[She walks into the breakroom to fetch a cup of tea when she sees Micheal standing by the counter.]
Oh, hi, Micheal!
[She smiles softly at him and grabs a mug to start making the tea.]
( @char-sweetly )
(ooc: feel free to answer this whenever!)
Hi Charlotte
[Mickey smiles, it's a bit tiring to pretend to be Michael, but he'll do it for both of their sakes, onw thing that's different from usual is his red eyes instead of the usual brown]
How are you lately?
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(( Warning for possibly upsetting content. Themes of violence and major character death are present in this. ))
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[Attached: A live video feed. Gizmo is following Hugh, August, and their Lucario “Fenrir” from behind as they rush through an ice-covered Opelucid City, carefully navigating over the frozen over roads and sidewalks as quickly as can. You can see evacuating crowds rushing and slipping past them as the young trainers bolt into the fray, their panicked shouts and screams echoing through the audio.
“Those Plasma assholes-” Hugh curses under his breath, panting a bit as he runs. “I never expected them to go this far…” He motions back at his friend, urging them to keep up. “Come on, we get the DNA Splicers back from those ninja guys! We aren’t letting them get away with this!”
“Right!” August shouts back, continuing to trail behind their friend. They look to the Lucario running beside them and nods, initiating a wordless communication between them and the Pokémon. He seems to understand right away, returning the gesture affirmatively.
Fenrir then turns on his heel and veers off to the side, before bouncing up a tower of jagged ice with ease. He reaches the top in a matter of seconds, and his eyes begin to scan the chaos raging around him from his vantage point- as he does, you catch a glimpse of the massive, levitating frigate looming threateningly in the skies over the city.
August and Hugh swerve to follow after him, but they stop at the sound of loud beeping noises coming from the phone behind them. They both simultaneously turn to look to the camera, raising a brow at the Rotom phone as it begins to shake and twitch.
“Gizmo? What wrong?” August asks, extending a hand out to the little Electric-type in concern.
“ZZz-zzzZZT-zzzt— zzt-” Gizmo’s inexplicable buzzing gets louder, before the screen fades to static, intercepting the feed. It stays that way for a few seconds longer… before the scene abruptly changes.
There’s an older man with white hair and a tall cap, standing in front of an iron wall. He wears a massive purple cloak that looks like it was designed to withstand harsh low temperatures, with a blatant Team Plasma logo plastered on the front.
“Greetings, people of Unova.” The man addresses the audience in a dark tone, one that would spur unease within you. “My name is Zinzolin- a sage representing Team Plasma and my lord, Ghetsis.”
He continues, speaking to the camera with a blank, firm expression. “I’m sure you’re all wondering why this broadcast has suddenly reached your device- or perhaps you’re more focused crisis currently unfolding in Opelucid City. Either way, I’m here today to issue out a warning to all of Unova- so listen to my words, and listen to them well.”
“We may be taking our leave now, but know this- the attack on Opelucid was only the beginning,” he warns. “Soon enough, all the region will be shrouded in ice, and Lord Ghetsis will then take his rightful place as Unova’s ruler! Soon enough, when his plan falls into place, you will have no choice but to yield to him!”
“And before you think your little hero of truth is going to come to your rescue once more, like they did two years ago during our previous attempt to seize power…” Zinzolin smirks menacingly as he holds up what appears to be a remote control. “I regret to inform you that Reshiram and its trainer will not be coming to your aid this time. Nor will Zekrom- she and her hero abandoned you all a long time ago.”
“Don’t believe me?” He snickers. “See for yourself. In case my speech wasn’t enough to sway you, our generous leader has gone ahead and provided a little… presentation of sorts, to remind you we are not to be trifled with.”
He presses down on the controller, and in the blink of an eye, the screen switches again. Now, a pitch dark room is shown- you can just barely see the line where the floor and wall meet. Everything is deadly silent for a moment longer, before you begin to hear what sounds like shouts and metal clanging in the background, growing closer…
A door offscreen opens up, filling the room with light for the briefest of moments- just long enough for you to see a figure get harshly thrown into the dank holding cell, before the door is promptly slammed back shut. Your blood runs cold when you’re met with a face likely many Unovans know- the hero of Reshiram… their hands are tied behind their back, and a piece of black tape is pasted firmly over their mouth.
Blake’s hat tumbles off their head as their back slams against the cold wall, a muffled cry erupting from their throat before they slide pitifully onto the ground. They’re alive, but they writhe around and recoil like they’re in excruciating pain… You don’t want to imagine what they must’ve gone through before all of this. Or whatever they’re about to endure.
“Let this be a lesson to all who dares try and oppose the might of Team Plasma,” Zinzolin’s voice can be heard booming from a nearby speaker. “Watch as the very trainer who once saved your pathetic lives is reduced to nothing but ashes, and know that you will all suffer the same fate if you try to revolt!”
