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The End of the years mean the start of the (obligatory) annual vacation of Emmet and Ingo. Things don't go as schedule when Jackie announce that something is wrong in one of the line. Ensue a last check up from the two Subway Bosses before going home.

Words: 3,081

Chapters: 1/1

#pokemon #pokemon au #submas #ao3 #my fic #ao3 fanfic #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #em #depot agents #zoroark emmet au #Illusion of Replacement AU #The Fic in Nutshell: #Ingo is getting kidnapped in front of Em very eyes #And that when it was literally the end of the year

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Small update about the Zoroark Emmet AU

Hey!

......okay i try to be short, but i finally decide for a name other than just Zoroark Emmet AU, because yeah i need an appellation to differentiate it from other AU, so i decide to named the AU : Illusion of Replacement

The name is pretty straight forward, Replacement being because Em technically replace/fulfill the role of Emmet (as i say before, but just to make it very clear, Emmet and Em are two different character even through Em is often referred as Emmet in my fic or other character, it is mostly because of narrative reason but also the fact that he literally take Emmet place)

Illusion come from who is really Em, a Zoroark who use his illusion to be someone else.

The entire name can have multiple implication too, if you read into it more and look my work about this AU, but yeah, i am very happy with my decision for the name.

For obvious reason, i will retag all my work link to this universe, the tag Zoroark Emmet AU will still be use as well as the Subway boss Emmet one (the reason being that it would be difficult for me to stop using it because of the role Em fill natively mostly in the pre-hisui stuff and some of the early hisui story line) but i hesitate to add a tag about Em being an oc or if it is fine if i don't put it, i still hesitate slightly so i will think about this.

Anyway that was all i wanted to say, BYEEE :D

#Illusion of Replacement AU #zoroark emmet au #pokemon au #pokemon #submas #I started to questioning myself about if i should just add an oc tag because of Em or just roll with just using the Subway boss Emmet tag #Help #i need so much help #It is very difficult to make a decision #give me advice

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Emmet (Or Em precisely) sketch

i was very bored in class and decide to draw Em (From the Zoroark Emmet AU that ii really need to name--) just silly sketch of him, also the first time I draw Chandelure and Eelektross (even Ingo have an appearance!!) Iook at them !!

Why Emmet don't have is coat or a hat in most of them?? Oh for nothing it's not like I can't draw that correctly and I decide to skip it for now :D

Thee image description contain what i write so you can read it :]

#pokemon #pokemon au #submas #subway boss ingo #zoroark emmet au #subway boss emmet #chandelure #eelektross #meme #sketch #Em and Chandelure don't like each other very much #Ingo is just confused #Why can't I draw HAT!!! #Illusion of Replacement AU

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Day 30 - New Friends

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

While Ingo was in front babbling with Cynthia about Pokemon battle, Emmet in his case, preferred to stay slightly behind to let them the space they needed to talk in peace, Next to him was the champion Dawn, who, since the start of the day, seemed to avoid initiating any conversation, as she seemed lost in her head for some reason.

It was strange, but Emmet didn't pay any mind, she was probably occupied with more pressing matters about the league, and as much as it was an honor that she accepted his request – something he was still surprised about, as he was thinking he was going to be turned down - he cannot stop himself to feel bad for disturbing Dawn and Cynthia in their already busy schedule, that don’t mean he regret anything, he is satisfied that his plan for Ingo’s anniversary and their vacation worked better than he through it would, but he still feel bad.

It took a long time to put their perfect vacation in place – even if there was no train, so it wasn’t totally perfect – He knew his brother by heart, and how to make him happy, so his best bet was to find someone who would share their love for battle and would be okay to guide them around in the new region, and lucky for him there was the Champion of Sinnoh and the previous champion who were more than happy to help.

They even got the chance to have a battle against them!

And even if it was a shame to have lost with flying color against Dawn and Cynthia, he was happy that his brother got to have fun with it.

“hum….Excuse me?”

The tentative voice of Dawn startled the silence between them, It was slightly surprising to say the least, a good one, but still a surprise, he slowly tilted his head.

“Yes? Is there a problem?”

“Oh no, no, no no no, there is no problem!!” she started to shake her hand rapidly, before turning her head away with a thoughtful look as if she was trying to find how to explain what she wished to talk about. “It’s just that…. I have a question, if you don’t mind, it has been bugging me for a while now”

“Oh! I am Emmet, I will be happy to answer your question!!”

That seemed to be enough to encourage the Champion to talk more. “Well, I was wondering about why you asked us to surprise your brother?” Oh….that was that sort of question, Emmet nodded ready to answer, but he rapidly realized that she was not finished. “Don’t get me wrong!! I would have accepted either way to meet you two, It’s not everyday that a strong trainer from another region asks you to make you visit the region for an anniversary, This is the first time even, but I just don’t understand why, why here, in particular Em, you could have ask everywhere in the world but...you decide to come here so….”

Emmet stayed silent for a moment, trying to register the question and all the words she just spilled on him, before finally answering, “So you were curious about my reasoning?”

She nodded to confirm that it was what she was thinking about, That was a simple question that Emmet was more than happy to answer to “I thought it was a good idea, So I did it, there is no profound reason behind my reasoning, I just wanted to make Ingo happy”

“Oh...yeah I understand that make sense”

There was a silence between the two for a moment yet again, more awkward than before, as neither knew how to continue the discussion, They even tried to avoid looking at the other one as the silence was getting progressively worse...finally Emmet decided to talk again, hesitantly “So...You call me Em, Why?”

That seem to surprise Dawn who look more than embarrassed now as she realize her error “Oh... Oh shoot!! I didn’t mean to!!! I just said that by reflex, and …Arceus!! I am so sorry Emmet, I didn--”

The reaction of the champion just made Emmet chuckle loudly “Do not worry, I don’t mind, it is just that there is... not a lot of people who use this nickname, even Ingo does not use it, so I am surprise”

That seemed to reassure the young adult who sighed loudly before hiding her head in her hand to the further amusement of Emmet “Still, this is very embarrassing!!”

“Embarrassing? Yes, but it is very funny too”

“Of course this is funny to you, why am I not surprise?”

“Because I am Emmet!!”

And that seems to break the glass between them as they start to joke and talk more naturally, the tension that was building before seemingly evaporating slowly as the two learn about each other slowly but surely.

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Their vacation did end up on a very good note, as Ingo and Emmet had the chance to visit and try multiple interesting places that Dawn and Cynthia knew about, They even had the chance to fight against other battle facility heads who were more than happy to meet the twins!

