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A Night To Ourselves(M/absinthe)
POSTED ON Oct 1, 2024 2:10:13 GMT
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absinthe snorts at the comment about her bar. sure, she could get alcohol whenever she wanted, but that wasn't the point. she spends her nights there numbing herself so she can better focus on her formulas. after a couple of drinks, she feels nothing. it's easier to work that way.[break][break]

"they'll have to be more convincing than you are to get me to have a good time," absinthe mumbles, half-joking, but doesn't argue against eve's claims of liking it. in truth, she doesn't much care where they go as long as eve is comfortable and she can maintain some semblance of peace. there will likely be large crowds, as there always were, no matter the hour. perhaps she could simply fade into the background and pretend she's not there until the night is over.[break][break]

the proximity makes absinthe stiffen, unused to comfort. what was the last thing that made her feel warm? it must have been cole. her husband was warm and gentle in the rare moments that he loved her. everything after he passed had been brittle and frozen over.[break][break]

of course, eve is convinced that she will like wherever they are going. it reminds absinthe of when they were young, of the excitement they would feel after discovering the secrets of a new combination of chemical components.[break][break]

absinthe doesn't argue. only time will tell if she's right. she glances around at their surroundings. "are we almost there?"




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50,000 volts of electricity course through absinthe's body, causing her muscles to seize and her jaw to clench shut so hard she can feel one of her teeth crack. the shock spreads from her chest to her extremities in an instant, locking her joints and robbing her of her motor control, before finally grounding out through her feet and leaving her swaying. when the girl releases her, absinthe stumbles backward, gasping for air and trying to blink away the spots in her vision.[break][break]

her heart pounds, her muscles scream, and her skin burns like it's been set alight from the inside. but none of that compares to the white-hot rage that has taken up residence in her chest. she has never felt anything like this. even her hatred for the league, for the government that killed her husband, pales in comparison to this. this is a new kind of hatred, one that consumes her entirely.[break][break]

when she finally manages to focus on the girl again, absinthe sees her leaning against a tree, staring at her with an expression that absinthe can't quite read. her hand drifts to the scalpel at her hip, fingers brushing against the cold metal.[break][break]

but then the girl speaks, and her words send a chill down absinthe's spine. her fingers still, then fall. "three years ago," she replies, her voice barely above a whisper. "murdered by his own precinct."[break][break]

she wavers, then collapses into the grass with an unceremonious thud. there she sits, almost silent beyond her heavy breathing, eyes distant. "you knew because you went through something similar. am i right?"



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absinthe watches the girl turn away, her eyes narrowing as she begins to spew some nonsense about murdering kittens. it's a ridiculous and uninformed thing to say, surely. it shows a distinct lack of understanding of the philosophical applications of her work. it implies a certain naivete, surely engineered by the league. what she intends to do is not evil. it is a revolution.[break][break]

but it's the girl's last few words that do her in, and the world goes white. whatever the girl intends by her last remark, absinthe has absolutely no idea. it's impossible for her to realize that this is a coincidental statement borne from sheer ignorance. absinthe's ability to analyze the situation is temporarily suspended. the spiral of cruelty that contains her heart pushes rationality into a hidden corner of her mind. the pure, unadulterated shock that cascades through her system is purely primitive. nobody has been in her home. nobody has seen the lonely left ring finger she turns towards. nobody speaks of the delicate gold plated band that still hugs her skin.[break][break]

absinthe finds herself lunging for the girl in her fury, the ghost of her husband's breath echoing on the back of her neck, telling her to end this fool's life now, fast, painless. it's what she did once before, to another man named radley, who made fun of her for her desires, for her fantasies, for the way she begged him to love her like a pathetic animal. just another fling to fill the absence in the wake of her husband's death—the beginning of her bloodlust.[break][break]

but her rage makes her slow, and though absinthe lunges to grab june's neck, the woman may dodge if she has any sense. the last thing absinthe needs on her hands is another corpse.[break][break]

"if you ever talk about my husband again," absinthe hisses, voice low and even in comparison to the rage that flickers in her eyes. "i will pull your tongue through your teeth, and you'll wish for the rest of your pitiful life that you had never spoken to me."




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POSTED ON Sept 30, 2024 22:40:52 GMT
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you barely manage to hold back an eye roll as millie exposits about what you already know, internally sighing about being paired with a partner who does nothing but state the obvious. your professors truly do want you to suffer.[break][break]

still, millie seems eager to please, so you offer her a tight smile and step closer, glancing down at her collection of notes and maps with what you hope comes off as an interested glance. it's difficult for you to smile, and it's difficult for you to feign interest. but she seems to believe you regardless, her pupils bright and excited.[break][break]

"east," you say, terse but unhurried, a note of command in your voice. you're quite aware that you can be intimidating, but you don't care. you're here to do work, not become friends. "if it's mysterious, there may be a high payoff."[break][break]

"and i'm willing to take risks," you add, appraising millie with cold green eyes. millie's nervousness would have made you salivate had you been a hungry wild pokémon, but you're not. you want to prove yourself. "are you?"[break][break]

after a tense beat of silence, you allow millie time to answer, taking a step away from her. "i'll be heading that way now," you say, "regardless of what you choose. i don't intend to get a poor grade on this assignment." you turn towards the east and start walking away, fully confident she will follow. you have this effect on people.



