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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 8, 2017 23:07:42 GMT -8
Nik sniff-laughed. He knew better than to go anywhere near that. "Nah I know a lose-lose situation when I see one. I'm clearly playing ref for y'all's fights." ... That wording left his mouth and immediately felt a bit awkward, welp. Ah well.
"I almost forgot you challenged her before, heh." ... Man, he wouldn't say it out loud now but if they got to know each other more and became Actual Friends he would devour a chance to dramatically roleplay them 'fighting over him' hahahaha. Maybe in a park and get onlookers invested only to collapse in a cuddle pile at the end and--dammit his face was burning a bit he was too enamored with that idea.
"Could be fun to watch your fish versus her fighters though. ...Man, you really do have a fuckin' lot of fish. ..I mean, dogs and other Pokemon too, but I think you've got more Water-types than I do Fairies, and I have every known Fairy line. I know Water's a way more abundant type but that's still damn impressive."
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‘Cause these words are knives that often leave scars The fear of falling apart |
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 8, 2017 23:15:35 GMT -8
Orion’s lips quirked a bit at Nik’s word choice, but he let it go right after. “I went out of my way to meet her with a challenge,” he mused instead both eyes closing again. Man, despite everything that battle had been fun in every sense of the word. He didn’t regret it one damn bit and would do it again in a heartbeat— after these wounds healed, anyway.
The commentary on his fish, however, had Orion humming deep in his throat. Even more Water-types than Nik had Fairies? Heh. “I… want them all especially now that we’re living here,” he admitted, his eyes lidding a bit allowing him to stare up at the ceiling. “I want an ocean of them… And I want them all to be strong and powerful and good…” He… wasn’t exactly sure how that last one factored in with the others, but just thinking about it brought it up so… heh.
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I can't help it, I'm a babbling idiot. Please kiss me quick, 'cause I need to feel it~ |
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 8, 2017 23:28:01 GMT -8
"Pff. If you put them all back in the ocean doesn't that defeat the point of catching them?" he teased. He knew what Orion meant, but pedantry was far too much fun, ehehehe.
Mmm, speaking of fish, the color on this one was coming along nicely, but he thought he might go back and add a bit more dark shading in the water next to it when he was done with this patch... Yeah.
"Though now I'm imagining you running an aquarium and just privately stocking the whole thing." He grinned. "Of course, having blown all our money on the house is the perfect time to consider starting a small business, but ya know~"
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‘Cause these words are knives that often leave scars The fear of falling apart |
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 7:34:02 GMT -8
Orion rolled his eyes but smirked a bit. He really did need an ocean to keep them all in, though, if this kept up. At the mention of an aquarium, however, a slow breath drew into him. “It… sounds nice, actually,” he answered quietly. He could see it now: glass tubes and archways flowing up with someone as they walked up flights of stairs, numerous fish Pokemon going in and out. Was he just thinking of Alterna’s Aquasphere, though? Maybe.
“Maybe with a little sea themed café and gift shop…” Maybe he could even set up a system where people swam with the Pokemon and searched for treasures in the lower parts of the tank or something similar, heh. That would be kind of neat, wouldn’t it? “It’d be expensive as hell….” But worth it.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 8:36:25 GMT -8
Ffff, that café addition sounded adorable. Orion was adorable, but that was beside the point. He'd chuckle lightly at the end. "Yeah." Although, he'd actually been teasing for the most part, but Orion certainly was gathering enough fish to justify such an endeavor, and if he was actually attached to the idea...
He smirked. "Maybe give things a little time to settle from the house and then convince Marce she should open one. She's getting into some kinda Pokemon research or something now, right? A little public venue for education and conservation of sea life would totally be an appropriate investment. She could get that sweet tourist dollar and you could run it~" He was... spitballing ideas, mostly. Daydreaming aloud. But he also wouldn't be at all opposed if that worked out.
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‘Cause these words are knives that often leave scars The fear of falling apart |
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 8:44:17 GMT -8
A small dry chuckle resounded from Orion. AZOTH was indeed a big undertaking both financially and politically, but perhaps the prior more than the latter right at that moment. How much of that had he mentioned to Nik already, and how much of it was on the internet now and again? Heh, he had to wonder. “I’m sure we could swing a marine researcher into the boat too,” he mused, his voice light, airy. “Get it all nice and cute and kosher.” Ahh, maybe when he was fifty and retired from... whatever… It’d be a nice endeavor.