But all good things come to an end, The two brothers needed to go back home at the end of their two weeks in Sinnoh, and that also meant that they needed to say goodbye.

“It was a pleasure to have meet you two, My brother and I will never be grateful enough to have take time out of your busy schedule to guide us around”

Cynthia simply laughed it off, smiling at the duo. “It’s nothing really, I am happy that you have been able to enjoy the region!”

“I am Emmet, and it was very fun, thank you!”

“Good to know that it was as fun for you as it was fun for us!” declare loudly Dawn, as she herself smile ear to ear, even if she was clearly sad to see them go so soon, Emmet can understand where it came from, he himself going to miss her.

The announcement in the airport made them know that their plane had arrived at the station, cutting their goodbye short as they had to go, but before Emmet was able to follow his brother, Dawn suddenly stopped him, putting something in his hand with a serious look.

“Em, before you go, I just want to make you know that if you ever need anything, don’t hesitate to make me know okay? I would be more than happy to help”

And before Emmet could ask any questions about this sudden change of tone, she was already back near Cynthia, waving at him, He was certainly confused but decided to think about it later on, turning around and catching up to his brother who was already ahead.

It was only when the two were on the plane at their designated seat that Emmet decided to take a curious glimpse at what Dawn had given to him.

“Well, Emmet, I must admit my defeat, your idea for our vacation and anniversary was excellent even with the lack of train”

“Hum?!...Yup, I know, I told you that you would like it”

“You did tell me it is true”

“I am Emmet and I am always right!!”

As his twin laughed loudly at Emmet shenanigan, the latter simply smiled as he put in his pocket the paper where was written the number of Dawn.

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Day 29 - Fear/Worries

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Clearly, that was not one of Zoroark-- no, Emmet, that was not one of Emmet best ideas to go out in the middle of the night because of one Nightmare, That was irresponsible of him to do so, verrry dumb, especially after having screamed this loudly in his(?) Uncle House and accidentally wakes up his twin(?) when checking on him to be sure he was okay.

He was – nearly – an adult, he should not do things like that, the last time he ran off because of a nightmare was when he was still a small Zorua – or last month - ….. okay he must admit that he ran off outside more often that he would like when he have that kind of nightmare, but he just unable to stay put after them, he have to make sure that nothing is outside to get to Ingo to be able to sleep again.

And he feels guilty about having probably woken up everyone, He cannot face them right now when he feels so eaten up by worry.

This was dumb, He knew that, Ingo would never be angry at him for waking him up, but a part of him screamed that his twin should be, so it was easier to avoid confrontation like that for now, Well, he thought that it was going to be easier, because he rapidly found himself in front of Ingo who seemed to be out of breath when Emmet changed of direction - his twin knew a lot of shortcuts to be able to find him

“How...can you walk...so fast Emmet...this is aberrant!!”

That simple sentence was enough to make Emmet laugh, a nervous one, but still one that he honestly couldn't really stop with how absurd the situation was.

“You need more exercise Ingo, that’s why”

Not thinking about the nightmare, and talking with his brother like it had never happened was better than anything, but Emmet knew that it wasn’t going to last, it would never last after all, but it always made it easier to admit.

He simply walked and sat next to his brother on the ground, not really caring about when he would ultimately go back home to change his outfit because he got dirty.

“It’s the same nightmare if you want to know”

Ingo stays silent, staying near Emmet with the same worried look he has every time that something like that happened, He hated how much he worried his older twin when he should be able to deal with that alone, but that can’t be help it seem.

“I suspected it, It is always the same thing that makes you wake up in such a panic, Do you want to talk about it? Or we can just go back home and make ourselves some tea and talk about something else”.

He could have accepted the offer like every time he had this nightmare, but for once, he thought he wanted to tell Ingo about it, After all, this is nearly their birthday, that means that they would soon depart from home to start what they where preparing themselves to do since they finished their journey, And….Emmet just do not want his brother to be in the dark about his nightmare anymore.

“I want to talk, I cannot keep that to myself anymore”

That seemed to surprise Ingo, He was probably thinking that Emmet was going to avoid the discussion, His older twin was hiding very baldly the joy in his eyes to know that Emmet was finally open up.

“It starts with us, We are always together. Sometimes we just walk somewhere. Sometimes we argue or simply talk. Sometimes we are just at home relaxing. But it never lasts long, one moment everything is fine, the other something attacks you...it always ends the same, you are …. gone and I am alone, then I wake up”

He knew that Ingo was probably looking at him again, but Emmet didn’t find the force to look up, fixing the ground and fidgeting with his hand before talking again.

“I am scared to lose you…” If he had bitten his tongue to stop himself from saying ‘you too’ his twin didn’t need to know it.

The two don’t say anything for a few second.

“Emmet, can I hug you?” That was out of no where, and he wasn’t really sure about what to say before simply nodding, and before he could really understand, Ingo wrapped his arms around him, Not a word was shared between them...and it wasn’t really needed.

Emmet knew what Ingo wanted to say and so he simply put his head against his shoulder and let himself sob for once, because that was it, Emmet didn’t want to lose Ingo like he lost the real Emmet, and Ingo silently promised him that they would never be separated from the other.

And that was enough for him.

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Day 28 - Beach Day

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“Isn’t it the perfect weather Emmet”

The only answer Ingo received to his amusement was the groan of suffering coming from his younger twin as he was following slowly behind the group.

The group was composed of Elesa and Skyla who got the idea to go to the beach of Undella town, as well as Iris, who got a day off her duty as a champion to relax and Ingo himself as he decided for once to listen to his brother advise and take a break – was it petty to do that because of a prank his twin did last week, maybe.

It was mostly a decision the whole group decided together with a vote, and unlucky for his brother, the law of majority won, forcing him to accept against his will – and because he promised Ingo to participate in whatever activities he decided to do on the break.

And as much as Ingo does not have any difficulty with the extreme heat, Emmet, on the other hand….

“It is way too hot, Ingo I cannot survive, I am going to be found dehydrated before the end of the day”

Skyla, who was next to Elesa holding her hand, simply rolled her eyes before turning around to look with the most unimpressed stare Emmet, stopping the whole group when they were not that far from their destination. “Come on Emmet, don’t tell me you cannot stay outside for more than ten minute, we are literally going to the beach!! You can refresh yourself in the water when we arrive!”

“And you can't fight against the majority rule Emmet, this is in’Eevee’table” Add Elesa with the biggest smile she could mutter, not minding stopping the sightless while Iris who was on the side simply crossed her arms a bit annoyed by it.