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a fragile hope balloons in absinthe's chest, something tender and youthful, or perhaps youthful in a different way. she doesn't feel younger or purer. the lifetime of blood on her hands is too heavy, too gruesome, and it soils even the most miniscule of clean things in her heart. but there is something about knowing that someone else wants to burn the world with her, that someone else craves her violence, that makes her feel potent and rejuvenated.[break][break]

she's craved the weight of her hand in evelyn's hair, too. almost more than anything else. but absinthe has never been so indulgent, not in a long time, and certainly not with something that actually has the power to hurt her. if she lets herself feel too much, she might let the thought of a family, of a future that doesn't entail her slow, cruel disintegration plague her thoughts, and those false expectations have the power to break her.[break][break]

but there's something here worth chasing. so she leans in just a little bit more, a hair's breadth away from evelyn's face, close enough to press her forehead to evelyn's, the scrappy remnants of her lips just barely ghosting over evelyn's mouth. she craves this—touch, comfort, care—and she has for as long as she can remember. she's been starved for connection, for the heat of knowing that someone will stick by her, even as her ambitions tear her apart from the inside. there's enough of her left, enough of who she used to be, to crave this tenderness. and there's enough of her left that knows she doesn't deserve it.[break][break]

why else would cole have treated her like he did? how can love exist without pain?[break][break]

her voice comes out on a breathless whisper, warm, soft puffs of air caressing evelyn's lips as she speaks. "you have no idea what you're getting yourself into," she prefaces weakly. "this life... it destroys people. i'm going to need you, evelyn. and i haven't needed anyone in a very, very long time."[break][break]

three years, by now.[break][break]

she's trembling slightly, overcome with an intoxicating mixture of fear and desire and tenderness. she's vulnerable, and evelyn's the only person she's been this open with in a long time. "if we do this... it's a promise," she breathes, and then lets her lips gently brush against evelyn's. "a promise that we'll bring hoenn to its knees with our own two hands. can you promise me?"[break][break]

absinthe's final defense. she needs evelyn to promise that she won't leave, like everybody else in absinthe's life.



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welcome to the poké mart!


2X type 1 evo (200 PD) to evolve flittle into espathra and foongus to amoonguss
5X pokeball (100 PD)


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welcome to the poké mart!


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absinthe's attention is sharp and keen, flicking down to purrseus briefly before returning to fix on the man. she is suddenly too aware of the passage of time, seconds stringing out into eternity as they wait, as she refuses to exhale as she contemplates fight or flight. the urge to hide claws within silk and ruffles is almost overwhelming, but absinthe forces herself to bide her time, waiting for the opportune moment.[break][break]

'oh, really?' the man says as he bends down, face a mask of consternation, and looks beneath the table, only to find purrseus. calpurnia clearly tricked him. good. they might get out of this after all.[break][break]

except - another agent appears from nowhere, fist slamming hard into absinthe's gut as she attempts to slide from the booth. the chemist lets out a stunned exhale as pain floods her system, sharp and needling. absinthe stands paralyzed for a moment, frozen as the room seems to take a great, deep inhale. some part of her must have been too slow in rising. some indication, the slightest hint, had given her away. damn.[break][break]

her last coherent thought is to drop her hand down towards her pokeball. upon contact, she grabs it tightly and holds on for dear life as she opens it, releasing atrazine, her dragalge, from therein into absinthe's arms. immediately, a flurry of thick, gray smoke billows outwards from the aquatic dragon's maw like something alive. the room is swallowed in the space of seconds. they'll have to do the rest on instinct. there's no time for careful planning, now. they just need to get out.[break][break]

"go," she rasps out towards calpurnia, even as she staggers away from the booth, movements slow and unsteady. "now."



