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  1. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion limped forward, putting as much weight as he could on his talons. He doubted he could stop Matthias per se, but he raised a protect and levelled a mean look at the Greninja, prepared to make a last stand as long as could stay up. Maybe, if Matthias had to turn his back on Valere to take...
  2. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion winced and looked away as glass came raining down on them. Seemed like Valere still knew how to make a dramatic entrance. Some things never changed. The pads of his back feet protested as he charged after Matthias with no regard for the shards littering the ground. He tried his best to...
  3. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion turned that over in his head. Did Matthias fancy himself as doing some Odette kinda thing? Maybe he was just bullshitting them, but… Well, it would explain the snap change in behaviour Farin had described. The other puzzle was how to actually reply without tipping of the Croagunk. “Got...
  4. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    "Damn," Gladion deadpanned, "You've figured out my plan to hunt down every grunt who dealt with the project in any capacity and... do ambiguous bad things to them all." He dropped the sarcasm. "Listen. It's not like a bunch of people got smashed one night and all decided to go make a chimera...
  5. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion scoffed. Prick. “Well, that project didn’t have your fingerprints all over it. Figured it’d be a stretch to assume your one little Coven sect is responsible for every fucked up thing I know about. Maybe I shouldn’t have bothered.” Was that what Matthias was insinuating? That that pile...
  6. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion seemed confused for a moment. Had he fucked up, called them Coven while shadowed or something? Why would Valere have mentioned Matthias? Then it clicked. He glanced at Sam, silently grateful she was unconscious even if he felt scummy for thinking that. Sure, he didn't plan to let...
  7. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Matthias was trying to get the Rift-Mender and get out? Again? No. That couldn't work. He wouldn't allow it to work. Fuelled by desperation and a gnawing hunger for Matthias' fall, Gladion burst into a full-tilt pursuit of the Greninja. He let his defensive measures fall to the wayside. (Except...
  8. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Looked like Matthias was really preparing for incoming attacks. Gladion, nor anyone else, was planning to indulge him. "So, If you're here, I guess you can't make it through the dungeon you're looking at properly?" Gladion closed as if he was about to throw himself into a body press, but...
  9. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    The catharsis of knocking down the smug little bag of dicks ebbed Gladion's anger enough that he could think straight. Not enough to calm him, but enough that it stayed beneath his skin. He spared not a thought for Sparkwright himself, only concerned with giving chase to Matthias. He fired a...
  10. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Knight? It took Gladion a few seconds to connect the epithet to the name he knew. His heart dropped. They knew! They knew, they knew what he was. He was right. It had been them. Gladion's type change sputtered and died while his shadow flared to life. His pulse raced. Blood pounded in his...
  11. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion burst onto the stage. The loudest voice onstage was Sparkwright, so that was the first thing Gladion locked onto. Had they grabbed him personally, or just thrown a spike into the fanblade so he couldn't clear the fog? He wanted his Ghost memory, but he'd never really stopped to figure...
  12. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion pushed his way towards the stage, muttering “security” to the attendees as he pushed past. The fog would conceal his own approach too, at least. Nulls we’re supposed to be able to operate with minimal visuals, but he wasn’t sure if ARK Units held to the same philosophy. He’d gotten used...
  13. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Sparkwright Polytechnic

    Gladion did his best to remain out of sight. After all, he was an ARK Unit. As much as he didn’t trust there weren’t multiple Coven factions running around doing stupid shit at the same time, there were still pretty decent odds that this faction had heard that there were ARK Units amidst the...
  14. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Gladion had to remind himself for the second time dealing with Articuno that Wicke didn’t have a monopoly on calling him Master Gladion. Still felt strange, an old familiarity rendered alien to him by context. “Maybe it’s more common, but I’ve also had some good mentors. Thanks… for keeping an...
  15. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Gladion gave Articuno a moment before breaking the silence. "Tough act to follow, huh? For a successor, I mean, if you can't find one. Not that it necessarily was easy for you, either. I wouldn't really know, never really stuck with any of that 'responsibility' stuff." Really, that wasn't...
  16. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    “Yeah, I know…” Gladion continues, but without much fight left in him. “But, culturally, I still think they should be able to do better here than the neoliberal capitalism schtick I’m used to.” His voice cracked a little at the end, tinged with just a hint of pleading. The plea wasn’t directed...
  17. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Stars, that was a lot. Worse, he found himself nodding along agreeably. It felt, for a moment, like talking to Plumeria. The same ability to make a criticism and have it reflected back at him by someone willing and experienced enough to expose the machinery beneath his pain. Except that he...
  18. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Articuno's quip sunk into Gladion's heart like a dagger. He didn't object, though. How could he? He probably would've been moulded into a perfectly fine politician if he'd been willing to. Talking to friends, having friends even, proved hard to do without seeing it as transactional. "Sure...
  19. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Oh. Shit. This was bad. A chill ran down his his spine, and it was only partially because of the temperature drop. Damage control. He had to do damage control now. He doubted he could lie to Articuno, but the truth wasn't really that incriminating in and of itself... As long as it excluded his...
  20. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    That was a warmer welcome than he expected, honestly. “Yeah. I do.” If he wanted good information, he shouldn’t be confrontational. It… felt like a security hole to have people from the organization who they were supposed to be keeping out also working in the guard duty. But saying that...
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