The hilarious pun – in his opinion – was enough to make Ingo laugh loudly when it finally clicked in his mind, while Skyla on the other hand, simply shrugged it off use to her girlfriend's incredible pun.

Iris didn’t appreciate the pun through, shaking her head but not commenting on it, leaving only Emmet to groan even more loudly than before.

“It was bad, even worse than the heat Elesa, please do not do that ever again”

Their friend simply giggling at the reaction of the already suffering, Emmet, her smile full of mischief like the ones his twin does when he was not going to stop whatever he was doing “No promise”

Still, the situation did not start to get better, Iris slowly grimacing as she realized that Emmet was not going to stop his complaint about the heat. “Don’t be a baby Emmet, You can still go in the water like Skyla suggests, if it is too ‘warm’ for you, You just make us all wait longer by doing that!! I don’t understand how you seem to have zero tolerance for the heat but walk in the horrible cold of winter like it is nothing, That doesn't make any sense!!!”

His brother simply muttered his answer with a serious look in his eyes, as he tried to use as a fan his hand to be less affected “For my defense...I do not have any defense, summer just suck, winter is the superior season”

“No, summer is the superior season, this is winter that suck!!”

Loudly, Iris started to gasped, as if she was personally offended by Emmet opinions on the matter, frowning even more than Ingo.

His Twin was also bothered by Iris preference, repeating again with more conviction his position about what he considered to be the right answer.

By snowball effect, their disagreement degenerated into an argument on what season could be seen as the best, Unfortunately, forcing the rest of the group to watch with amusement their fight and delaying their arrival at the beach even more, Ingo, even if amused by the whole deal, decided that he needed to end it, putting his foot down.

“I must stop you two on your track!! First and foremost, language….and no I must disagree with you two, it is obvious that among every season, Autumn should be placed on the top”

“What!?”

That was enough to make Iris and Emmet team up against Ingo, That was not what his intervention was supposed to do at all, followed an even bigger argument that Ingo easily started to participate in, After all, it is true that Autumn was better than Winter and Summer combine.

In all of this, Elesa and Skyla simply looked at the siblings for a moment, before leaving them behind, knowing they would join them later on when they finished tearing each other out.

#pokemon #pokemon au #submas #novembmas #zoroark emmet au #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #my fic #gym leader elesa #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #gym leader skyla #champion iris #Illusion of Replacement AU

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Day 27 - Movie Night

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Emmet was already installed on the couch, lying on it and taking as much space as he could, a sly smile on his face as he was looking Ingo, waiting for him patiently, not showing anything on his face other than malice, not too far from his twin, Eelektross was simply tired, already half asleep on his side of the couch.

The other Pokemon of their team were also all around the living room, everyone having their favorite spot to be, even the concerning number of Joltik his brother have, all posted near Galvantula, who usually stayed on the wall...the all wall was covered in Joltik...Ingo tried to ignore that as much as he can, he really need to convince his brother to give away some of them...

But it wasn’t the main problem, as Ingo sighed slowly, as he waited for their popcorn to be ready for their obligatory movie night, glaring with no real heat behind his younger brother, who knew perfectly what he was doing, As an older brother, Ingo knew what was his mission the moment Emmet decide to steal his favorite place on the sofa, and Chandelure, who was until now next to the older twin, happened to be waiting for only one things, looking over Ingo, then Emmet as she was impatient to do her next move.

“Chandelure I give you the authorization, don’t wait for me”

She sung out happily, loudly enough to alert Emmet as he snapped his gaze on Chandelure with a fearful look in his eyes, and before he could say anything, she was already gone, pushing Emmet from the couch, His twin screeching loudly as he fell on the ground, waking up Eelektross for a moment who simply look over his trainer with a weak clamor noise before going back to his nap not helping in the sightless his brother.

The other members of their team were amused by the scene, Ingo knew they were laughing or encouraging Chandelure, as she decided to not leave his brother alone, refusing to let him get up at all as Emmet tried to get her out of him.

“Chandelure you are too heavy, let me go!! Ingo, Help!! Chandelure is attacking me!!!”

Ingo couldn't stop the snore who escaped him before he grabbed the bowl of popcorn and walked slowly to go sit in his place. “I don’t see what you are talking about, all I see is that Chandelure being playful with you, there is nothing bad about it”

As dramatically and serious Emmet could do, he slowly muttered “Betrayal, Why do you do that to me brother?"

Chandelure, seeing that Ingo took back his rightful place, moved away from Emmet to take her usual spot on the sofa, leaving his twin the chance to get back up immediately and fall back on the couch with no hesitation, trying to get a comfortable position.

“I supposed that you wanted to choose the movie for tonight Emmet?”

Without missing a bit, Emmet looked up at him, taking the television remote immediately before Ingo could try to get it. “Obviously, last time it was your turn”

“It is true, in all logic, it is your turn to choose the schedule for tonight!”

“Yup, tonight we are watching Murder on the Orient Express!”

“Did we not watch this movie multiple times before?”

“Did we not watch The Polar Express multiple times before”

“...fair enough”

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Day 26 - Hope

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“I want to get even stronger”

That was out of nowhere, he must admit, as his older twin Friend Ingo looked Zorua Emmet with a thoughtful expression, trying to understand this sudden statement, Zorua Emmet knew that most people would see him as a decently strong trainer for someone who just start their journey – Even if he was probably not consider as such as a Pokemon – but still, It just didn’t feel enough in his opinions, Ingo after a moment of reflection finally say something.

“I do not want to press the brake of your engine, I myself want to get stronger like you but I must admit that it is a sudden declaration”

“I know, I just realized something after our last gym, it is bothering me”

“May I ask what is bothering you Emmet?”

Zorua Emmet was more than happy to tell his friend more about his reasoning, nodding with a serious expression on his face “I like winning, but it is not fun to win if the fight is not serious, last gym was not fun, the leader was not taking seriously the fight like our first badge”

Ingo silently nodded, he understood where Zorua Emmet was coming from, Their last big battle was not as fun as against Brycen, They don’t know why the gym leader, Ethan, didn’t take them as seriously as Brycen, Was it because Ingo and Zorua Emmet were still young trainer? Was it because he didn’t feel like they were worthy?? or was it for something else entirely?? That frustrated Zorua Emmet with no end for so many reason, the principal being...

“Winning didn’t feel rewarding, I don’t like it, he didn’t take us seriously” He sighs before crossing his arms, trying to find how to phrase his thought “If we could get stronger, other trainers would want to win, and that would improve the experience”

“I see, by getting stronger you think that we would be able to encourage our adverse to give his all to try to achieve victory”

“Yes, they would be more serious, the battle would be fun, winning would not longer feel like it was not deserve”

His brother friend smiled with a grin, he could nearly match his own, It was a rare sight but one appreciated anyway, The prospect of having a more serious battle was what Ingo probably wanted for a while too, as it was obvious that even he was bitter about their last victory.