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absinthe stares blankly at the girl for a long moment, as if trying to discern whether she's truly as dim as she seems or if she's simply putting on an act. when she finally decides that the answer is likely a mixture of both, she simply shakes her head.[break][break]

"if you do not want the grisly details, then perhaps reconsider asking about them," absinthe replies, voice cold and low. "this is the most important work i've ever done. you'll forgive me for bragging about it."[break][break]

the chemist carefully packs the vial back into its foam cradle, snaps the briefcase shut, and rises to her feet. the shadows of the trees are lengthening, dark tendrils reaching across the clearing, and absinthe is eager to be on her way. the samples need to be back in her lab as soon as possible, and her prize, her creation, must be tested. she wishes she could test it upon some rancid leaguer, but, alas, the leash remains.[break][break]

"and for the record," absinthe continues, her voice low, nearly inaudible, "if you do your job correctly, then you don't need protection. just don't mishandle the damn briefcase."[break][break]

her eyes glint with barely contained disdain. "i'll keep your pretty pretty please in mind for next time. maybe you'll get the anthrax instead."



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POSTED ON Sept 30, 2024 2:26:57 GMT
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hmm. not terrible loot from the fallen lilligant. alas, absinthe is struck by the screen's red flashing, and gazes upon shalin to find that the woman's wounds are somewhat dire. even so, absinthe finds little reason to care, other than the need to ensure that she still has one meatshield between her and certain death.[break][break]

healing the woman can wait, though. with the new macho braces, absinthe decides to cross back into the other room and attempt to lift the large stone.



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POSTED ON Sept 30, 2024 2:17:51 GMT
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absinthe tilts her head toward the side, eyeing the other party from her place by the computer before she lifts a black gloved hand to tap her fingers restlessly against the countertop. "of course," she concedes easily enough. indeed she is not doing this entirely out of the goodness of her own heart. if the experiments turn up something interesting, then it can be all the more fuel to her wide breadth of scientific passions. regardless, absinthe doesn't truly believe that anybody is inherently good, and sees it fit to judge somebody solely off of their actions. if there is an ulterior motive to a good action, what is the matter? at the end of the day, it is a good action.[break][break]

but absinthe is something like the mad scientist, perhaps: in this case her motivations may well be enough in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding than in commercial or personal gain. she considers it as the labor of a kindred spirit, and most importantly as some force that drives her to live her life in its wake rather than be destroyed beneath its weight.[break][break]

and so, the thread that keeps absinthe's interest active is some form of empathy rather than sympathy, and it is that alone that makoto should fear. anything too ambitious, anything too selfish would leave absinthe disinterested. and so, makoto simply should not become boring.[break][break]

"just return here periodically and i can monitor any genetic activity," absinthe says, voice monotone. "for now, you're healthy enough that it shouldn't be an issue. tell me immediately if you notice anything drastic."[break][break]

absinthe waves her hand. "you're finished. leave me."[break][break]

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absinthe lets out a bark of laughter at elise's words, contemptuously wiping her eye with the back of her hand. "oh, sweetheart," she sighs. "it's not all about you."[break][break]

but there is something about this woman that absinthe can't quite pinpoint. she stands tall with regality, seems so utterly confident in herself and her worldview. the way she says it's her job to protect pokemon — absinthe isn't familiar with rangers who wear dresses. a strange sense of deja vu washes over absinthe, like being touched by the caress of a ghost, or a memory she can no longer reach.[break][break]

"fuck off," absinthe snaps, collecting herself. "i have orders to fulfill."[break][break]

she steps to the side and makes her way around elise and the trembling venomoth. "there are dozens of venomoth in the forest," she says, directing her attention to the quivering pokemon. "and you can't protect them all. feel free to try and stop me, though."[break][break]

with that, she melts into the forest, her figure quickly swallowed by shadow as she makes her way deeper into the woods. the occasional snap of a twig or the rustling of the leaves is all that betrays her presence as she stalks, sound seeming to lag behind her like a twisted afterthought.



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POSTED ON Sept 30, 2024 2:02:45 GMT
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absinthe keeps her eyes low as they trace the rim of the shot glass she had been pretending to clean, flicking up only when the door fully shuts and the figure of a woman falls into her vision. it seems to absinthe that this amaretta person has been possessed by the ghost of absinthe's own mother.[break][break]

for a heartbeat, she wonders if a bullet might put such a spirit to rest.[break][break]

her cool green eyes snag onto amaretta's, examining her grace and poise and coming to the very certain conclusion that they both wear masks. but where absinthe's is sewn into the mangled flesh of the lower half of her face, rendering her incapable of straying from her act, it seems that amaretta slips in and out of personalities the same way one would slip into a favored dress.[break][break]

perhaps this amaretta woman is not too dangerous. still, absinthe keeps the pistol she keeps under the bar close at hand.[break][break]

"whiskey, right," absinthe says under her breath, voice as grating as grave dirt churning in the gears of a machine. with rote movements, she turns around to peruse the most top shelf alcohol the bar has to offer and wrinkles her nose when she catches sight of a rare midlife crisis muscat. [break][break]

she procures the bottle from the cabinet anyway and unscrews the cork, then grips a tumbler and pours two fingers of the amber liquid with an unceremonious glug. she could mix in a couple drops of something wicked, but something tells her to play nice for the moment. she sets the glass in front of amaretta.[break][break]

absinthe is tempted to ask what meeting the woman needs such secrecy for, but stays her tongue. instead, she keeps her eyes close to amaretta's face, and something prickles at the back of her head.[break][break]

"i feel like i've seen you before," absinthe says flatly. from where, though?



