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Absinthe Blackwood
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POSTED ON Nov 19, 2024 0:37:20 GMT
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days from now, in the long distant future for a woman remiss to think past tommorrow, absinthe will be here, leading (or being dragged behind) a group of women filled with lovers, friends, and strangers.[break][break]

and 'here' fizzles and cracks with latent electricity, erecting tall sign-posts painted with warnings. wires strew across the floor, itself constructed of wiring, like squirming, voltaic innards possessed by the ghost of the past. the horizon lays bare, so clear of obstruction that absinthe sees the curve of the planet itself, dipping down into the lowest recesses of her peripheral vision. dark clouds hug the sky and spew lightning from their gaping maws at odd intervals. absinthe watches, mystified, still and silent on a clutch of steel boxes.[break][break]

she struggles to think of terrain as alien as this. never has she ever laid eyes upon a land forged from electricity itself.[break][break]

but time does not wait for dead women to come to terms with their tasks. days from now, she will be here again, and she will not be alone. @evelyn will be there, with her, and the very thought makes absinthe shudder. she could never forgive herself if she let anything happen to her.[break][break]

the terrain must be mapped. the world must be catalogued. alone, just as she prefers, absinthe will do it.[break][break]

gathering her wits about her, absinthe steps down from the steel boxes and begins the ruinous process.



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POSTED ON Nov 20, 2024 16:17:08 GMT
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Trained and active sygna suits were in short supply... And Yuina wondered who above her said that she qualified to be on that short list. It didn't matter who did though, really, as her position in the league was already so fragile, so precarious... If she refused, would that cast doubt on her already lofty standing amongst them? Could she still pretend to be worth any of the good she tried to do?[break]
Lightning streaked across the darkened sky, another rumble of thunder through the constant storm that ravaged the otherwise barren landscape, and Yuina knew that it was pointless to ask questions now. It was too late, she was already starting her reconnaissance for a cause that has been forced by others that held little regard for anything else.[break][break]
"Sharp Daikenki, focused," Yuina spoke in foreign word as the world dimmed around them. It wasn't pitch black, it wasn't devoid of light like the megalopolis city, but it required and necessitated all of their focus to trek forward. Connected, bonded, through their linked infinity energy and beyond, they shared their senses with each other.

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POSTED ON Nov 20, 2024 23:16:31 GMT
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sharp needles of rain batter against absinthe's exposed skin, filtering through the spaces between the plates of black armor coating her body in rivulets of oil-like water that snake down into her boots. the landscape before her is painted in broad strokes of grey and blue, punctuated by the lightning that tears through the heavens like jagged glass. the thunder crashes against her eardrums with a skull-rattling reverberation, somehow resonant in tandem with the frantic beating of the organ beneath her ribs. atop a bluff, she watches the storm roll towards her, and her breath catches somewhere beneath the wretched cage of her chest.[break][break]

it's beautiful, awe-inspiring. electrifying.[break][break]

which is exactly why she can't afford to slack here. she needs to keep moving. she pulls out a sheet of paper, scans the topography with experienced eyes, marks a few coordinates as checkpoints and reference points. she looks up in time to see a bolt of lightning fork through the sky, and it's in that moment, illuminated by its unnatural, ethereal glow, that she sees her.[break][break]

yuina higashi.[break][break]

eyes alight with a flame that refuses to extinguish despite the torrent pouring from the sky, absinthe cannot keep the recognition from flickering across her face - but it's not recognition borne of pleasure. rather, it's a bitter acknowledgment of a past that she cannot seem to escape, and a fear of what will result from the woman's knowledge of information that absinthe has rendered close to her chest.[break][break]

perhaps, many moons ago, absinthe would have blanched at moving to violence just to prevent a secret ago. these days, however, absinthe finds herself gripped by senseless selfishness.[break][break]

yuina must die.[break][break]

without warning, absinthe releases a shard from her pocket and shatters it, and the echo of the devil in all of its wretched glory appears before her, preening his feathers with detached derision.[break][break]

then, at a whispered command, the toxic bird lifts its head and gathers bright, spectral energy before its beak. a beat passes, thunder peals, and a MOONBLAST, bright and lofty, races towards yuina and her samurott.