“We need to get stronger...”

“...That is now one of our principal objective!!”

A new feeling blossoms in Zorua Emmet, not something he feels every day, but he recognizes it as hope, the hope to be able to push his opponent to new heights like Ingo would say, to participate in an exciting fight where they put everything into, Zorua Emmet hopes that they will achieved that soon.

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And they did, It took years, but Emmet would change that for nothing in the world, After all, it is from this envy to be stronger that he finally proposed to his brother this crazy idea that he honestly didn’t think would have worked at the time, This is the reason why, one afternoon, as they were at their apartment together after a long day at the station, Emmet ask this question who did change their track for the better.

“Ingo, I was thinking, wouldn't it be interesting if we could battle in the subway too?”

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Day 25 - Sick

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

The day really did start perfectly, Emmet was verrrry pleased to see that nothing was out of the ordinary for once.

No illusion accident.

No unruly passenger.

No lost kid in the Subway.

No technical problems with the train.

No argument between the depot agent.

That was maybe why some sort of force of the universe decided that it was too perfect and that something needed to be done, or maybe something had a grudge against him because of a past mistake that he don’t remember doing, In any case, Emmet felt it hitting him hard.

It started with an annoying feeling of being tired, something he could deal with, It wasn’t the first time he suddenly felt exhausted, That was the consequence of being behind an illusion for days without taking any rest, through it usually takes much longer, months even, before something like that happened, and it’s only been one week since the last time he let down of his illusion, this was the first sign something was wrong, but Emmet decide to stubbornly ignored it.

Then came a horrible headache nagging him in the back of his head, becoming worse and worse as the hours passed, He would have tried to rest before, but the pain started while he was on the multi-battle train with his brother, He didn’t want to worry his twin and, to his defense, he was overall fine if not for the pain and exhaustion, it was just a simple, bothersome inconvenient, that Emmet could deal with for now, even if Ingo seemed to be suspicious every time Emmet wanted to cover his ear at the loud noise around who made his headache worse.

What finally made Emmet realize that he couldn't continue the day like this as stubborn as he could get, was the sudden feeling of weakness he felt before his leg nearly gave up on him in the middle of the corridor. Lucky enough, he could stop himself by putting one of his hands on the wall before he totally stumbled on the ground, but he would have been an idiot if he had continued his day on this track when he knew he couldn't win, as much as he hated to admitted to himself that forcing like this would just cause more problem for him.

He knew his illusion was probably not in the best formed at the moment because of that, at best it was only his eyes who got affected by whatever he had, This part wasn’t a real problem, There was a lot of explanation he could use, In the worse scenario he probably looked like a fuzzy mess of white, something who look barely human, it would probably freak out a lot of people and he don’t think that any lie would get him out of this one, in all case, he knew that he needed to retreat himself in his and Ingo’s office immediately, so no one could be able to see him in this state.

Thankfully he wasn't that far from his destination, worrying himself inside the office, then flatly letting himself fall face first on the couch, not having the energy to do much, it was also the only way for him to hide his face.

What followed was mostly a blurred, Emmet could guess he had probably fallen asleep with how groggy his mind was when someone nudged him slightly from the couch, making him groan loudly as this rude awakening.

“Emmet, are you feeling alright?”

It took way too long for Emmet to realize that the person who woke him up and was actively talking to him was his twin, That was bad, He could recognize Ingo’s voice everywhere, but at that moment it just felt like the voice of his older twin was wrap in some sort of filter who make it terribly difficult to register, Emmet was in a worse state than what he was thinking.

Ingo seemed to wait for Emmet to answer, He didn’t realize that he was taking a long time to react because of his lack of energy, He finally started to mumble as loudly as he could without moving too much as his body felt strangely heavy.

“I feel like I am dying brother…”

His twin hummed in acknowledgment, Emmet didn’t have to look up to guess that his brother was moving to get one of his pokeball in his hand “Do you mind if I take your temperature or do you prefer Chandelure to do it?? Because I have the feeling that you must be sick”

Knowing that Ingo remembers how much he hates when someone tries to take his temperature never made him so happy than right now, Emmet had a really good reason for his refusal too, mostly because he was not sure that his illusion was solid enough. “Chandelure please...”

His older twin didn’t ask another question, seemingly accepting Emmet decision, as he slowly backed away before letting out of her pokeball Chandelure, although the habitual sound seemed to be louder than it was supposed to, or maybe it was just him?

“Chandelure could you take Emmet temperature, I am afraid that he might have caught a cold”

“Ingo, what do you mean Em caught a cold, He looks like usual to me” Emmet may be feeling weak, but he could recognize sarcasm anywhere, he would have complained about it if he wasn’t too tired for that...or if Ingo wasn’t here, with a weak sigh he forced himself to move slightly so Chandelure can take like as his temperature, she barely touch his forehead before backing away with a startling noise confirming Ingo's guess.

“Uh…. It seems that you really got yourself sick again Em? I didn’t see the difference at all!! suck to be you” She was laughing at his dismay loudly before continuing “Well, good news for you, your illusion is still solid, you just need to stay focused on not messing up”

He simply grumbled to answer her, knowing perfectly what she meant as she returned to Ingo’s side, Emmet could nearly see her smug look....

“Hmm...well I supposed that we have to go home early today, would you be able to get up Emmet”

“No”

“Understood, do you want my help to get to the apartment?”

“Yes”

Emmet must admit, he may have been more blunt to just avoid talking more than he needed too, As his older twin slowly got closer to help him up, Emmet tried his hardness to not break his Illusion for the time being, Chandelure staying close to the duo like she was supervising them…. To his amusement, Ingo stared at Emmet's face with a disbelieved look when he was able to see it.

“Did you really put your eyeliner before passing out on the couch?!”

“I did, and I do not regret it”

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Day 24 - Matching

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Emmet has one of his bad days – again, he laments himself – the sort of bad day where he has a lot of difficulty using his illusions, to hide his zoroark features which are….sightly more difficult to hide than when he was a zorua.

