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"Yep, just cameras for surveillance.

I'm surprised you didn't get some e-mail telling you that we were going to put them down, today!" a joyful giggle "Wow, someone should get a really stern talk for that blunder!"

He probably should've send said mail. He never did before, nor will start doing it now. Part of the fun of this boring, tedious job was the surprise in people's faces when they recognized him, after all!

"And no offense, but the ones already here are... okay at best."

He promptly pointed at one of said cameras with one hand, the other resting on his hips.

"We could check on them whenever we want, with a mandate, I'm sure-- but I was asked to please not hack into them to see what they record live."

Nobody lets him do anything!!!!!

"I mean, if some former terrorist were to walk in here, we'd have to catch them right away!"

The word 'bomb' seemed to set him off like, well, a bomb, and Emmet immediately raised his hands as if in surrender, frantically motioning for Colress to quiet down with that kind of talk. The 'b word' was one he and the rest of staff typically tried to avoid uttering anywhere near the trains. Do you know how many bomb threats train stations get, Colress? The answer is never zero.

"Okay, yep, that is very suspicious." At this point, he was just stating a fact. Regardless, Colress's answer satisfied him for now and maybe if he helped him out he could figure out some more details. Now that he knew they were just some sort of cameras (Hopefully Colress was telling the truth about that?), this was less about finding out if he was up to anything nefarious and more so to sate Emmet's curiosity.

"If they're just for surveillance, I have no problem with that! Keeping an eye on things can be rrrreally important. We have cameras all around the station. I am Emmet. I will gladly assist you." Emmet gave him a small salute.

He would leave the device Colress had just placed alone for the time being, but he would definitely be telling someone to take it down later, ASAP. Though it didn't particularly matter to him where Colress wanted to set up cameras, Emmet didn't want the station to be on his surveillance list. (Call him selfish or self-centered for that if you must.)

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Maybe he shouldn't have chuckled at that. Maybe he shouldn't laugh, and yet here we are. Faba pointed at him as way more unreasonable than an actual, allegedgly bloodthirsty alien, and he could just laugh at the comment, as if it was the funniest of jokes.

"Not with that attitude, they won't!", the Unovan waved away Faba's sarcasm, just half-joking in return. He could be right, these things could just be out there to make everyone's lives much worse, they weren't meant to listen... but the doctor has never been one to give up so easily, especially when he was offered such an intriguing challenge on a silver platter! Truly, these scientists at Aether had no imagination, no ambitions at all! Studying them was the main focus on his own research, of course, but who said he should've stopped at simply checking their pulse, discover their movesets, see if they could evolve, perhaps? Why not take a step further than anyone else?

"Careless?"

He had to physically restrain himself from answering with 'no, I'm COLress!', biting the inside of his cheek. If he said those words and Faba actually decided to retort to violence, he wouldn't have blamed him.

"I'm simply someone who already know most, if not all. Is it really so wrong, to know even more?"

No matter the cost.

perhaps if he had been willing to take colress's word from the beginning, faba would not have unwillingly stepped into this game, this intricately woven web of words and razor-sharp wit, but faba cannot very well afford to exercise such leniency with anybody. as it were, being unwilling does not make him unprepared. the match is set, and he can sense the conversation taking a calculated shift. very well, then. faba will play along.

he openly sneers at colress's back when he turns. he has had it up to here with the doctor's attitude, but as agitated as faba is, he is not ( yet ) willing to resort to speaking over colress, who has much to say.

it almost seems to be part in parcel of their pursuit, non-answers, half truths, walking the tightropes, but their highly specialized subject matter is as clear as day — as clear as the blinking glare cast off of the capsule that colress tosses about between his hands and fiddles with so indiscreetly — ultra beasts.

though not at all what he had asked for, colress's convoluted explanation that delves into the linguistics of ownership is as good enough an answer as any. faba gives a trenchant scoff as his hands fasten loosely together behind his back, his pointed stare still digging furiously into the back of colress's head.

"hmph! if I am to be perfectly forthright in saying, I do believe that learning their language would be far less troublesome than navigating a conversation with the likes of you, doctor... but I digress — there is little reason to do so. is it not as though we have readied ourselves with the means to subdue them because they are the kind to be reasoned with."

there exists a wealth of information on the ultra beasts found between the two of them, yet how they attain and interpret that information could not be more contradictory. faba had seen it for himself after all, how even their measures designed to act as a perfect counter were maddened with power and rage. but their otherworldly power remains worth studying, if only from within the most controlled of environments. a casual conversation will get them nowhere. it is data that will do the talking.

"you are careless," faba concludes coolly, returning to the point of his lecture, spurn by the escape attempt of colress's partner, "but a fool destined for an early grave if you believe otherwise."

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[Tommy: The U.S. lets us do this. This is all to regulation.]

