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POSTED ON Jun 27, 2024 15:15:46 GMT

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Worry furrowed Ameena's brow at Gwen's confession about doing what felt right. "What you do, the Ranger work and the expeditions into the unknown and the caretaking at the Draciary, it does not resonate with you?" Purpose was a feeling, contrary to what most people felt. It was not a goal or a consequence. Ameena's desire for vengeance was a consequence of losing the most important person in her life unjustly, but it being a purpose was her reaction to it. Her interest in the dream realm was a consequence of it being the most likely solution to her problems, but it being purpose was because of her feelings about it. [break][break]

"You will feel purpose, not accomplish it. If the things you do now do not feel like purpose, you must change the way you think about them or change your choices until you are aligned with purpose." Those were the only two options. "I feel our trips to ultra space are a good choice to serve my goals. As a scientist, few explorations evade that feeling."[break][break]

She saw now just how lost Gwen felt. "If you want to take the stress of decision away, then do not make decisions yourself. I would be happy to employ you as a lab aid, where what you do with your time is assigned to you - and you do not need to stress making the wrong choice." Such freedom by restrain was a common feeling in the military. Even Ameena had enjoyed temporarily taking a backseat to making big choices in her life, until it became clear that she could leverage it for revenge. [break][break]

She put a hand on Gwen's shoulder. "I do not feel lost because the destination will always be there, even if I do not know that is where I am heading." Additionally, she felt none of her time was wasted because she would get a second chance at everything once she figured out the dream realm. She would enter a different reality with her living, breathing mother. "Take some time to think what I have said over." Rotom buzzed behind her, growing irritable with the lack of technology in the room for it to invade.

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POSTED ON Jun 26, 2024 23:03:43 GMT

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Ameena's eyebrows shoot up. Before self-preservation can stop her, surprise has her exclaiming, "Related to you?" Even Gardevoir stops from where she is holding a Pinchurin with psychic to boggle at the insinuated insult. [break][break]

"I mean," she recovers quickly, "you two really do not strike me as siblings. I suppose I can see the shared cool demeanor, but... well, I have seen Lulu's enthusiasm because of our shared interests, but I have not seen you truly in your element, so I should not compare so readily." The glint in Lulu's eye at the topic of dream research wasn't something she'd seen in Cillian, but then, Ameena had no hand in archaeological or paleontological finds, nor anything related to shadow-afflicted pokemon. [break][break]

Siblings... She had mentioned Cillian to Lulu before, and she hadn't shared. But that had been earlier in their relationship. The commonalities between the two came to Ameena all at once, and belatedly, she felt ridiculous for not putting two and two together. "You both have quite the bragging rights in each other. I feel silly for not knowing sooner." [break][break]

She did a poor job hiding her expression at the cannibalism comment. She was rather lucky Novina hadn't bitten her hand off when she'd tried to abduct the Megalopolan child in the penitentiary.

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S.P.E.C.T.R.A. THE GAUNTLET (SPECTATORS)

POSTED ON Jun 26, 2024 20:34:42 GMT

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Well, if someone could get value out of the bracelet, Ameena was happy to pass it along. It was worth nothing to her projects. Aurelie's excitement was a little gratifying, that for all Ameena had been through in the prison, at least she had something to show for it (at least, as far as one person was concerned). It was still disappointing that the bracelet was no secret key to dimensional travel or anything, but beggars and choosers... [break][break]

"Of course," she smiled. "I have it in my laboratory. I will have it sent your way. It does not appear particularly sturdy or otherwise useful, but the novelty could be fun." She wasn't too familiar with the finer points of blacksmithing and related crafts. [break][break]

Ultimately, it was rewarding to get the bracelet out of her sight. Perhaps, some day, she would have a successful Megalopolan relic that contained answers for her. She turned her attention to the two newcomers of the spectator pool and waved at the strangers. "Welcome in," she greeted. Turning back to Aurelie, her amusement was plain on her face. "Kazuya Yoshida and Gerald Kaiser went out just like me and Rhys Collins . A little self-destruction is great for thinning the herd, but less direct assaults are more effective in a competition like this, it seems." [break][break]

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trouble part deux [m]

POSTED ON Jun 26, 2024 15:02:44 GMT

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The young woman's reaction to Ameena's grasp was underwhelming, and Ameena tsk'd. "Do it," she said without breaking eye contact with Yuina. However, she was speaking to Gardevoir, propelled by the hateful feedback loop connecting them. Gardevoir teleported hundreds of feet in the air above them along with the Arcanine that had pushed her - their contact remaining above and both of them slowly starting to fall to the ground, though only one of them would naturally be safe. [break][break]

"Look," Ameena cooed, tilting to her hand to encourage her to look up and see her descending Arcanine. The other Arcanine she summoned was doused in shadow, naturally menacing, and finally, finally interesting. Perhaps, the little Leaguer had more potential than Ameena had initially assessed. Still, she did acquiesce and remove her hand from Yuina's hair. "And what will your little doggy do about that?" Would the woman plead for Ameena to protect her rapidly-falling Arcanine? Would she use the shadow one to torture Ameena into teleporting the Arcanine back to the ground?