“I feel like I got rip off, am I not supposed to be better at hiding them???” He could only let out a sigh, Here are the consequences of not living with another Zoroark when he should have, FUCK--

The problem was mostly all around his eyes, some red recognizable marks were visible, it could be passed as simple eyeliner, that he rarely – nearly every weekend – used….

but he hates not matching with his brother – specialty at this time of the year, ironically, even more after ‘the scene’ he made in front of Ingo…. – That made him remember that he was technically not his real twin… That made him remember that his friend was gone, that made him remember that it was, soon, the anniversary – he wouldn’t have forget it, he never did, even if he didn't think actively about it, but sometimes he wish he could - … He don’t like the situation…

Of course, he doesn't have anything to hide properly his red marking, It slipped out of his mind last time they were out shopping to buy the make – up he usually uses for this case, That was just his luck, He would have felt a bit less tense if he had it.

What a bad start of day, to an already bad week.

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It was a rare sight, but sometimes his young twin would apply reddish eyeliner all around his eyes, usually days like that, He knew that Emmet was not in a good mood, Ingo did see it time and time again, Still, that wasn’t a problem, some joke from Ingo calling him dramatic usual lift his spirit with a light chuckled from his part, and he was back to normal, every gear back to place.

But this particular view, happening around this particular week of the year, where his brother, loses his normal amount of ‘energy’ is a bad sign.

If look close enough, Emmet body language felt sluggish, he doesn't do his usual prank that lights up the mood in the gear station, if nobody was looking Ingo could take a glimpse at Emmet, who seemed at the limit to blow up in any moment – again, a small part of him whisper.

He tensed at that whisper….That was bad and Ingo knew better than ask what was the problem, He didn't want a repeat of last time, It didn’t end well, Emmet was overly apologetic for having a meltdown on him, and he still apologizes about it now, while it’s been years – when Emmet shouldn’t apologize at all to feel like that, Dragon, Ingo should have been the one apologize to have push it when He didn’t want to talk..even if it light up some of his suspicion, it didn’t felt good to have done this

That does not mean Ingo doesn't have a plan for this precise situation, Oh, far from it, he will never be thankful enough for his – embarrassing, and nonexistent – Goth phase he had, and Elesa knowledge of make – up.

With that and the help of one of their depot agent who is in the loop – Jackie did say he had an idea to distract his Twin, but Ingo is not sure he wanted to know what precisely – he was able to disappear into their share office without any suspicions.

hen he was back at his brother's side, he could not help his euphoria as Emmet turned to talk to him and froze, his expression passing from angry, to confusion, to a light amusement.

“verry pretty brother but why?” his brother was starring very intensely at Ingo’s newly applied eyeliner, tilting his head curiously like he was trying to read Ingo’s mind.

“Well, Emmet, to be in our best condition, I had made the observation that matching was needed, As such, the decision to follow this new safety procedure to prevent any possible accident to be made.... also I wanted to do it”

It seemed that the answer was enough, his younger twin's tense smile seemingly relaxing even if his lack of energy was still present.

“I see, well let’s get back to work Ingo”

As they start to walk in the direction of the multi-battle train, Emmet’s starts to talk a bit.

“I am Emmet, and you will not believe what the emergency that Jackie wanted me to check out was...”

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[pykanico]

Day 23 - Familly

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“Ingo this is verrrry ridiculous, I hate it”

“Emmy is right, why did you have to paint your hair black? it looks dumb”

“Yup, it looks dumb”

Ingo cannot believe that the first thing that his brother and Iris agree on is that they hate his new style, and it has only been 10 minutes since these two met each other.

Emmet and Ingo had just returned home after their visit to Nimbasa city to see how Elesa was doing and passed the day together, to discover than Drayden got himself a surprise visit from an old friend, who just happened to be the legal guardian of Iris.

And if his younger twin was already a menace to himself with his infuriating prank, then Iris, of her 4 years of existence, was by her guardian mouth ‘a hell of a Impidimp’ with her boundless energy, and they said all of that before promptly leaving their daughter here because of an emergency.

Now that the tracks of Emmet and Iris converge in one, Ingo is not sure if the world is prepared for it, He, is not prepared for it personally.

And it seems that they decided to direct their track in his direction full speed ahead, as Emmet was pretty vocal about his distaste with Ingo’s new interest in fashion and Iris seemed to hate it with as much fever as his brother.

“My outfit is in no point dumb, it is a perfectly adequate one that Elesa has approved as such, neither of your opinions have value for me”

The two troublemakers looked at Ingo with no emotion, betraying them before Emmet turned his attention to Iris with a mischievous smile, one that Ingo could recognize everywhere, his twin talking quietly as if he was sharing a secret but loud enough to be heard by every people who was in the room “Elesa did not approve his hair at all, yup, she only approve his outfit”

That seemed to be enough to make Iris grin like she found the last piece of candy, as she herself turn her head in Emmet direction and false-whisper to him “That explain a lot Emmy! Your friend did not want to say that he shouldn’t have painted his hair!!”

“I am Emmet, and I am sure that is the reason”

Ingo could only groan loudly at the shenanigan of the two, as they seemed to laugh loudly at his misery, With all of that, Drayden simply entered the living room with what seemed to be an amused expression as he put two cup of tea and one glass of orange juice on the small table.

“Emmet, Iris leave Ingo alone, I am sure you two have other things to talk about other than bugging him off?”

His younger twin rolled his eyes as he seemed to understand what their uncle was asking and reluctantly left Ingo alone, starting a discussion about Pokemon that seemed to perk up Iris attention.

“Thank you Uncle Drayden”

“...I must admit that your brother is right through, black hair does not look great on you”

“…”

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“This is utterly stupid, Ingo you cannot walk around this house in that!! Come on !"

“I am Emmet, And I am utterly disappointed in you, how can you do that to us?!”

It’s only been one minute, how can they be already at him when he had just changed into the ONLY available outfit, who was unfortunately this for some mysterious reason.

“Maybe if someone didn’t stolen the rest of them, then maybe I wouldn't be on this track”.

The two culprits seemed to laugh at his misery as Drayden entered the room with the breakfast, Even years later, things really never change.

“Ingo, I thought you hated this shade of Green?”

“…” For once in his life, he had a sudden urge to scream more loudly than his usual volume.

#pokemon #pokemon au #submas #novembmas #zoroark emmet au #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #my fic #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #champion iris #gym leader drayden #You see the 'Misery X CPR X reese's puffs' meme? #It is totally Ingo Em and Iris right now #you can not say the contrary #Illusion of Replacement AU

[pykanico]

Day 22 - Gym

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

If Zorua Emmet was on edge, the brother of his friend did not say anything about it, He just stayed out of the terrain like he, himself did when it was Ingo’s who was fighting against the Gym Leader.