Another thought occurred to him, and Orion snickered. “Or, you know, I could just apply to be the Water Gym Leader since that position’s open at the moment.” Then he could make the League pay for everything, yeah? Yeah no, not when Nik had had to go to some length or another to cover up that break in and who knew what else was waiting to explode out of his record like a popup profile.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 9:03:49 GMT -8
A curt, questioning laugh broke from Nik. "Yeah? Whatsisface finally retire?" Or beat one too many small children with his cane? if some of the harsher horror stories were to b believed, ha. Nik never did make it out there. That gym had just been so secluded and... eugh.
"But see, you shoulda told me this before everything went down so I could've stayed on and we could've ruled the scene. Between you and me and Mia, and that poison girl Anna hangs around Mia a lot lately, so that's like, over a quarter of active Gym Leaders or woulda been." Ha. Then if they could only indoctrinate some newbies...
Then again, he was kind of shading some water on Orion's arm right now, ha. "...You'd be weirdly good at it though honestly. Like to a point I'm kinda pissed I never thought about it before I quit." Heh... He.. wasn't joking though. The idea of Orion becoming a Gym Leader so soon after he gave it up kind of left a sour taste in his mouth, but not enough that he wouldn't be honest about the potential he could see. "But it'd depend what kinda criminal record you've got here, too. Pretty sure I read somewhere that Dams was in some deep shit back in Nue, so Era probably wouldn't be too bad, but how much have you been caught doing in Veria?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 9:16:56 GMT -8
Pfffffftt. Orion chuckled and shook his head. “Not much that matters, most of the work keeps other criminals inline, and they know better than to squeal,” he answered briefly allowing his gaze to reflect the ceiling and a ghostly smile to rise and fall from his features. That mission Nik caught him in was a pretty obvious outlier in that general equation, but then that hadn’t even been a mission for Marcie. That had been personal.
“But… as interesting as it sounds… I don’t think it’d be good for anyone,” he finally admitted letting his gaze flick back over to Nik. “From what I’ve seen of Gym Leaders, they have a particular loyalty and devotion to their cities and people.” He smirked a bit too hard at Nik for a second before settling again. “And are five much more hero types than me. Think I’d rather take a nap. ”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 9:26:07 GMT -8
Hm? ... Ah, heh. "True. Not that I'd ever have called myself 'the hero type', but..." But... he'd become so protective of people somewhere along the way, hadn't he? What even happened to that kid who focused more on approval rating than really fixing problems? Oh right, watching half a country be slaughtered was probably what happened, welp.
"..That said-- not trying to convince you, but just Darkrai's advocate here-- the guy you'd be replacing was hardly The Hero Type either. If news reports are to be believed, back when Niso made the Wasteland he didn't even reply to the crisis. And he lived just out of Alterna! Allegedly he said his leg was acting up too bad to make it, for the entirety of the battle, which may or may not have been a legit reason, I dunno. But point is, they wouldn't exactly be the most active shoes to fill, heh."
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 9:41:32 GMT -8
.. …… …………. Orion squinted as Nik described the old guy who apparently couldn’t be arased into stopping hundreds of Pokemon from being killed because his leg was acting up. As ‘fine’ and vaguely interested as he was in Niso’s whole path towards immortality, he couldn’t help but believe he might have stepped in and said something right before had he been there. Pokemon were… heh, Pokemon were friends, companions, comrades in a way other humans just… couldn’t be sometimes. He knew deep down in his heart if Niso had slaughtered and entire city of indiscriminate humans, he might not have felt a damn thing— but Pokemon, man, heh. A small puff of air escaped from Orion, and he deflated some again. “Those poor Pokemon.”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 12:40:14 GMT -8
Nik... lifted the needle and shifted a bit. "Yeah..." Poor Pokemon indeed. He realized he sort of.. had a habit of thinking of the Wasteland as an Incident and a Statistic and not actually considering all the Pokemon as individuals. Their personalities, their friendships and families, their potential, all... gone. Ripped away because some piece of shit couldn't just deal with mortality like everyone else.