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POSTED ON Nov 21, 2024 0:29:21 GMT
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Sent ahead of various expedition teams that were getting ready to delve into the rifts beyond, Yuina knew what her job was. And it was easy enough, work she'd done dozens of times, mapping, coordinates, topological surveys, environmental reports, energy readings. The ecologist in her was what made this a no brainer, the would be league affiliate was the difficult part.[break][break]
"From the last reports... the environment doesn't seem to have changed much... rain levels appear consistent, joules in lightning set in the same variations...," Yuina spoke, really only to herself, looking over the equipment that she had with her for the work she was set out to do.[break][break]
"This sector reads stable saturation levels of dimensional energy... Still fairly toxic with prolonged, unprotected exposure...," she muttered, looking over the boundary lines that she would have to check over, noting her location relevant to one of the first check points. She was studious, flipping through readings on the screen she held when she felt Daikenki's shift in his demeanor well before he alerted her to anything. He bristled, and a bark broke to Yuina's attention. They were being attacked.[break][break]
"Shadow," Yuina leered. Daikenki swiftly sank into the darkness of the ground below, shrouding within a Shadow Sneak to disappear, to watch, and wait. Yuina was left to face the bright energy rushing towards her, and as the energy of her sygna suit shone across her body, she raised her hand and swept a Whrilpool around her, surging torrents of water to catch the attack, and redirect it, marring its trajectory.[break][break]
It was dim, rain came down from the sky... She stood firm squaring herself to the direction that the attack had come from, but she chose to wait... She needed to know if she was facing an ultra beast, or something else...

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water from the whirlpool splashes against absinthe's coat, soaking it through within instants and causing the metal to rapidly cool against her skin. the water slicks down her hair as she stands amidst the crash of the storm, just like before.[break][break]

despite everything—despite the rain and the thunder and the wrath of the gods that she seems to have incurred—she can see, beyond a doubt, the dark silhouette of yuina and the watery outline of her whirlpool shielding her from the attack. the moonblast does little to dampen as it strikes the rippling wall, exploding against the surface with a cry of tortured light. steam hisses up in towering columns from the point of impact, blanketing absinthe in fog.[break][break]

through it all, absinthe can feel the devil-bird preening just behind her, its wicked claws clicking impatiently against the metal, urging her forward into the fray. a sharp edge of delight cuts through absinthe's heart as she squares her stance, the lightning overhead illuminating the vicious glare she casts towards the ecologist.[break][break]

it was so strange that, when they had first met, absinthe had begun to view yuina in somewhat of a professionally friendly light. but with the fezandipiti shard planted firmly in her grasp, the murkiness of her morality had shifted—darkened—and absinthe now sees yuina with a covetous shine to her eye, the promise of prey to be hunted.[break][break]

and she is not the only hunter in the field tonight.[break][break]

absinthe draws nearer until yuina can see her figure, limned in craven light, bastardous and terrible. the bird is with her, and both of their eyes glint coldly.[break][break]

"it seems our paths cross again," absinthe says. "i hope you've been praying, yuina."



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The whirlpool subsided as soon as the attack had dissipated. Yuina was spared, but she knew it was only for now, all depending on what it was that was taking aim at her. If it were an Ultra Beast, or other manifestation of this place, it would be easy enough to deflect and move on, to keep on with her surveying and keep a look out for the next one. But she had a feeling... She wouldn't be that lucky. She never was. After all, the reason why she was being sent ahead, was because the expedition teams were being organized in response to rocket forces moving into the rifts.[break][break]
"Bold of you to assume you're the worst enemy I could know, Absinthe," Yuina acknowledged, drawing the seamitar sheathed at her hip, the half to her whole that remained shrouded in darkness, hidden.[break][break]
"Were you a part of rocket before or after we met," she wondered, eyes sharp as she squared herself, holding her blade poised and ready.[break]
"Do they know? Or do you still think you have a chance at keeping it to yourself," she asked then, eyes flicking to the abhorrent creature that still stood beside her.[break][break]
"You're not very good at keeping your cards to yourself."