And if Ingo won against Brycen with ease, it was unsaid by any of the two that they were before unsure of their capacity to be victorious, Zorua Emmet was even more unsure of it now that he was in front of the challenge, fighting young trainers who started their journey like them was one things, but being against a strong adult who was their real first obstacle of their journey was something else.

He could only take a deep breath, as he realized that it was way too real, not like when they discussed their destination at home, with Drayden looking over their shoulders amused by their decision of destination, He cannot back down now that he was there, he needed to win like his brother friend did – he wonder if Ingo thought the same things when he was in front of Brycen he wonder if Emmet would have think the same if he was still there.

“Emmet is everything alright?” The worried voice of Ingo made Zorua Emmet wince slightly, He did not want Ingo to worry him now of all time.

“Yes, Everything is fine!”

It was not the moment to think like that, Zorua Emmet needed to stay focused.

Looking with determination into Brycen’s eyes, He finally found his voice to talk with as much confidence he could push in front to go straight to the point.

“I am Emmet, I like winning more than anything else and I am ready to win this battle”

That seemed to be enough to sparkle in the gym leader some sort of interest, The declaration of Zorua Emmet definitively did something, but he didn’t know what, and if it was going to be a problem later. “I see, if you are ready to face a Gym Leader. Then... Bring it!”

Brycen did not wait for long to release one of his Pokemon, the annoying Vanillite he used against Ingo in the last battle, who now that he was healed seemed ready to put up a fight against Zorua Emmet, the small ice Pokemon already talking even before Tynamo was on the field.

“I may have lost against the first one but I know you do not have a type advantage, This time I will win!!”

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Is it bad if Zorua Emmet was very satisfied to have beaten the ice-cream Pokemon as fast as his brother friend while he doesn't have any type advantage? Maybe, but in all honestly, he did not care at all, especially with how taunting this Vanillite was with Ingo and him.

Everyone was lucky to not be able to hear what the Pokemon was saying.

As Zorua Emmet was complaining silently, the loud voice of Ingo took him out of his head.

“BRAVO!! It was a fantastic fight Emmet”

It is true that Zorua Emmet won, He got verrrrry lucky for sure, The fight was slightly more difficult than he was imagining, even more with his lack of type advantage, but it was fun to have a Pokemon battle against someone this strong.

“I am Emmet, I won, but I think I just got lucky”

That seemed to make Ingo frown slightly more, upset “Emmet, you should not minimize your effort at just luck, you conduct with your Pokemon a way to victory because you have been working to arrive at this destination for a while now, That is not just luck”.

Neither really saw Brycen get closer, but when they did, the man smile warmly to them “Your brother is right Emmet, The wonderful combination of you and your Pokemon put you on the spot of victory, you should be proud of yourself”

It was a lot, Zorua Emmet did feel embarrassed to be praised openly like that when he was not sure he really deserved it, but at the end of the day, Ingo and Emmet won their first badge, and that was enough.

#pokemon #pokemon au #zoroark emmet au #submas #novembmas #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #my fic #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #gym leader brycen #Illusion of Replacement AU

[pykanico]

Day 21 - Photographs

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“Emmet, I know that it is bad but…”

“No but Ingo, They broke in the gym to have that, It is not okay”

Emmet was angry, He tried to be patient, to ignore them like Elesa advised him, but the paparazzi got him to his limit, since the team plasma problem at Gear station, this people started to be insufferable more than usual, he try but now, now they got too far.

He was glaring at the magazine where a particular photo was in.

The photo in question was something that happened some days earlier, They were just having some harmless fun with Elesa at her gym, as it was close after a very determined fire-type did some damage by accident on the puzzle of the gym, The trio mostly did friendly battle and talk before going out eat together.

The magazine, for some reason, had a photo of their outing in the restaurant. That was frustrating, but he knew it could happened, What was unacceptable was the photo he found of them and Elesa when they were IN the gym.

He does not know how they got this photograph, but it was a problem, If people like this can find a way to break in close buildings, where else can paparazzi go to find picture!?

Emmet was shaking, he was furious after all, his older brother could see that too, That is why Ingo slowly put his hand on Emmet’s shoulders, his older brother trying to keep his attention, Ingo’s expression as serious as possible.

“I know Emmet, I do not try to minimize your anger. After all, they broke the law, What I mean is that you need to cool your engine for a moment, you can't conduct anything in this state” As much as he didn’t want to calm down, Emmet understood where his brother was coming from, he simply nodded slowly more than bitter about the situation.

“Okay Ingo, I can try but I cannot promise anything”

“It is all I ask, We are going to call Elesa, knowing her she is probably already on it”. As on cue, Ingo Xtran started to ring loudly with a recognizable sound that made them know that it was their friends trying to get to them, Ingo did not wait long before answering it, the image of a really worried Elesa appearing on the devise.

“Hey you two, I hope you got a better morning than me”

“I am Emmet, And we did not have a good morning”

“Hello Elesa, I am sorry to say that Emmet is right, our morning had unfortunately taken a turn for the worse, We were going to call you but it seemed that you beat us to it”

Elesa let out a grimace “I take a bright guess, the magazine?”

“Yes, The Fucking magazine”

“Language Emmet” Ingo had a grimace of his own at Emmet swearing, but he did not really care, the magazine does not deserve any respect “But yes, your guess is right Elesa, it is the magazine”

“Yeah, I am already on it, so you don’t have think to much about this you two, I will personally ‘Vol’beat them if I need to”

Ingo immediately start to laugh loudly at Elesa pun as Emmet look blankly at her, he know she is trying to light up the mood but.…

“I hate you”

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[pykanico]

Day 20 - Pride

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

"Bravo!! Really excellent! The best combination of you and your Pokémon. It is incredible!” Ingo couldn't stop himself from feeling proud of Rosa and Nate accomplishment, like every time something like this happened, the two young trainers had passed multiple months trying to win against him and his twin, and finally their effort paid.

Even through, he was more familiar with Nate than Rosa, as the teenager won in the single train before trying the challenge that the multi-battle was, It did not stop him from applauding with enthusiast the work the two of them put together to arrive at the station called Victory.

“When you and someone else combine, your engine powers something special! If you like, please challenge us with a different combination."

"I am Emmet. We lost against you again. But I am satisfied.” Ingo also knew for fact that his younger twin was more familiar with Rosa than Nate, as he remembered him talking for hours about his next strategies to offer her a challenge she would not forget, It is not every day that his brother shows so much enthusiasm against a challenger.

“You are too strong! The strength you have, your trust in your Pokémon, their never-ending support! Yep! It was the most fun battle ever! Please come back soon!"

