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POSTED ON Jan 22, 2021 1:17:13 GMT

[attr="class","zeke"]h feels scolded in this moment as it transpires -- but then, what did he expect to feel? it was his own weakness that directly impacted the lives of others, no matter how small. zeke's own weakness lies out for all to see, but fernando's chips and cracks are by no means invisible.

the war is over and peace will come once more.

buzzing fills his ears, unexpectedly, as if this is news to him. he feels his masseter muscles clench involuntarily, a puff of air escaping from his nares, lips curling into something between a grimace and a smirk. "mr. silph, i don't think either of us believe peace is on its way. he shakes his head and wills himself to take a step forward, as if escaping the confines of a pool of quick sand. it is liberating.

"you and i have seen this all before. we can't go home because we've lived this story once before. he refers to kanto, which fell to a rocket entity after it was supposedly beaten down years before. "these people are like fucking roaches. you think they're dead, and they crawl back out in the night with friends. and not that it matters," after all, he knows a rejection when he sees one, but finds himself with nothing left to lose in this conversation

"but recovering from something you know isn't over isn't really recovery." the words from silph felt sharp against his ear, but zeke finds himself more composed now than he was when he walked into the room.

he sighs, and his voice resets in a way that makes "but certainly you know more about all this than i do...so i apologize for even creating this imposition, it was unprofessional."

FERNANDO SILPH

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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2021 17:11:27 GMT

they're in the same room, occupying the same space, same air...and yet more than the 15 feet standing between them separates these men in this moment. a moment of clarity washes over zeke as he takes in the vision of a man before him, who represents the highest of powers and influence in the region.

they were never the same...alike, in ways, maybe, but now? zeke is a bumpkin before a magnate, an escapee in front of a warrior. He is the sore thumb, the elephant in the room, and all else leaves him but a lingering sense of intense shame.

if he had time to think in this moment, zeke rainey might ask himself if the stark differences between them is because one of them was allowed to heal and the other one wasn't. he'd know the answer, too.

but, instead, his mouth creaks open, his eyes fixate upon silph's, and a puff of air slips out of his throat. "it's nice to see you..." his hand balls up and covers his mouth, eyes dodging to the ground, composure slipping away into the ether before them, practically being sucked up by silph as it likely always does with everyone. the scene playing out before fernando might be comical if it wasn't so pathetic.

all he can do is sigh. it all falls away. "i thought i'd have a lot more to say here but i guess it can be cut down to a few sentences...i want to work for you. again. i couldn't sit around and sulk any longer while the world quite literally implodes, and you had my back 2 years ago. you make shit happen." there's a lack of ambient activity that accentuates the simplicity and boldness of the moment as it transpires in real time. a pause in his plea introduces deafening silence for a moment.

"i want to help you make shit happen."

FERNANDO SILPH

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POSTED ON Dec 19, 2020 22:33:55 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]"you can name it zeke after your good old friend who found spiritomb. i'm sure you care for our company equally. or worse" it's in jest, or, so he hopes she perceives it as such. they're still shoulder to shoulder, her tongue lashing falling on deaf ears. zeke's head tilts.[break][break]
"ah shit, it is crooked, isn't it..." with a tiny huff, he stomps back over to the painting on the wall, carefully repositioning it on the nail. after a few moments of hovering and staring, he stomps back over to sabine, who hasn't moved an inch. "fucking..."[break][break]
still crooked.[break][break]
as he walks back over to the painting, he ponders whether or not sabine's wealthy family has burned people at the stakes for smaller errors. judging by the contents of the painting, the family goes back centuries. another shift of the corners, another moment of hovering and leaning back, and he feels satisfied. the painting appears to be square, and he turns and grins back to sabine playfully.[break][break]
"tough work."

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POSTED ON Dec 19, 2020 22:21:46 GMT

"my name is zeke rainey, i work with mr. silph." the woman downstairs finds herself feeling protective of her boss's time today, halting zeke in his tracks. it is unbeknownst to her that he is on edge enough as it is -- behind her desk, the stone-faced man's foot taps anxiously. had it really been two years? the two had been in contact here and there, but there was no opportunity for work in sinnoh; at least, not that zeke was aware of. whether that was due to true disinterest in the affairs of sinnoh by fernando, or if that was to spare zeke from the added work, he couldn't say.

"alright mr. rainey, i see you here on a list of contacts from a few years back...take the elevator up and-" his preemptive nod signaling his familiarity with the building is enough to shut her up, leaving her to go back to playing minesweeper and him to go back to his...life, as it would seem these days.

the elevator moves swiftly, its hum present but by no means pervasive. the air in the elevator is his alone, and above the hum of the elevator, zeke can hear his foot tapping once again. he did not miss this strange insecurity and unfounded feeling of ineptitude when around silph -- of course, he cannot point to a moment in which he had proven that aptness yet, either. and so his foot taps.

the doors open and the office is in front of him; the sight transports him to the past and the nervous feelings melt away, pooling in the elevator before zeke steps out and lets it wait in there for the next rider.

a knock, and then another. he pushes the glass door open, and suddenly there is nothing left between the two of them besides a few chairs and a desk.