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[Bubby: I’m Going To Go Turn On The Power So I Can Fire A Rocket!]

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[Coomer: DON’T FUCK WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM!!!]

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Normal: What kind of obscure hobbies or passions do they have?

types asks ; ACCEPTING

[ alas, i don't think there's anything obscure about him. if he likes something, he's very loud and clear about it - even the arguably "obscure" stuff.

anyway. pokemon videogames. i like to believe that the pokemon rpgs are canon in-universe and i think it would be funny if he was very much into mystery dungeons ]

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yknow what. sure.

@coeurlxss wants the k

KISS ROULETTE. the generator has selected... 43. a bloody kiss.

he's delirious by the time that colress arrives.

beasts from worlds unknown like the one so carelessly summoned by the assailed doctor are not likely to linger of their own volition, but they prove time and time again that they are quick to retaliate before making their retreat. cold, brutal, powerful — all beautiful, incredible specimens alike.

but now he stands hunched over his controls, wounded and alone, stunned and adrenaline-stricken after desperate backup measures having exercised their infamous nonzero chance of failure, and his assisting brain flying off for aid the moment that faba absorbed a lashing across the head. but they dawdle too long for his liking, always much too long.

am I the only one with any damn sense of urgency around here?! he wants to shout as he cradles his own head in a cold sweat, wide-eyed to realize that his glasses have been broken away, leaving him to blink furiously against the hot stream that runs along the side of his throbbing head — his blood.

"oh, doctor!" faba cries, elated to notice colress's presence, delayed as he is to do so. but what if he merely hallucinates within his whirling head? he quickly discards the dreadful thinking by reaching up with trembling hands, normally garbed in a crisp chartreuse and white, but now deeply muddied with a startling red, to touch the face of his colleague when he leans closer to examine what has become of faba. his touch is gentle, inquisitive at first, but then snaps to appreciatively cupping it firmly from both sides, once he's discerned it to be very much real.

"you should have seen it! you would have found such a brute to be extraordinary, I am sure! ahah... but more importantly than that, have you any idea how grateful I am in my pitiful state that you have come?" weary to the very bone, his strained voice falls to that of a coarse whisper, and his anxious fingers smear the still dripping blood in a bold paint-stroke across colress's perfectly smooth cheeks when faba lurches forward suddenly to press a kiss to the corners of his lips, and then another, dead center upon the mouth. allow me to show you just how much...

"do you see it now? I appear to be hurt. yet I will persist. that is what makes me indestructible and irreplaceable," faba lingers there, speaking half truths against his lips, chuckling faintly and reaching around to tap the back of colress's head with a blood-soaked finger, allowing the stain to spread even more across the doctor's coat collar and into his golden locks, "I think that somewhere, waaay in the back of the recesses of your mind, you know it... and if not, might I suggest taking a good, hard look... I will be back in no time, if only find it once more."

it is what is deserved by all who wrong me, he neglects to say, staring the other down as sternly as he can manage, though his own vision fails to focus, although I indebt myself to you now, you would be made no exception, should you ever do the same.

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Ground

types asks ; ACCEPTING

Ground: When something bad happens, what are their usual go-to defense mechanisms?

[ stand up. fight back, refuse to let the loss push him down and try again.

granted, this might mean trying to move on before the time is right, most of the time. Or not knowing when it's time to stay down. but the world doesn't wait for anyone, right? first and foremost himself

...so, this is a long way to say that his defense mechanism is to just. Ignore it. Move on. Internalize it, and know that next time it'll go better ]

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Ghost: What sorts of vices do they indulge in? Do they feel shame or guilt over them?

types asks ; ACCEPTING

[ i'd say gluttony, but not in the. food kind. in the I WANT EVERYTHING AND EVEN MORE kind.

especially when it comes to the latest tech. he needs everything he needs it to be studied right away he needs to mod and change and upgrade everything on day 0 and he needs it NOW!!!!

and why would he feel shame? it's just a hobby, for him! he deserves a little treat! ]

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A set of headcanon questions derived from the various typings in Pokémon! If sent to multi-muse blogs be sure to specify the muse it’s intended for.

Fire: What are some of their short-comings? Are they something they’re working on changing? Do these short-comings tend to land them in hot water?

Water: Are they the sort that can easily adapt to any situation thrown at them or do they find themselves overwhelmed more times than not?

Grass: What kinds of things do they do to relax and wind down?

Electric: What kinds of quirks/eccentricities do they have or indulge in?

Steel: Are they a workaholic or the type to procrastinate at any opportunity?

Fairy: Are they are nurturing sort of person? Are they the sort of person who becomes ‘Team Mom/Dad’?

Dark: What kind of assumptions or rumors do they find they have attached to them? Do they try to do anything to dispel them?

Ghost: What sorts of vices do they indulge in? Do they feel shame or guilt over them?