A red flash fills the room, and once it fades away you hear a haunting, reverberating growl… Trembling, Blake tilts their head up, pure dread overcoming their expression as they meet the face of whatever’s about to be their end. You see the shadow of a Hydreigon looming on the wall behind them, slowly growing as the beast closes in on its prey…
Blake begins crying out desperately, helplessly flailing and kicking against their restraints, like a beetle turned over on its shell. Although their legs are untied, they seem unable to manage standing, incapable of running away as the creature prowls closer.
In the last few seconds of the video, you see the white glow of a charging Hyper Beam illuminate the room. And all that Blake can do is stare into the light, eyes bulged with horror. You catch a tear pricking through the corner of their eye right before the attack is unleashed.
A blinding, white hot light swallows the camera. You can barely hear Blake scream out one last time before it’s drowned out by a deafening explosion.
…The video feed cuts out. You didn’t get to see the aftermath, but… it’s not hard to guess what happened next.]
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“ to be honest , i don't usually end up getting lost in the middle of bumfuck when i'm traveling alone , no . first timer here . “ although lee wouldn't really classify his situation as lost per se , he's just in a little bit of a ... jam —— you can say . a glance taken to the old , beat-up truck he's stolen a couple of miles ago , as his index gestures to the flat tire . first a couple of shady townies almost using him as their own personal pickleball for refusing to give them a lift , then the incessant , almost revolting stomachache knocking at the door of his guts , ( and now this shit ? ) a flat tire in the middle of an empty road , with no payphones nearby for him to at least try and give his little sister a call . leaning against the door of the chevrolet , lee squints to get a proper look at the person standing in front of him , apparently willing to give him a helping hand . hesitantly , he shoots them a charming sided smile , in a weak attempt to push the wary thoughts aside for a second . nobody's helpful just because . “ but maybe i ain't so unlucky , and you'll give me a ride back to town . ya looking to do your good deed of the day ? “
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Gravity
If he were smart, the tall man thought, he would turn and walk the other direction now, before anyone noticed him. But he didn’t. Instead he stepped closer into the concealing shadow of a pillar and watched another pair of men move through the crowd ahead of him.
He marked one of them far more easily than the other. That one was exceptionally tall and tawny skinned, and his dark head with its long braid of raven hair showed easily above the bustle of the markets. He was also wonderfully, heartrendingly familiar. The other at his side was harder to see. The watcher only caught glimpses of him here and there as the foot traffic parted, brown hair, white robes.
Yet even when he could only see the taller of the two of them, the watcher could mark the presence of the other. He could note him by the tilt of that black braided head, by the slight lean of his brother’s tall frame toward that smaller figure. That let him know the other was there even when the crowd entirely obscured him from sight.
That too was familiar in a way that made the tall man’s heart ache. He wondered how much his brother remembered of their father and mother. He wondered if his brother had ever even noted the thing he saw echoed so strongly in him now. Perhaps he had been too young, the watcher thought. The eyes of ten summers could not see the world the same way as the eyes of five and twenty.
And his brother had been only ten summers the last time their mother walked beside their father. Perhaps he had not noticed what the watcher had, walking behind them. The way his father had always walked, his dark head tipped down toward her lighter one, all of his tall broad frame leaning just a little in toward her, as if her presence had a gravity that pulled at him stronger than any other bonds of earth.
He watched his brother out of sight in the colorful crowds of Radz-at-Han, tracking him by the ever more distant glimpses of his head above the crowd. The other man he tracked out of sight as well, not by any further sighting, but simply by his pull on the taller man in his orbit.
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OOC post! Explanation on the “Interlude Arc”
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(( hi! mod speaking. if you’re wondering what the current arc is all about, I’m gonna give a quick rundown of it:
this is basically the transition phase to post bw2 for this blog- in other words, this is the bw2 arc. this universe’s version of it, that is. a few things are gonna play out a lil differently than they do in the games, specifically towards the end, but it’s. more or less the same?
so! what’s gonna happen to Blake? well, once the arc really kicks off, Blake’s account is going to go inactive for the remainder of it. well, sort of- you’ll still be able to ask Hop and Auberi questions and get their perspective on all this; but until likely near the climax/end of the arc Blake will be totally unavailable for interactions or questions. it’ll be explained why eventually, I promise.
instead, the arc will shift over to @thunderblessedhero; N’s account, where he’ll post about a bit his adventures throughout Unova with a pair of new traveling companions as he tries to track down Blake.
ALSO! this arc will probably have major spoilers for my ongoing fan comic, Unova Fates, the one I’ve been sharing over on @xgoldenlatiasx. I probably won’t be covering like, the entire span of BW2, N will just be posting about some of his experiences and updates on his search, until the big arc finale.
lastly, some warnings for this arc: themes of death is probably the biggest one, and there’s gonna be Plasma doing terrorist shit of course. all that will probably be more towards the end of the arc, though, and I’ll try by best to tag anything appropriately by then. until we get to that point, feel free to block the #interlude arc tag if you wanna avoid the high stakes stuff near the end.
that’s all I’m pretty sure!! thanks for reading! ))
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