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soggypastry[Private Text to: Riku and Xion]
Team Rocket's list of targets changed. You're both on it now, so stay sharp and watch your backs. I don't know when they'll move on any of us.
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[It's been almost three months since he left, with only a letter to say goodbye. To say that Lightning hadn't been thinking about him as the day that would have been thier first anniversary drew nearer would be a lie, and she's taken it with remarkable grace when all things are concerned.
Or maybe she's just used to getting left behind. Who knows. All she knows is there's a house on the beach with too many memories and dreams, and she can barely look at Lucky or Strike without expecting him to be right at her side. She has to put that part of her past to rest if she's going to be able to lead the Corps in the best way she can, and so she's come to the seaside once more. Something a young boy once taught her matters more than she ever thought it would now.
Those passing close to the Radio tower will find her crouched at the railing, a lit sparkler in one hand and a bottle with a letter in the other as her Lucario stands guard nearby, gear in paw. Today would have been special, if he were here. But he isn't and it's just one more anniversary of loss. One more thing that needs to be shaken off.]
Turn it off, Sen.
[The Lucario in question yelps, but it's only in surprise, not fear. Lightning's voice is steady and quiet, and she rises to her feet as the sparkler burns out and leaves ash in the wind. She moves to the railing now, but Sen manages to end the feed just as the bottle that was in her hand drops out of sight and into the ocean.
A few minutes later, however, something else hits the network. The fact that it's an anonymous text may make people wary, but there's nothing untoward about this one. No, this one is the exact opposites of the others that have gone out.]
[Anon Text]
If someone gave you a chance to help protect this world and everyone who lives here from the people who want to harm it, would you do it? Or would you stand by and watch it burn like the Lighthouse?
[text, not anon]
Date: 2012-09-08 07:12 pm (UTC)[text, perma-anon]
Date: 2012-09-09 03:52 am (UTC)[text; sorry for the wait]
Date: 2012-09-17 04:14 am (UTC)[text;] no worries~ stuff happens.
Date: 2012-09-17 03:56 pm (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-20 06:16 pm (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-20 06:22 pm (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-20 07:36 pm (UTC)[The poster's words have a marked effect on Utena, and help to bolster her own resolve. If this was a face to face conversation, or if Utena was better with words, perhaps this would be more apparent. For now, though, all she can do is ask more questions.]
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Date: 2012-09-20 07:44 pm (UTC)[Not that they succeeded. Nope. They just freaked her out.]
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Date: 2012-09-20 10:10 pm (UTC)I gotta say, that sounds pretty rough. How'd you get through it?
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Date: 2012-09-20 10:37 pm (UTC)I just did. I figured taking the fight to them would do more good than hiding in the woods until they forgot I existed.
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Date: 2012-09-21 11:34 pm (UTC)So you just pushed through it. I think I can understand that. But, there's something else I want to ask: if we *do* fight them, what do you think it will be like? I mean, I doubt that these guys are going to fight fair.
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Date: 2012-09-21 11:49 pm (UTC)You'd be right about that. They have nothing against attacking you directly instead of keeping it contained to your Pokemon, and they fight dirty. It'll be nothing like battling other trainers or the Gym Leaders, so don't go into this thinking that's what it's going to be.
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Date: 2012-09-23 06:35 am (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-23 02:50 pm (UTC)[Though it's worth noting that most likely doesn't mean confirmed. She doesn't have the intel she needs to say that. Not yet.]
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Date: 2012-09-23 09:14 pm (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-24 02:28 pm (UTC)As far as we've been able to find out, trash was left in heaps all over the major cities. Some kind of devices brought it to life, and it turned into poison types that filled the streets no matter how many we took out. A lot of people were hurt at the time, and the storm that came afterwards just made things worse.
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Date: 2012-09-24 11:13 pm (UTC)Wait a minute, I think I've heard about this! This is when the Legendaries came out, wasn't it?
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Date: 2012-09-26 02:48 pm (UTC)[that's because she was in the Center for a month thanks to being crushed under a tree. Though Entei did help save her, so there's that.]
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:13 pm (UTC)Well... how much do you know about them? The Legendaries, I mean.
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Date: 2012-09-27 03:49 pm (UTC)[She's...not one to believe in that kind of thing, sadly. Maybe if she'd seen Entei, but since she didn't...well.]
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Date: 2012-09-27 10:15 pm (UTC)Okay, but let's say they *are* real. Or at least, one of their head honchos thinks they're real. Do you think, maybe, that they're stirring up all this trouble to make the Legendaries come out? I mean, they - the Legendaries - are only supposed to come out when Johto's in trouble, and these guys seem pretty obsessed with nabbing every pokemon they can get. If the Legendaries are real, and if they're just as powerful as everyone says... well, I can see why they'd be interested.
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Date: 2012-09-28 01:58 am (UTC)[Despite all she's seen and all she'd believe? She's not taking this at face value. Nothing is so simple in this world or any other.]
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Date: 2012-09-28 06:12 am (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-28 02:16 pm (UTC)[text]
Date: 2012-09-30 06:55 am (UTC)And has anyone ever been able to stop them?
[She's not interested in philosophy at the moment, or discussing what the world is really like. All she wants to know is how to stop these people]
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