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SKIRMISH MP SHOP
POSTED ON Sept 28, 2024 6:56:36 GMT
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EXCHANGING MP


THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!

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MP GAINED:
- complacency: 780mp
- leave it at the door: 685mp
- hold it close: 670

EXCHANGING:
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- 300mp for MYTHICAL PECHA BERRY
- 300mp for SHADOW SLUDGE
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[SKIRMISH] Complacency
POSTED ON Sept 26, 2024 23:27:44 GMT
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absinthe watches as the skarmory grows to an ungodly size. it is like watching the harbinger of the apocalypse erupt from the sky. this will destroy her, and this will be how it ends.[break][break]

but then it doesn't, of course. the energy barrier rips towards the flames, scattering them like a knife through butter. hopelessness. absinthe knows she has lost, even with this chance.[break][break]

absinthe's body is wracked with a primal sort of terror, the very same core emotion of humanity as when something of the land becomes aware that it is now prey. the trees around them shatter like matchsticks, turned into splinters and powder in seconds. in the blink of an eye, a pokemon has turned massive, become that very avatar of wrath, and though wrathful, has become in control.[break][break]

she reaches a hand up to her face, to touch upon the blistering, burnt skin. the pain explodes behind her eyes. absinthe blacks out. everything in her vision goes white with spots as the pain overwhelms her.[break][break]

this is when it occurs to absinthe that she will die here. it seems nigh impossible for her to retreat now, and if she makes another foolish move, it will be her pokemon that will be caught in the path of whatever new power is launched to scatter the world beneath its magnitude. now it comes time for absinthe to do something far out of her realm of comfort, and the last gambit of a coward. she will run.[break][break]

as the shield around the skarmory appears, she gets back onto her feet. a howl of panic at the fact that she still can't breathe easily nearly wracks her form. it might have been better if the stone sealed her in, too. fine stone dust is already billowing in plumes, primed to choke her.[break][break]

salazzle is instantly back in her ball, and she shoulders her bag.[break][break]

the sole indication that she is alive - really alive - is that she is praying with every fiber of her soul that she gets to leave this forest without her world turning to agony as her body spontaneously collapses in on itself or is crushed under the weight of a hundred pounds of superheated rock. the reward of this nightmare is that perhaps she will survive to curse her mistakes later. she needs to come to terms with the reality that were she capable of capturing the devil with a butterfly net, that her bloodlust would be causing her to try for that.[break][break]

if she wants to live she must find it in herself to hate life less than she hates herself. if only for this moment.[break][break]

absinthe runs, desperate to escape, and she never looks back.



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the hyper beam temporarily blinds her.[break][break]

absinthe sways and collapses to the side, vomiting up blood and bile in a hot acidic torrent. dark spots fizz in front of her line of sight and spittle drips from her mask as she struggles to regain some semblance of composure, and it feels like hives winding into her flesh. the acid in her muscles boils and winds in tight, jagged loops and she distantly hears a muffled sound from a flesh-wound.[break][break]

hysterical, a squinted glance at sanguinarine gives him leave to tryptophan's earlier orders: to run.[break][break]

hyper beam fades into purple-black blindspot. a sharp hum tears out of her before she takes a hesitant step, then collapses. dots laced in jagged fishnets ghost on her eyelids, trying to grapple reality back in sweeping strokes, before they fade and she's flung back to the waking daylight world.[break][break]

it's pouring rain, and lighting strikes the earth behind her.[break][break]

for a moment, as absinthe turns to place her eyes upon the storm serpent and its harbinger, she wishes this could be the end. a fitting one. to die to a god is to render one's body and life worthy enough of divinity's attention. she stills from where she has collapsed, rain slick on her face, blood washed pink by the water, and she waits.[break][break]

then sanguinarine picks her up by the shoulders and lifts her into the air.[break][break]

the bat knows her better than anything else. he loves her more truly than anyone ever has. he knows she will kill herself in the aftermath for daring to accept such death. but that is better than living without the woman who saved him.[break][break]

like a pariah, absinthe and her bat are silhouetted against the raw, dark sky, tinged in green, like a religious figure after the point of no return. they retreat. as they do, absinthe keeps her eyes on freya for every second spent in the air. resolve snaps inside her, a thought comes to fruition.[break][break]

i'm weak now. but i won't be the next time we meet. when i find you again, i will sacrifice everything to baptize you and your false god in hellfire.




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