"Mr. Silph." the only two words he produces are coy, and the corner of his lip curls ever-so-slightly. Hello.

FERNANDO SILPH

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POSTED ON Dec 18, 2020 16:02:32 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]sabine's lofty facade falls before him, crashing down into a face contorted with pure irritation. how much did this spiritomb terrorize her as a child? he ponders as much, finding that it may be better if he quiets down for a moment or two while the woman recollects herself.[break][break]
as she sets the rock back on the desk, zeke finds himself a moment to admire the art all around the room. the collection is all encompassing, across different eras of style. his gawking is interrupted only by sabine's apparent recovery from her outburst.[break][break]
"sure thing." it comes out with an air of feigned innocence, as if to say we both saw what just happened and we're not going to talk about it. "behind the desk, right..." treading across the room, he knows there is no use trying to preserve the eggshells he has been stomping on all afternoon.[break][break]he produces a hammer and a nail, uneventfully bashing the nail into the wall. spiritomb has settled down, or so it seems, entertaining itself behind him. "does it have a name? or is it just spiritomb?" his back remains facing her as he taps the head of the nail once more -- the painting is light enough to be supported by the one nail.[break][break]
the hoisting of the art has become a repetitive ceremony, a careful one that he has mastered. he hooks the painting onto the nail, softly taking his hands away to let it sit on its own. a few steps back and he's next to sabine, evaluating the straightness of the painting. "how's that, boss?"[break][break]

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POSTED ON Dec 18, 2020 15:02:07 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]it will not be another thing that escapes him.[break][break]
...the brush reveals a magcargo, its magmatic form lurching toward him slowly. "what are you even doing out here?" with the ocean to his back, zeke tilts his head at the rock/fire-type in curiosity. the pokemon stares at him, its big eyes nonsensically pasted on the top of the pile of magma like googly eyes. there's no intent to battle on magcargo's end, or so it seems to zeke as the pokemon continues to scoot on.[break][break]
"what? you don't want to battle?" the creature turns and looks at him briefly, as if to say: why? so i can lose? because every trainer on the face of the earth has a water type? or at the very least a water type move? do you think i like being here? do you think i like any of this? i'm sick of being OHKOed and i'm sick of looking like booboo the fool. fuck you dude! i'm leaving! rustboro tunnel isn't that far away, and i may be slow but i persevere! so just leave me alone![break][break]
and so, zeke watches as magcargo passes -- away from the ocean, away from him, away from conflict. "well, good luck with wherever you're going."[break][break]
so...he let magcargo escape. BUTTTT, the next won't be so lucky! of that i can assure you![break][break]passing on magcargo xo

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POSTED ON Dec 18, 2020 2:28:30 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]zeke can feel the tension in the air dissipating, like a mist slowly diluting until only the truth is revealed. that truth? this "monster" misses its friend. its friend? perhaps most irritating person he's spoken to on this continent! he finds himself a spectator as the two stare one another down.[break][break]

the showdown is interrupted by sabine's verbal assault once again, though perhaps warranted this time. "i don't know what you're supposed to do! but you can't exactly ship it back to galar, can you?" the question comes out in a bit of a huff but is genuine. "i'm not gonna speak on behalf of your mother, but maybe she thinks spiritomb should be with you? like the painting?" a sigh escapes once more. "okay, so i am going to speak on behalf of your mother. oh well. but that would mean spiritomb is your pokemon, like how that painting is your painting!" the words sound exasperated and he awaits her snarky remark, sensing she has no affinity for moments of vulnerability, or whatever.[break][break]

"i'm not an inspirational speaker. but you get what i mean." zeke sure had a lot of confidence for a guy being paid next to nothing to literally move furniture. perhaps it's because he has nothing left to lose.

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POSTED ON Dec 18, 2020 1:27:36 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]the alarm in sabine's voice is enough to make zeke smirk, at least a little, before recalling selzius. "fine, i won't antagonize it!" this was her painting, her office, her mother's spiritomb. battle it, don't battle it -- either way, you're an idiot, zeke! as they all stand, it becomes apparent that the beast before them has no real interest in zeke. it's gaze, if you could call it that, fixes on sabine. if it was so foul, why hadn't it attacked? [break][break]
"seems like you two have a bit of a history." he can tell by the incredulous look frozen onto sabine's face, though the nature of the history remains unclear. reason tells him that if it were truly a dark and foul creature, she'd have run for the door and left zeke here to perish the moment the spiritomb revealed itself. in his analysis, the world feels frozen as neither party moves.[break][break]
zeke heaves a sigh, not necessarily out of frustration. "should i let you handle this? should i go? should i bring out another pokemon? ...bosses are supposed to boss, no?" this moment feels like it belongs to sabine, and his presence is but a mere coincidence for a meeting that was destined to happen sooner or later.