Trying to shift away from that, he went back to, "But yeah. Bound to be better than that at least." Another thought occurred, and he lightly smirked. "Or maybe you could be the cool antihero Gym Leader. Have all the eager heroes joining up to fight crime while you brood in your own corner, the edgy loner doing shady shit, but kicking ass of the baddest baddies when it really counts. They'll give you your own spin-off series and have a crossover episode and everything~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 14:22:02 GMT -8
Orion chewed the inside of his mouth. Sometimes helping out at any one of Marcie’s ranches made it easy for him to imagine the number of Pokemon. He himself had so many now raised and trained and cared for by his own two hands. They were his in every sense of the word, and he was theirs in turn. He couldn’t imagine them all ripped away from him all at once and all so permanently. Though I guess…. It’d take just one, huh…. Fishy would hopefully outlive him, though. He didn’t want to think of how long he’d last without them.
Nik’s words did manage to pull him from his thoughts, however. A small ‘heh’ escaped from Orion, and his brow quirked as he tried to imagine being the anti-hero Gym Leader. Edgy loner doing shady shit but kicking ass of the badest baddies. Man… he was snickering and shifting around too much actually hurt his arm now heh. “Crossover episode of what though— where I use a god to stop a war and save a princess?” he snorted a bit at his own words.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 17:53:13 GMT -8
"Sure why the fuck not," Nik answered flippantly, but amused. "Or.. Honestly, for good Hollywood. An episode-- or better, a movie-- where you team up with Niso to stop some even worse psycho from unleashing Yveltal on the world. None of the other Gym Leaders will trust him, but your devil may care attitude is just what the world needs to do what needs done." He cracked a grim smile. "Ideally with a redemption arc for Niso where he sacrifices himself at the end and gives up Xerneas' power to stop Yveltal."
Ha, if only. "...Totally unrelated, how hard do you think it'd be to find Yveltal?" A brief snicker followed. Yeah, nah, he held no illusions of ever having the power of a legendary Pokemon at his command, let alone to play out some dumb fantasy to fix some asshole's past mistakes. "Oh, oh, or maybe..."
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Vague Movie Ideas would be dragged out for a while, until finally Nik stopped still in that conversation to look over Orion's arm. "...All right. I know you don't have your glasses on, but take my word that looks pretty good, and I can do touch-ups later if needed." ... A silly smirk followed. "Though maybe keep taking my word for it and just avoid putting your glasses on for another month or so~" he teased.
"You wanna sit up now or just lie a different way so I can finish the other side?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Dec 9, 2017 18:06:44 GMT -8
Arceus damn, he loved Nik. All those cheesy plots and movie references and whatever else were so much up his soap box alleyway, and Orion was always quick to add in a detail here or there to fill in the story. However, as Nik finally stopped, Orion smirked a little. “I’ll take your word for it,” he answered briefly. At the prompting, however, he slowly groaned and sat up. Ugh, yep, that was every bone in his body shifting around cause fuck skeletons. He sat up for maybe a second or two before shifting on the couch and laying down again in a different way. “This work?”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Dec 9, 2017 18:50:14 GMT -8
Nik could hear a few light pops and cracks as he moved. Poor precious dear... As Orion settled back in, Nik took his arm and repositioned it a little to get a better angle, but then nodded. "If this is comfortable enough."
It was tempting to get right back to work and back to dumb plot ideas; Nik really could talk dumb plot ideas for hours, generally. But Orion looked so tired that... hrm. "Hey Luce," he called across the room. In the dining area, Lucy had grabbed one of the beanbags and Nik's 3DS to play some puzzle games, but perked up when he was called. "Would you come over here and try some Hypnosis for a bit?" Er... o3o Yeah, sure. Orion hadn't ever seemed too affected before but... there, all right, that was a good stopping point. He closed the system to pause it and moved over to sit on his knees near them, attempting a gentle continuous wave of Hypnosis.
Nik, meanwhile, shifted Orion's arm temporarily to a more comfortable position and moved over to play with his hair. "We could both use a small break, babe... You don't have to sleep but try to relax as much as you can here for a few, all right...~?" He'd continue running his fingers through Orion's hair, and eventually shift down to rub his shoulers for a bit, and start humming gently. Whatever he could think of to help him relax, for either around fifteen to twenty minutes or until a little after Orion fell asleep on the off chance he did.
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