, at least.

"But..." That was a long way, though. Rex sulked to pilfer through the computers. One warned against removing hard drives without proper guidance. "Ugh... I don't wanna go to jail."

Meanwhile, Annalise would feel something nudging her foot.

'toge toge?'

A Togepi looked up at her.

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"and you won't," she promises, flipping through barren manila folders. when this operation is over, she'll buy him lunch and reassure him that there's no jailtime awaiting him at the end of this. "as long as you help out."[break][break]something bumps against her shoe. she looks down and sees a togepi staring up at her. she blinks, then abandons her searching, crouching down to get closer to its level.[break][break]"where did you come from, little guy?"

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It's a very well-groomed Togepi. It's almost absurd how impeccable of a specimen this one is. Its shell shines brightly against the dull, crackling lights of Sea Mauville's dying generators. Its soft body is luscious and well-maintained. This Togepi is within the top percentage of Togepi.

Hell, it even has a small ribbon attached to its spiky head.

"I'm helping..." Rex sounded on the verge of tears as he pilfered another hard drive. "I'm going to hell when I die..."

Yet when compared to this Togepi, Rex's struggles seem like a distant memory.

'Toge...' The Togepi looks at Annalise with bright eyes, before waggling its fingers. 'pi!'

A Metronome builds...

"Hm?" Rex looked up from his computer of crimes to peer at Annalise and Togepi. "Uh oh."

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"awww, is that a ribbon?"[break][break]the togepi at her feet must definitely belong to althus. it looks too well taken care of to be a wild pokemon living in this reserve. plus, a wild pokemon wouldn't be accessorized like this. [break][break]"you're not going to hell."[break][break]another promise is made, rising from where she's crouched on the ground. she's content to keep his partner pokemon entertained while he unplugs hard drives — or she is until it starts waving its fingers mischeviously. [break][break]"ummm ... " her eyes dart between the togepi and althus, hands hovering like she's not sure if she should place them over the togepi's fingers and try to stop the metronome. [break][break]"this is your pokemon, right?" her words tumble out faster as urgency sets in. she stands, even, in preparation for whatever may come into fruition. "could you tell it to not do this?"

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They lock eyes for a moment as Togepi continues its little chant. It's the first time Rex has seen the ranger on the back foot. She had dealt with signs fairly easily, but this terrified her.

"I can't. Togepi's just a little fella, doesn't know how to use his power yet. He needs practice, and he practices by doing." Rex shrugged, as if a loose cannon in a confined space wasn't a particularly bad idea. He regarded Togepi with a mixture of wariness and pride. "Should be fine, he only exploded once. Or was it twice...?"

'toge toge...' The waggling grew more intense as a bright light appeared on Togepi's finger.

"Or was it one...? He definitely blew my hotel room up back in Fortree..."

'toge toge...'

"Oh, but I did get kicked out of that overnight bus because he replaced every microwave with a detonating Voltorb, so I guess that counts...?"

'toge toge...'

"So yeah, probably two. Depends on how you count it. Anyway, don't worry! Out of the six times he's used Metronome, he only definitely exploded once."

'pi!' Togepi's Metronome activated, drowning the room in a bright light, harsh and glorious. The first sound to assault Annalise's ears were something definitely not explosive.

Ding! Two trays of macrons appeared, alongside a plate of illustrious china and two steaming cups of tea.

Togepi used Teatime!

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