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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]
Date: 2012-09-04 07:51 pm (UTC)no.
though we're kinda in a deadlock like this. you can't expect me to just go "sure count me in!" when I've got no idea what you're actually doing there, and hell if I'm gonna ask you for something that could harm my friends.
ideas?
[text]
Date: 2012-09-06 02:35 am (UTC)You could meet with me, face to face. It would be safer for everyone else involved, though you'd still have to decide to take that risk or not.
But it's your call. Where this goes from here is up to you.
[text]
Date: 2012-09-06 07:47 pm (UTC)[Call that complete lack of self-preservation instinct, but you've got him intrigued, so he cannot be bothered to think too much about details like safety.]
[text]
Date: 2012-09-07 03:34 am (UTC)Outside the Goldenrod Pokemon Center, in one week's time. If you don't show, I'll assume you changed your mind and we can forget this ever happened.
[text]
Date: 2012-09-08 12:26 am (UTC)shorter butmore fun that way!]okay that works!
if Jennies let me outta jail by then that is
[Ahaha... ha...]
[text]
Date: 2012-09-08 07:28 am (UTC)What the hell did you do to land yourself in jail?
[Oh, she's getting a bad feeling about this. Reckless and stupid enough to get caught? Bad mix. Really bad mix.]
[text]
Date: 2012-09-09 01:41 am (UTC)Perhaps he should feel awkward saying that to someone he doesn't even know, but... hell, the newspapers have probably already covered the incident, given how the owner of Breeding Center was involved.]
just a small misunderstanding at a local bar
you know how that goes!
[HEY HE DOESN'T GET CAUGHT WHEN IT'S SERIOUS OKAY]
[text]
Date: 2012-09-09 04:16 am (UTC)The paper may have covered it, but this one doesn't read the paper. Too much to do, too many things to try and keep in line. Paper-reading never brings good things, anyway.]
Actually, I don't. And if something that minor is going to land you behind bars, maybe you should work on not getting caught before deciding to learn any more about this. It wouldn't be just you at stake anymore, and the people we're against don't just throw you in jail if you piss them off.
[text]
Date: 2012-09-20 06:26 pm (UTC)There's a long pause before the next text comes
and not because of the player's hiatus, and once it does, it certainly feels far more serious than the previous ones.]look I know how that sounds: a guy who just got himself arrested wants to go up against a whole criminal organization. seems silly, right? well I don't care. if there's anything I can do to protect people here from those jerks, then I'll do it no matter what. but that doesn't mean I'd let anyone get hurt in the process. I may be reckless sometimes, but I ain't dumb.
[text]
Date: 2012-09-20 06:48 pm (UTC)You do realize that you haven't done anything to prove that to me, right? I don't know you, and letting you into this without being sure you're only occasionally reckless is putting a lot of people at risk.
So, like I said: work on not getting caught for something so minor as a bar brawl and we can talk. Otherwise, even the best intentions aren't going to help us. We don't need heroes. We need people who get the job done and get out clean.
[A bit harsher than she could have been, but she knows his type well. She knows what kind of trouble they can get into and wants to make him think. Hopefully it works.]