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POSTED ON Dec 18, 2020 0:55:18 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]the air is cold, but does little more than dust some red on his cheeks. the wind from the western ocean picks up off of the sea and reminds all around that the ocean sits just beyond the tree-line, despite being out of view. zeke rainey thinks little of it, little of anything, really, as he walks. the silhouette of his figure is outlined by the sunset as it begins to dip down beneath the tops of the foliage. his eyes glance down to the watch on his wrist. "4:30?! Jeez..." the disappointed revelation of the early sunset just barely escapes his rather pursed lips as he walks on.[break][break]
there is no destination in mind -- upon his arrival in hoenn just a short time ago, that has mostly been the case. the question still begs itself...what is he even doing back here? the answer escapes him, just as his exclamation escaped him, just as the sun escapes him.[break][break]
and yet, another question begs itself as well: why haven't you called silph? that answer, too, escapes him.[break][break]
a rumbling in the brush grabs his attention, and he promises it will not be another thing to escape him.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Dec 18, 2020 0:38:03 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]no more time is spared in the trading of jabs between the two hotheads. realizing what he's done, or, rather, where he's put sabine, zeke awkwardly scoots out to the side to free her. like the rock itself, the shadowy projections are jagged as they tease the woman. the shock of what is unfolding freezes him for another half of a second before he pulls himself to his feet. his instincts urge him toward the painting, hands clasping its edges carefully and moving it across the room to a place less trafficked. [break][break]

"your guess is as good as mine!" a pokemon, perhaps? an ultrabeast? he cannot say for sure, but the answer is but a means to the same end -- he whips out the first pokeball he can find. a flash of light reveals selzius, his cryogonal. fate was merciful in the random selection of a levitating beast in a room of trinkets and antiques. "before you say anything, we're not gonna fuck anything up...unless we have to." in which case, we won't be paying the damages.[break][break]

the ice-type's presence itself is enough to change the scene; zeke watches as the tendrils retreat, the darkness culminating into a more tangible being. within the purple glows an emerald face, and suddenly, all is clear. "a spiritomb? how did that get here?" as the words leaves his mouth zeke wonders how sabine will pin its presence on him.

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POSTED ON Dec 17, 2020 21:29:20 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]her gaze is heated enough to light his fuse. the murderous eyes matched with the contempt elicit a chuckle from zeke, who has decided that he doesn't have the time or the patience to deal with this ego as it fills the room and pins them all against the walls. "i think you know i didn't do shit...and i don't think you have a damn clue what this rock is, do you?" his eyes flutter and roll, turning to face away from her for a moment.[break][break]

"i mean really, you're an art collector or dealer or something...and you don't know what that is? in your own office? his eyes find hers, challenging her to find every less-than civil thing he's ever done in his life lurking within their azure. "does that not strike you as odd?" time to kiss the paycheck goodbye.[break][break]

his bold statement pours over into his actions as his sturdy but spry frame moves past her and toward the stone. his hand reaches toward it, closing the gap between him and the rock before stopping completely, motionless. "what the...?" the shadow dances, expanding, reaching toward him. "fuck!" he falls back into the center of the room, sitting at sabine's feet with his back to her, eyes locked onto the suspicious stone.

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POSTED ON Dec 17, 2020 20:13:15 GMT

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[attr="class","pinscroll"]zeke finds his interest in the painting remains, her answer little more than the cracking of a door he begs to be flung open for all to see through. and yet, zeke drops the topic as he watches sabine survey her own office. her sense of superiority is palpable in the air, and it shows itself in the decor of her office. zeke is standing still enough, his posture only broken by the stern reprimand of sabine. "i haven't moved an inch." his voice is stern but unoffensive, the words simply fact forced into the air.[break][break]

he remains still, afraid to exacerbate the problem that he is still wholly unaware of. the painting leans against the chair, out of his hands. how could he have knocked something loose? the pondering is wasted time as sabine checks for herself, only to find nothing has changed. "promise i didn't do a thing." it's a plea this time, the levity of this being a piece of family history weighing down upon him. his eyes fall to hers, only to be drawn away by a wavering shadow behind her.[break][break]

"hm?" it escapes his lips so softly, almost inaudibly. he moves toward her desk, treading lightly, as if part of him is still responsible for the painting. bending at the waist, zeke finds himself drawn toward the shadow as it creeps out from under the desk.[break][break]

his eyes find sabine's again, head beckoning her closer to him. "what's this stone...? is this some kind of heirloom as well? i didn't see it when i walked in." the chunk of cracked and jagged feldspar sits patiently, perfectly, for an art curator's divine attention.

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