Rosa was the first to talk as Nate was mostly grinning about the compliment offered by the twin. “Of course I am going to come back! It is always a lot of fun to have a battle against you two, right Nate” she turned her gaze on her friend waiting, expectation in her eyes.

“Don’t look at me like that, you know that we are going to come back, One victory is not enough for me with the number of times you have beat us”

Emmet smile grows with a glint of eagerness “I am Emmet, Do not make us wait too long, I want to have another battle like this verrry soon”

“I must admit, we are already waiting with impatience for the next time you two will pass by”

As Rosa and Nate seemed to smile ready to continue there discussion with the twin, the train slowly start to slow down, meaning only one things “It seem that we arrived to our Destination”

A loud groan coming from Rosa was hear, as Nate seem just a bit surprise by how fast they arrive “Oh shoot, we didn’t have time to discuses more, that a shame”

“A shame is an understatement Nate, I need to go back to the league after that, Did you know that I have to do literal paper work!! How is that fair, I hate it, so so much, it’s like homework but more boring!”

Nate simply rolls his eyes as the train finally takes a stop “Don’t be dramatic, the Elite 4 is doing all the paper work for you until you are old enough to do it as far as I know”

“Still!!”

As the doors opened and the Champion and Nate walked outside, they waved their goodbye to the brothers, Now that they were alone, Ingo simply shook his head, a smile on his face.

“I am quite happy to see how Nate and Rosa got to where they are now, They are very talented trainers”.

Emmet nodded at the statement with some amusement on his face. “You are proud of every trainer who made a good impression on you Ingo, I am proud of them too, but I am even more proud of us, and Gear station”

Even if embarrassment at the comment of his brother about how he is – truthfully – always proud of trainer who left him a great impression, he nodded, he was proud of his and his brother accomplishment too.

#pokemon #pokemon au #submas #zoroark emmet au #novembmas #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #my fic #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #Rosa #Nate #Illusion of Replacement AU

[pykanico]

Day 19 - Fanmail

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Emmet was laughing, trying to breathe. Elesa was trying to not do the same, and Ingo was more fluttered and embarrassed by the situation they got into.

Really, they did nothing for that to arrive, Well, he supposed that his brother and himself defending Gear station was enough to get them here, but that was only their duty….. one moment they had a normal day at home.

The other, Elesa arrived to show them a poll in a magazine, they wouldn't have question much if they didn’t saw what it was all about, a popularity poll were the two of them were in, Elesa explain that nearly every big figure of the region were place in it, it was flattering to say the least to know that.

And then, for some reason, as they read the poll, they discovered that Emmet was not only in the top 3, but Ingo himself was at the top of the poll, Emmet did complain about that, but again that was just a simple poll, nothing more, they laughed it off and continued their day.

Then, only one day after the poll was out, they received a scary number of fanmail at the gear station, more than anyone could have guess, They did not touch any of them, mostly because Ingo didn't knowi what to do with all of that, but also, because Emmet wanted Elesa to read them with the duo just in case.

That is how they got into this situation.

“Ingo, you are sure verrry popular” The letter who cause this, was a...confession of love from a total stranger, Well Elesa did not read it out loud – Ingo was very thankful about that – but it was certainly something, and slightly uncomfortable.

"I do not understand how things like this is possible, Elesa is that normal?”

Elesa tried very hard to not laugh loudly, seeing how distressed Ingo seemed to be about the letter “That is the result of being popular Ingo, don’t worry too much, I am sure things will get better”

"I do not like being popular to the slightness if this is the case, I am just happy that most of the letters are mostly respectful fans and not….” Ingo could only glare at the letter who joined a pile that Elesa made with the other letter she didn’t read at loud because of the inappropriate content, with a tight frown “….The horror that this is”

Emmet finally stopped laughing and nodded at him with an understanding look. “It is funny, but I hate that sort of letter, It is very strange to see that people are interested in us this way, How do you live with this Elesa?” now that Emmet ask, Ingo was himself curious about it.

"That is a good question, you are a model as much as a gym leader, I am not surprised that you are used to that sort of letter, but it is still concerning, how are you handling it?”

She simply nods with a grin. “Simple, I do not read them at all, I have a team who take care of filtering the letters before they are redirected to me, so I do not have to see them myself, I really think you two should have more staff who does that, especially with this sudden pick of popularity”

The twin looked each other, well they supposed that it is now something they need to worried about.

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[pykanico]

Day 18 - Heat of Battle

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Gear station was in chaos, all of that because of Team Plasma who decided that ‘oh, yes it would be a good idea to try and gain control of the Subway system’ Emmet was pissed at them more than anything, They first endangered the passenger who did not ask for all of that and then pretend to act as if what they are doing is for the good and freedom of Pokemon! Coming from him, a literal Zoroark, that means a lot.

Unfortunately for him and his brother, who was just behind to cover his back, they were surrounded by grunts, Unfortunately for team Plasma, they were against Ingo and Emmet.

“Chandelure, Overheat!!”

“Eelektross, Discharge!!”

Chandelure chimed at the order, Emmet could hear her joy to putting to dust the intruder “Of course, as if it was already done!!” with no hesitation she used her attack.

Eelektross did not say much, as he used a powerful Discharged on the unlucky fool who tried to fight them, That seemed to discourage some of the grunts who realized that their Pokemon couldn't match against the Ace of the Twin.

Emmet could feel himself smile with a sinister look, as he was far from finished with them, tuning down his brother's side of the battle to stay focused on the idiot who through that they could take him out.

He gave a knowing look to his partner, who seemed to already know what he was going to do. “Let’s finish them, should we?”

“Yes, no one has any right to come into our station, endangering our passengers and workers and get out of it without any consequences!!” it was loud and clear, Emmet looked at the some stubborn Plasma grunt in front of them who didn’t run away “you had one last chance to go, you didn’t take it, Eelektross Thunderbolt!”

The Pokemon in front of them, a Liepard, tried to avoid the attack from the side, but was not fast enough against the powerful attack, falling on the ground in disgraced, The grunt let out a startled noise, looking terrified. Emmet called back his Pokemon.

The man stuttered loudly, “W-We are not finished yet! I..I retreat but I know that y-you can’t get rid of all of us” and with that, the man ran followed by the other that Emmet had fought off, When he was sure that they were gone, he turned to his brother, who seemed to have finished there too, turning around to look Emmet.

“It seemed that we still have a...lot of things to do still….” Ingo frowned slightly, looking Emmet curiously like he was out of place, Emmet did not really ask why, and that was far from being the moment to ask that.