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OUR WAR GAME! SIGN-UPS

POSTED ON Jun 26, 2024 3:53:57 GMT

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OUR WAR GAME![break]SIGN-UPS

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SQUAD: Elisabeth Fiorelli , Rhys Collins , Zev Harcourt , Rhea Armistead
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velmos saga [ss:g]

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 20:16:02 GMT

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The world around you fades softly, so softly you almost don't realize anything is changing until it is changed. You are sitting at the breakroom in HQ.

And when you turn your head towards Oscar, you see Xerneas and no Oscar.

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The world around you fades softly, so softly you almost don't realize anything is changing until it is changed. You are sitting at the breakroom in HQ.

And when you turn your head, you see Razz Kingsman, and no Priam.

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[SSG][C/Eris] Confront

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 20:15:47 GMT

Josh Devlin

Your mind replays the past for a reason. Reason. Reason. Reason. Reason. Reason. Rea-

The RAINBOW FEATHER appears above Eris, falling slowly but unnaturally, as if the wind could not move it. Its light is brilliant. Should you reach for it or otherwise wish for it, it will come to you, but the closer it gets, the more dull it becomes, until it is gray. Should you touch it, it crumbles to ash in your hand. The ash cannot be wiped away. It can only be spread further, infinitely marking you.

Eris Halla

As your pokemon splays his feet to come to a stop, you see an ADVENTURE GUIDE sitting on the ground ahead of you. Somehow, your mind recognizes it as a curio gained from a simulation run with Navy, one that might remind you of the sensation of cutting slowpoke tails. The guide shines bright, then fades with a digital aesthetic. What had you learned with Navy, then? There was a bridge here, between this traumatic event and the safety-not-safety of the simulation with Navy.

The spot where the guide had been is empty, but there is still some visual spark slowly bubbling where it was. It is gone now, but its absence has changed the world.

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THE FIRST SUNRISE

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 20:15:30 GMT

MATIAS SILPH

The red shard reflection fades from her eyes but the absence of it lets the mind wander. The dark pupils are a negative space, and yet, you find yourself seeing the visage of Kyle in them, looking warm and happy. Trusting. Was that you, here, before? Have you been any of those things?

If you choose to look away, somehow, you will be aware of some Kyle or Kyle-adjacent imagery in your peripheral, or behind your eyelids. Your mind is clinging to something represented by Kyle, but what?

Elisabeth Fiorelli

From over Matias' shoulder, you can see movement. A man, staggering, a hand held to his throat. His face is distorted and blurry, but his stature is familiar. He steps closer, and it is rendered all the more clear: Édouard Bortiforte. He comes closer, closer to Matias with a hand outstretched - to warn him? to move him aside to get to you? - but he dissolves, like acid, to the ground. The puddle that remains is iridescent like spilled oil catching the light. The liquid slowly eeps towards Matias and you.

The revisiting of this memory is tampered with far older ones, seeping in to taint what you have - had? - here. The movement of the puddle is low but no less a draw to your eye like a predator, but what is the danger your mind is warning of?

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Happy Vibes and Truthful Lies [SS:G]

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 20:15:16 GMT

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The door opens, but there is no staff coming with food. Instead, you see Nomi standing there, blue hair, her mouth moving. There is no sound, yet you just know this is from that first conversation with her after getting outted. What her lips say is clear:

"No. Not yet."

Simultaneously, you catch a glimpse of red at your peripheral and just know it is Penelope, but no matter where you look, she is nowhere to be found. A portent, or an omen? An advocation for persistence, or a warning of ruination, ahead?

june sleigh

Yellow strands trickle into your vision. At first, it feels like vertigo. Then, it feels like being wide awake after a long, deep sleep. You see only a half-second of Regieleki trying to enter the door, but it disappears so quickly you could have imagined it if not for how it seemed to shock you to a higher awareness. But the doorway is not empty. You find your gaze glued to the floor, but you know it is your father standing there, his shoes and his pants perhaps mistakable elsewhere but here, here your mind knows. You can't look up to see his expression, to read his body language.

The electric emblem of forging a new path aligned with protecting (not running, not fighting, not hiding, protecting) there, not there, then replaced with the culmination of your grief. He, too, disappears from the doorway in a blink.

You feel so aware. You are the June of today sitting in the hospital bed of yesterday's June, and you see with fresh eyes.

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l◻f◻ l◻ght (SS:G)

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 20:15:04 GMT

Cillian Quinn

A shadow miasma fills the edges of your vision for only a moment.

