[attr="class","danny"]yeah, there's no erasing his choices, but at least it's an option, a possible route for him to escape this life with.

it might not mean much to mars but it means a lot to danny.

he accepts the business card with a cautious smile, pocketing it for later.

"th-thanks! can i ask why you're so keen to help out, though?"

[attr="class","noodles"]Martín del Mar

[attr="class","danny"]you and everyone else.

but he's not like everyone else, is he? he's meant to be someone else, someone special, someone who means something. he can't seem to shake these intrusive thoughts away, and fuck, does he try to.

"i just want you to talk to me. i have your back, remember? we have each other's, and you don't have to go through this alone."

[attr="class","noodles"]Serena Malcolm

[attr="class","danny"]it hasn't been too long, really, but it sure feels like forever. so much has changed that he could barely recognize her, or maybe that's just his mind playing tricks on him.

still, her greeting is cold, and he can't help but take it in the wrong light.

"...that's all you have to say?"

stunned for a moment, he exhales, understanding that whatever's happened to her has nothing to do with them. so he approaches, sits across her and just looks.

"i've been worried, sera."

[attr="class","noodles"]Serena Malcolm

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[attr="class","danny"]heck yeah danny's a fast learner; that's one of his skills he listed in his resume. but he decides to keep it vague...maybe best not to start spewing details about his nonexistent professional life.

"thanks! i had a great partner who did most of the work, so i can't take all the credit."

a great partner who's now archived. rip nina larson :sadge:

and no, danny doesn't really understand what's going on here. he's in over his head and one day, maybe soon, he'll get hurt.

"anything? like, even if i wanted a job at pog bank?"

[attr="class","noodles"]Martín del Mar

[attr="class","danny"]"yeah they're oddly big! i always thought they were smaller."

to be fair, this particular grimmsnarl's undergone intense training, even going so far as to go undefeated in the hoenn star tournament.

danny sighs when the glameow refuse to give the bag back.

"alright, grimster, i think you can just grab it."

and save them both the pain of having to watch the glameow get smacked around.

grimmsnarl nods, squats, then springs up into the tree to grab the bag, landing not long after.

"nice."

[attr="class","noodles"]caroline foster

[attr="class","danny"]nothing has been as he had imagined; whether that's a good or a bad thing remains undecided for a later time, perhaps. for now, there's only one person on his mind, and it's someone he hasn't seen in too long.

"babe?"

[attr="class","noodles"]Serena Malcolm

[attr="class","danny"]it's strange being back here. danny can still remember it from when they were still children. that tree over there in particular...he's pretty sure Greyson Connors ran right into it. that fool.

now, everything's different, and he's not quite sure how to feel. sad, perhaps? only he doesn't.

with a sigh, he starts walking.

[attr="class","noodles"]@soph

[attr="class","danny"]"that's a vague answer but that's kinda the thing to do here, isn't it? maybe i should start being more vague..."

it certainly couldn't hurt, especially since he isn't sure who he can or can't trust yet. but mars seems like a nice enough person! he's pog bank ceo, after all, and if anything were to go wrong surely he could just out the man.

not that danny's a rat of course...

"but yeah it's been good so far. i haven't had to do anything too crazy just yet. only recently robbed a jewelry store, which went alright."

[attr="class","noodles"]Martín del Mar

[attr="class","danny"]it feels kinda mean to call something so strong out for such simple glameows but he can't see any other options. so with a sigh, he reaches for a pokeball and out comes a grimmsnarl.

"it's kinda like a stick, i guess? grimster bud can you poke at one of them kinda gently...they're really small."

with a nod, grimmsnarl looks up, bows his head in a FALSE SURRENDER to send a spike of hair up at one of the glameows. it scrapes by, damaging slightly.

[attr="class","noodles"]caroline foster

tauros and zubat from danny's gacha here

pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/post/205263

gacha baltoy for giona ferrara's abomasnow

gacha drifloon for Adrian Malcolm's sigilyph

both go to ANA STONE

pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/post/205263

trading gacha bagon for Amor Rose's bibarel which goes to ANA STONE!

pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/post/205263