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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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POSTED ON Aug 13, 2024 6:11:50 GMT

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Mossdeep was expensive. It was practically highway robbery. It would've been if the city wasn't placed on an island and had an actual interstate running through it, at least.

Still, it was obscene how much they charged for a cup of coffee at any shop within walking distance of the Mossdeep Space Center. Given that much of the island was walkable, that meant that every single coffee shop threatened to gouge Howard's wallet and leave him dangling.

To see an old colleague, though? Howard would take a few dozen dollars to the shins and walk it off.

"I've waited eight months for these rocks, man. She told me she'd get them!" Howard hissed into an old flip phone. Yeah, I know. I know. Listen, I'll call you back later. This Skarmory is eating my biscuits."

The small Skarmory chick hopped across the table set outside a small coffeeshop. The sea breeze caressed the admin's face as he wrestled a biscuit from Steelheart's gaping beak.

"Stupid bird." He muttered, before his face brightened as he raised an arm at the woman in the distance. "Phoebe!"

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nimbasa is phoebe's true home, but mossdeep will always feel like a home away from home. while peregrination will always draw phoebe beyond her comfort zone, she can always return to the space center the next day, and get right back to work. the sea breeze helps, too. a fresh aspect of an otherwise tepid, tense region. she breathes it in deeply as she walks, relishing in the way the ocean's scent seems to fill her lungs. spending over a half of a year in space is just enough to make phoebe re-appreciate the aspects of life she had once taken for granted. it helps, too, that she'll be seeing an old colleague in the process.[break][break]

when she spots howard in the distance, sitting at a cafe that is, ostensibly, a tourist trap, the cosmonaut waves back at him, her hair bobbing over her shoulders. she picks up her pace, and soon finds herself slipping into a patio chair opposite of the archeologist. her eyes linger on the skarmory fighting with the man before her, and she quirks a brow. very similar to navy's. could it be a coincidence? "looks like you've got your hands full," phoebe teases, setting down a small, metallic case on the table.[break][break]

"well, howard, i like to keep my promises," phoebe begins, her voice warm as she slides the case closer towards him. "but you'll owe me a favor. took me a bit of sweet-talking to get them cleared for personal collection."[break][break]

she urges him to take a look with a nod of her head, and she leans forward to cradle her chin in her hands as she fixes howard with a bright look and a simple smile. "but, more importantly, how have you been? besides, you know, getting fleeced for coffee and fighting off hungry skarmories."[break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 13, 2024 22:38:21 GMT

When doesn't he owe someone favors? They're change on the dollar for the archaeologist at this point. He owes Shred a few blunts from their last weekend off. He owes Remiel a kick to the shins. He is, unknowingly, about to owe Elisabeth Fiorelli several million PD for the loan he's going to take out in about a month.

He can owe Phoebe for some moon rocks, certainly. Because it's her, he might even pay back that debt. Even if the sassy astronaut got enjoyment from his wrestling with a small Skarmory chick.

"I do." He relented and let Steelheart take the biscuit. The small bird let out a shriek of victory and began devouring the baked good. Dozens of pecks reduced the biscuit into delicious rubble. "I've become the proud owner of the most annoying bird in the world since you went up into space."

His accomplishments don't seem as impressive anymore, given he's talking to an astronaut.

"Wait, you actually brought them?" His sullen demeanor changed almost instantly, his eye sparkling with inner light. He gave Phoebe a sheepish, childish grin as he cracked the case open. They...

They were...

They were rocks.

He had never been so happy. The case closed shut with a satisfying click. Howard gave a sigh of gratitude and gave Phoebe a wry grin.

"You didn't have to do this. Thanks. As for me..." He had become a Rocket Admin who had organized the accidental destruction of Dewford, and was now preparing to wage a war that history would remember forever. "...I'm doing pretty good. Got a museum job, finally."

A job somehow more stressful than working for terrorists.

"Not as illustrious as hopping in a rocket and flying through the stars, I'll admit."

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POSTED ON Aug 14, 2024 4:17:57 GMT

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phoebe watches with genuine mirth as howard cracks open the case and places his sights on genuine space rocks. he really does like his rocks! "i promised i would!" she exclaims in response. "and phoebe vega does not break a promise."[break][break]

she leans back in her chair, allowing her eyes to roam to the distance, where the ocean laps gently at mossdeep's beaches. she loves space, this much is true, but it certainly imposes more restrictions. sometimes, it just feels good to stand in the sand with water around her ankles, to feel the breeze on her face, to set something down without being worried about it drifting away. howard makes it sound like what she does is so much cooler, and while it is quite cool, phoebe knows that nothing can really beat hoenn.[break][break]

"a lot of people go crazy in the space station," phoebe says with a smile, waving a hand. "eating rehydrated food for six months... never feeling sunlight on your skin... you gotta be real comfortable with yourself to live like that for a long time. don't sell yourself short. the ground beneath our feet has its own charm."[break][break]

phoebe leans forward, eyes sparkling. "but, hey, museum job! that's pretty awesome, howard. which one is it? i might wanna visit one day."[break][break]

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POSTED ON Aug 14, 2024 5:51:44 GMT

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Space ice cream sounded dreadful. Poor Phoebe.

"You're not wrong. Nothing quite like the land we live on. No matter what happens, this is our home." He put his head in his hand and smiled faintly, his eyes glimmering with nostalgia. "It's a big world."

It was a shame that they'd likely never see it all. Yet this was a world worth fighting for, and its people as well. The sand, the surf, the sea. Mountains and forests and frozen lakes and everything else that this magnificent world had to offer.

"It's the National Museum of Natural History in Slateport. Finally got that job." A few years too late, but GIDEON GRAVES had finally extended an olive branch that the admin had gracefully taken. "I'll get you a tour with the staff. They're great people."

Arceus above, he hated half of them. He took a dip of coffee as he regarded the astronaut. Granted, if he had been stuck in space for as long as her, he would've been jumping for joy to finally land on solid earth.

"What're your plans? Think you'll stay in Hoenn until your next mission?"

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