You see, then, that the house looks more sterile than it had before. No, you realize, you've seen this exact state of your house once before. It looks like it had in the alternate timeline with no expulsion. The house was no home, and it had not known Tempest. While the house has become colder, duller, more sickly, it still holds Tempest now, before you, at the door.

About to leave.

Tempest Quinn

The door disappears before your very eyes. In fact, for a moment, the entire world around you shifts to a soft pink tone before reverting back to the house, though it still has no door. No door, but the voices from before are gone. You only have Cillian and his rage.

But over Cillian's shoulder you can see something fuzzy, like the inexplicable image on side 2 of an eye exam, but even though it is nearly impossible to make out the meaning of the blob of colors, you find yourself aware that it is Cresselia, looking just as she had the last time you met her. The visual fades. For only one second, the entire dream seems to flicker, but it returns.

The immersion of the dream teeter-totters. Then, it tips one way, and you find yourself feeling the emotional weight of the scene tenfold. You are here in your home with your husband who is beyond angry at the mission's outcome, at your attempt to hand wave consequences because of his position, and because of what almost past your lips again. The door is gone.

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Dreams Within Dreams (SSG)

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 20:14:52 GMT

Lucia Aldrete

As you run, the world ahead of you morphs into something nightmarish. The ground cracks and hints of magma tickle the surface. The Megalopolan cityscape starts to shake and crumble. The skyscraper ahead of you threatens to fall - but you know, with that omniscient dream knowledge, that you will be safe of the falling chunk of building if you return to Doug and quit running ahead.

You must turn back. To continue running away is to promise ruin. Those words come to you so clearly you can see them written before your eyes, though they disappear as you blink.

John Sullivan

As you pursue Lucia, you become aware of something at your peripheral. However, every time you to look, the colors are suddenly absent. When you give up trying to see it, the world around you floods with a soft pink.

You almost feel... more powerful, in this dream. Kind of like a lucid dream. The psychic terrain the fills the dream-city seems to overload it with energy. You feel as if you could bring the city to its knees with a blink, or save it instead.

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to be dauntless [m]

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 18:09:42 GMT

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Ameena sipped at her steaming earl grey tea as she waited for Kasper to arrive. The researcher was early as always to the training facility. Unlike some of the recent lessons she had hosted, this one was especially rewarding to her because she was going to push an agenda on Kasper to wield Ameena's favorite: psychic types. [break][break]

Gardevoir and her shared thoughts about what to go through specifically, but Ameena was unconcerned with the details. Kasper's team would not be able to overcome Gardevoir, which would demonstrate the superiority of psychics and their moveset. They were the most versatile type, as far as she was concerned. She wondered if her student had grown their team in the short period of time between their last meeting and now.

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DAUNTLESS SHIELD (COC)

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 18:05:43 GMT

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POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 16:54:24 GMT

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The young woman seemed to go offline and reboot with Ameena's absent touch. It was cute, but Ameena didn't press the issue or embarrass her. After all, the researcher had had her suspicions when Gwen initially spoke of her best friend, Robin. It was always nice to have a theory confirmed. It was an affinity they both shared, though such a conversation didn't suit their relationship. If, later down the line, Gwen felt unsafe or doubted herself over it, then perhaps Ameena would offer her own experience. [break][break]

As it were... She swatted the Rotom back as it tried to reach for Gwen's hair also. "Leaving the world a better place is noble, but it is very broad. Continue to find your passions and ask your questions, as these will lead you to the path you are going to walk." If Gwen formed a strong scientific interest, Ameena could get her hands on resources to feed her opportunities. [break][break]

Giving Gwen what she needed to study and help others would be all it took to fully secure her into Ameena's corner, she was sure of it. But the youth had many interests currently. "Professor, researcher, Ranger. These are titles, little jobs; they do not have to define you completely. You do not have to only be one of them." She was a CEO and researcher, after all, and quite a talented criminal if she said so herself. [break][break]

"Please keep in touch whenever you need anything. Your scientific mind has a lot to offer the world. I just know it."

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LESSER MEGALOPOLIS: AG

POSTED ON Jun 25, 2024 16:34:27 GMT

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"I would not call it living," she suggested softly at Gwen's observation. The Megalopolans that were here were not operating at full capacity. They were hindered, if such an small word could fit here. They were drawn to what light there was like mothim to a flame. She followed Gwen closely as they approached a vending machine that seemed to be kind of working. [break][break]

Gwen popped in the crystal. A can popped out. "Interesting." Those crystals were currency to them? The minerals Megalopolans used was a thing of interest, especially after the revelation from Lulu that there was stable metal from the Megalopolans that had survived interdimensional travel. It looked like the people were a key to understanding interdimensional travel, tera crystal and z-crystal true potential, and ultra beasts. [break][break]

"We must be careful of generating noise. And light." She looked out to the streets around them where silhouettes of individuals dragged themselves from one place to another on shuffling feet. "Too much of one can cause them all to flock to us." They needed to explore safely.

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