Normal: What kind of obscure hobbies or passions do they have?

Flying: Are there any dangerous activities or passions they like to indulge in? (e.g. sky diving, etc.) If they can’t or don’t, why not?

Ground: When something bad happens, what are their usual go-to defense mechanisms?

Rock: Do they have any skills/talents that they excel at but don’t really like doing at all?

Poison: Do they suffer from any chronic and/or mental illnesses? Are any of them the result of trauma in their life?

Psychic: Are they the sort of person to enjoy the limelight? Do they chase fame at all and if so, how so?

Bug: Do they try to troll other players in games that feature online connectivity? How far do they go to get under people’s skin if they do?

Dragon: What are they most known for?

Ice: What kind of climate were they raised in? What kind do they prefer?

Fighting: How active of a person are they? Do they tend to need to keep moving or not?

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🐾 Beeheeyem, have you ever seen Colress sleep?

[ pokemon answer time ; ACCEPTING ]

"A human body can survive up to two weeks without falling asleep, and even after just three it can start to show symptoms of: hallucination, irritability, paranoia and psychosis. Although my Trainer spent one sleepless night too many and while he prefers to sleep on his own rather than with our presence, I know for a fact that he indeed slept throughout his life. in fact, I saw him doze off and even take naps from time to time, but I'm rarely the one he picks to protect him whenever the paranoia kicks in.

So, uhm. Yeah. He's not a robot, and even if he was he'd have to still charge up since solar-powered robots still don't work too well after a handful of days of nonstop worki--"

"bro that's enough."

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🐾 + what was your training like with colress? are you able to accurately anticipate his thoughts and moves, either in battle or life in general?

[ pokemon answer time ; ACCEPTING ]

"He's a skilled Trainer and our training sessions have always been interesting. Yes. But while we have our schedules and our plans, he'd much rather... improvise, both in life and in battle. We just need to adapt, and I'd argue we're quite good at doing so."

"He's Not Predictable."

"nope!"

"Not really, no."

"WHEN I COME OUT I KNOW HE WANTS EVERYTHING TO BLOW UP NOW HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! PREDICTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Send 🐾 + a question about my muse, and my muses Pokémon will answer it!

If you’re asking a specific pokemon, make sure to specify! If not, mun chooses who responds.

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Send 🐾 + a question about my muse, and my muses Pokémon will answer it!

If you’re asking a specific pokemon, make sure to specify! If not, mun chooses who responds.

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Send 🐾 + a question about my muse, and my muses Pokémon will answer it!

If you’re asking a specific pokemon, make sure to specify! If not, mun chooses who responds.

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@diabotsis

"You hate me? Good." { you know the girls gotta get a lil silly with each other sometimes 🤪 }

A loud sigh, followed by an eyeroll.

"As much as I wish you weren't even worth a single thought, let alone such a strong word-" as much as he wished his presence alone didn't bother him so much "why, yes. Yes I do.

In fact, I thought we knew already that our mutual hatred was the only thing we agreed on, by now."

He speaks nonchalantly, yet his whole body is stiff, tense. Like a good soldier, one might think. Or a Skorupi ready to strike.

"Now.

Do you have any other insightful comment you want to share with the class, or did you just come all the way here to spew evil Saturday morning cartoon villain quotes and move on with your day?" bother me just to remind me of your existence? "I'm a rather busy man."

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ANTAGONISM — HATRED

"How pathetic…" "You hate me? Good." "You've ruined my life!" "You're so easy to hate." "Everything you touch rots." "Begging for forgiveness already?" "You don't understand: I do not care." "May there be no place for you to turn." "Your weakness incites disgust, not pity." "I won't stop until you're brought to ruin." "Every little thing about you pisses me off." "You want the truth? There never was a reason." "You are nothing to me. You realize that, yes?" "Silence! Do not speak! I've had enough of you!" "It's like you go out of your way to make me mad." "Don't waste your breath. I don't want to hear it." "If I can't make you love me, I can make you hate me." "You don't hate me? You haven't been paying attention." "There's nothing you can do to tame the rage within me!" "Aren't you tired of struggling? Why don't you give up." "I will tear everything you've worked for crashing down." "Love me, hate me — as long as you're thinking about me." "Shamelessness does not begin to describe your behavior." "You can hate me for my words, but you can't deny their truth." "I don't hate you. I'm just not a fan of sharing my air with you." "I don't care if you hate me as long as you learn what I'm teaching." "I can only hope that your life is as miserable as you make everyone else feel." "I understand your anger… simpler minds fear and hate what they cannot understand." "You think pushing people away makes you, what? Mysterious? Brooding? It just makes you an asshole." "Wouldn't that be nice? For me to hate you? But you're not worth even that. You are nothing to me, barely a thought worth entertaining."