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POSTED ON Nov 22, 2024 18:22:14 GMT
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bold, indeed.[break][break]
absinthe sneers beneath the confines of her mask, muscles tensing and shifting beneath layers of soaked fabric as she contorts her face into a semblance of ugliness only fit for monsters.[break][break]

"before," she drawls lazily, a dismissal of yuina's accusation thrown away like scrap paper tossed into the waste bin. rainwater rivers down her back as she speaks. "and team rocket knows nothing."[break][break]

a lie. two are privy, but absinthe would never list them aloud, especially not to yuina. the devil-bird flicks open one malignant eye at yuina's reproach, and the shadows gather around it like wolves in winter.[break][break]

"it's cute," absinthe laughs dryly, "that you think i'd share everything with my superiors."[break][break]

many people have gone down this route with her before—absinthe has lied, she has deceived, she has avoided. but today there is a part of absinthe, tangled within the roots of her heart where the devil-bird resides, that delights in this sharp-edged dance between knowledge and ignorance. the truth of her lies excites her. the danger intoxicates her. the presence of someone willing to dive into the pits of deception just to pull absinthe out of the web she has spun so tightly makes her feel alive.[break][break]

so, her voice lowered, perhaps to blend with the tumultuous cacophony of nature all around them, she pulls yuina deeper.[break][break]

"your problem," she murmurs, raising a hand and curling it into a fist. "is that you mistake my capabilities for weaknesses."[break][break]

with a twist of her hand, the signal lifts once more. another MOONBLAST hurtles towards yuina.



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POSTED ON Nov 22, 2024 21:47:46 GMT
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Squared against Absinthe, her blade poised between her and her would be assailant, Yuina kept a close watch on the pair as she leaned into Daikenki's senses, the link they shared.[break][break]
"That's not what I asked. I didn't expect you to share it with anyone, and that tells me you think you can keep it a secret. That you won't have to be subject to what its presence means," Yuina returned, knowing. Because she knew exactly what it was to shroud, to hide, to bury everything so deep and present an empty shell to the outside world, but those veils were always so thin. It would never last.[break]
"But we both know that won't last. You're smarter than that," Yuina gleaned. Absinthe was smart, Yuina had known that from their initial meeting. She had to know the more cagey she gets, the more she tries to pretend, the worse it will get.[break][break]
The bird beside her, devoid of anything except an intent to perform like a puppet with strings, splayed a wing and volleyed another Moonblast. Yuina felt Daikenki in the shadows below, his urgency, his senses, and as the light rushed towards her, blinding in the otherwise dim storm of their battlefield, Yuina sank into the darkness.[break][break]
She emerged from the shroud of Shadow Sneak as the light continued on behind her, illuminating her silhouette as she stood again to opposed. To challenge.[break][break]
"This is your last chance Absinthe. You knew me as an ally before, you know nothing of me as an enemy."

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Absinthe Blackwood
in the waning light | c
POSTED ON Nov 23, 2024 21:31:07 GMT
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yuina's words slash through absinthe's tough exterior like knives dipped in venom. that absinthe has become a slave to a power she had originally coveted—but never fully believed she could obtain—sends spikes of discomfort and paranoia jabbing into her chest. what is worse, then, for the both of them: admitting defeat now or delving headfirst into the danger posed by team rocket discovering her secret?[break][break]

they say knowledge is power, but absinthe is a scientist. she knows that a recipe for disaster lies between cupped hands with nothing to contain the blast.[break][break]

yuina changes, disappearing and reappearing with a speed that leaves absinthe breathless, truly breathless—not the hitching, gasping, desperate attempts to breathe through a filter coated in chemicals. just…chest tightening. a desperate urge to cling to air like a drowning sailor to driftwood.[break][break]

absinthe's hand dips into the pocket of her coat. her knuckles graze against the smooth metal of her scalpel, and it sends warmth spiraling up her arm. the warmth condenses into a glow, flooding the rest of absinthe's body until it pools behind her eyes. the dull throb in her veins pulses faster, stronger, matching tempo with absinthe's racing heartbeat.[break][break]

she sees the look on yuina's face. she recognizes the harsh line of yuina's jaw, the sharp slope of her nose, the planes of a face illuminated by an eerie, half-forgotten alliance.[break][break]

her hand comes away from her pocket, clenching the scalpel in a death grip. lightning flashes behind her.[break][break]

"then show me what it means to be your enemy."