“Yup, we should decouple our cars for the moment, we would be more efficient”.

Ingo nods, still looking Emmet eyes for a moment. “I suppose that you are right….still something is bothering me, are you alright? Your eye color seem different”

Emmet froze for a moment, that was not good at all, He could see Chandelure looking at him with a deadpan expression, and slightly smug, She did not need to be silently sassy with him, especially now, he decided that the best course of action was to avoid the situation all together.

“I am Emmet, I am fine, and I should go now!”

“Emmet wait--”

But he was already gone with Eelektross in tow, an unreadable expression on his face “Em, he is going to talk to you about it after the Emergency, you know?”

“I know”

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“Jackie why are you here!? We need as much help that we can with--….why do you eat popcorn?”

“Well you see Cloud, my Pokemon are not in any shape to continue this fight, I can’t go to the healing station at all, and of course most of the passengers are already gone, so I just observe what the boss are doing

“….hmm...sure… wait is that Emmet?--- …. Did he actually just punch the guy!!”

“Yep”

“...okay give me some popcorn too, that is gold!”

#pokemon #pokemon au #zoroark emmet au #submas #ao3 #my fic #ao3 fanfic #novembmas #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #depot agents #team plasma #Illusion of Replacement AU

[pykanico]

Day 17 - Silly Arguments

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

In normal time, Cameron was not the worried type….

No, he was a totally a liar, As far as he knew, he was always very nervous, nervous about nearly everything he did or would do. The nervousness was always there, and he could never escape it even if he did get better these last few years, especially after he became a depot agent under his two Boss.

He was still not very confident in his own skill as a trainer because of how he was usually feeling, but even so, Emmet and Ingo’s reassurance helped him a lot.

So it was an understatement to say that he was worried sick at the moment about his boss, The reason? He was simply walking to go to the break room when he suddenly jumped at the sudden raise of a familiar voice not that far from him.

He know, he shouldn’t have eavesdrop, but it was rare to hear his boss, nonetheless Emmet of all people, being that loud was abnormal, That was rapidly followed by Ingo’s own voice who was seemingly arguing with Emmet?? the voice was suddenly less loud but.. .

That was worrying to say the least, so against better judgment, he decided to get closer and see what it was all about….he was unable to see the scene, not wanting to go into his boss office uninvited, but he was able to pick up on some of the discussion….

“...How dare you!….You …. wrong….You know that….Bad…..Why….. listen to me!!” That was definitively Emmet talking right now, whatever was the subject the two boss were talking about, that seemed to strongly upset Emmet.

“…..Don’t you see…You….too…...stubborn---” and by the sound of it, the anger was shared too, Cameron never thought that he would be the witness of hearing such a scene and even more between his two boss.

“…..Can’t….believe...you….looks….I am going…..to Leave…..You can’t stop me!!!” there was a sudden noise that the depot agent couldn't describe at all, Are they getting physical with each other now!? no...no that was not the only thing who made him stressed right now, Did he hear it right? Did Emmet say that he was going to leave!! He didn’t stay any longer, he ran immediately into the break room trying to proceed the information and what was going on, He needed to search for more agents to stop their fight first and then convince Emmet to not leave the Gear station!!

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“...How dare you!” Emmet put his hand on his table strongly, glaring at his brother with as much seriousness as he could. “Tynamo should be placed in the S-tier of the ranking!! They are adorable, how can you say that they are under Litwick!!”

The two of them were supposed to work on some security change in the subway system, It wasn’t urgent, but they needed to think about it before taking a break …. but they may or may not have accidentally deviated from the track of their work at the mention of a Pokemon he and his brother fought in the morning, From there, things escalated as they started to debate who could be considered the cutest Pokemon, their ranking put on a white board that his older brother decided to place in the middle of their share office.

Most of their choices for the ranking were the same, but when it was the turn to decide the Pokemon that should be the best of the best, the two disagreed strongly, him first, “You want to know why you are wrong!? Well here are all my point, Tynamo are cute, they are strong, and verrry cuddly and you know that!! You have a bad view if you can’t admit it! Why do you not accept the truth like it is, They are perfect, it is nearly like you don’t listen to me!!”

Ingo shook his head, frowning slightly more as he immediately responded, “It is not that I don’t listen to you Emmet, but it is evident Litwick are better, don’t you see how beautiful their lavender flames are? How their small eyes sparkle with the envy of winning a future challenge, You are yourself ignoring the sign of how perfect this Pokemon is!” His older twin did not let him the time to say anything against him before he continued.

“Tynamo is too difficult to find in normal time anyway, any passenger with a minimum of good sense would not go find them, I may also add that there are far from the most safe Pokemon in a station with their electric attack, as well as being too stubborn--”

Emmet can’t stop himself to dramatically gasp at what his brother said “Ingo you did not go there!! I am Emmet and I Can’t said if I am wounded or impressed by the audacity, It’s unbelievable, I don’t believe my ears, did you really say this!”

As he started to walk around his part of the office, he continued to glare at his very smug twin “It looks like you are not giving me a choice, I am going to do what you did to my feeling, pound them” Ingo did not look impressed by what Emmet said, that do not stop him to say his point.

“Litwick do not look great safety wise, they are just verry dangerous candle, They are going to leave a passenger dead if we are not careful”. Without hesitating, Emmet tried to grab the marker of the board to mark that Tynamo had won this argument, And of course, Ingo tried to intercept him before he could do anything “Tynamo are the best, I won, You can’t stop me!!!”

As Emmet was trying to get to the marker, he accidentally tripped on his own feet, falling on the ground before he could catch himself, The two twins stayed silent for a moment as the chaos of before seemed to have stop.

“….Are you okay Emmet?”

“I fell on the ground, but I am fine”

and then they just laugh, laughing at the ridicule of the situation as the older twin helped Emmet to get up on his feet.

“It seemed that we derailed ourselves quite a bit, don’t you think it would be better for us to stop this debate with a tie?”

“It is a satisfying result, yup, I like that, Litwick and Tynamo are both the best, so no more argument”

As they were going to put the two Pokemon at the top of the ranking, the door of the office suddenly opened with a loud noise, revealing most of their depot agent looking in panic.

“Please stop whatever fight you two are having!! That is not worth it if the end result is Emmet departure!!” said loudly Cameron, sounding more than scared.

“Huh?!”

“Pardon?!”

…..Every single Depot agent looked at the twins in silent, then the white board were the ranking was made, then yet again Ingo and Emmet as the two started to feel embarrassed…. Finally, Jackie broke the silence, his face hinted how much he wanted to laugh.

“….Is that a tier list?”

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