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And just like that, what they are to each other was sealed. Yuina's eyes flicked to the gleaming metal of the blade Absinthe held out, poised with all of the intent Yuina could only assume was meant to kill her. The darkest part of her stared at the blade, almost wishing someone would... To either test the morbid curiosity that the triad might interfere if something were to happen to their puppet, or to finally be freed from the strings that she was left to dangle from... But the sunflower yellow ribbon that remained tucked away on her person was the one thread binding her to this life. And she would hold onto it like the lifeline it truly was until the very last possible moment.[break][break]
Absinthe was either confident in her own capabilities or assuming that Yuina wasn't worth the effort in moving first, and that opening was going to be her downfall if Yuina had anything to say about it. Her own blade was poised, seamitar at the ready, and she raised it in her two hands as it was shrouded by rushing water.[break][break]
"Daikenki, forward," Yuina spoke in foreign word as she slashed forward with her blade. She didn't move towards Absinthe and the bird, she didn't need to, instead from her blade a rushing wave of water swept towards them to Soak them entirely. And from the shadow, emerging from Shadow Sneak, the Samurott barked on arched maw. Grass Knot rushed forward to ensnare them both to ensnare and tangle, an easy trap and a succinct showcase of how well the two worked together, in sync.

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abby, lady taipan
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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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in the waning light | c
POSTED ON Dec 5, 2024 0:57:17 GMT
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the grass knot ensnares around their ankles easily, quickly followed by water that crashes over them like a tidal wave. the cold shock forces the breath from absinthe's lungs, the chill of the droplets making her muscles seize and teeth chatter, filling her sinuses with icy needles that make her want to sneeze. the fezandipiti echoes the sentiment with a vicious screech that ripples through the rainstorm, hacking and gasping as the water soaks into the crest of his feathers.[break][break]

the water recedes reluctantly, pulling back through the grass like molasses, revealing absinthe half-submerged and breathing heavily through her gas mask. her fingers curl tighter around her scalpel, knuckles white from exertion even as her coat is plastered to her side, weighing her down with a chilling grip. the fezandipiti is similarly stuck, trapped within the twisted vines as effectively as the human at its side. the bird cannot move, but its eyes—oh, how they glower, a slow burn that threatens to reduce them to ashes. the soak is effective in dealing more damage than usual, and forces the bird to ROOST with a ruffling of its feathers.[break][break]

absinthe locks gazes with yuina. though separated by mere meters, it feels like miles—even worlds. here is the woman that absinthe had deemed, just for a moment, worthy enough of trust. a colleague in science. an equal. that they are reduced to this, absinthe wonders bitterly if it would have just been better to slit yuina's throat then and there, back when they had been allies. back when the world had not gotten smaller and darker and colder.[break][break]

"interesting." the word is nearly lost amid the water, but it pierces the silence like a bullet. absinthe smiles slowly, a gruesome show of fangs, and drives her scalpel into the vines trapping her and her demon's ankles. the knife is razor-sharp, cutting through the grass like butter, and before yuina can blink, the woman is free, kicking away the remains of the vines tangled around her foot.[break][break]

grinning, the chemist advances, flicking water off of her wrists. she grips the shard between forefinger and thumb, dangling it between them like a pendulum. it swings once, twice—[break][break]

"i hope you didn't think that was all."[break][break]

—then both she and the fezandipiti rush forward, seeking blood—but not yuina's. a CROSS POISON, supplemented thoroughly with absinthe's own raised blade, seek daikenki from either side.



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