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  1. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Steven stopped fidgeting, he listened, he screwed his own head back on somehow. Oh, holy shit, had she actually gotten through to him? "Good," she said, with a half-chuckle, as he told her he'd try. Then she had about 1.4 seconds of thinking that by 'partner' he was asking her out and fucking...
  2. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    The same age? Yeah, this was a younger Steven. Early twenties or something. He was like... definitely middle-aged in her world. Adjust, adjust, he was her peer, practically... Then he said all that shit about his failures, and Laura could only give a weak, bewildered laugh. "Steven, I... oh...
  3. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura was taken aback for half a second. Then, once she'd processed what Steven had said, she squinted at him like he was an egregious typo. I don't even have any fucking friends or family to miss, she bit back, clamping her tongue between her teeth. Not helpful, don't say that. "I'd rather...
  4. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura blinked, stupidly, spending a few seconds wracking her brain for whether she should've known that already. Was he embarrassed because he'd said something daft, or because... he'd been hiding that he was Champion Steven— Stone. Of course. That Galarish guy who ended up as champ in, what...
  5. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura nodded, and looked out to Lake Cobalt. She imagined sinking into it, water in her lungs, trading herself for everyone else. "I don't know if I'd have had the courage to do that," she said, quietly. For a moment, Steven seemed messianic. Or, not courage. No, Steven had said that word—...
  6. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Once again, Laura felt herself slip automatically into questions. She was used to this. Staying calm, not letting it eat at her, letting the other person feel they could tell her everything. "There must have been a lot at stake," she ventured. "Was it just practicality, or did you want to make...
  7. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura's face creased into a poignant smile. So, there was some way through, here. Some way for Steven to find a little peace. "It is kindof a miracle," she said, "but that doesn't mean you have to be psyched about it at all times. Or that you can't grieve. I'd grieve, too, I think." She...
  8. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura made connections intuitively, with no way to know if she was right. Running a company implied a distant CEO of a parent, with impossible standards to live up to. (No wonder Steven liked Lucien so much.) Episode could mean an actual mental health condition, or just upper class embarrassment...
  9. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Well, that wasn't too bad. Maybe... Maybe this would go okay. "Your... housekeeper—?" Laura shook her head. Not important. "It is a pretty big loss," she said, sighing. "You know it's normal to need some support for stuff a lot more trivial than, uh, dying?" Oof, not a great line... She...
  10. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura's head crackled with the buzzing of anxious thoughts as she paced through the dockers' district and along the beachside promenades. It had been a little while since the museum, a time she'd wholly spent distracted and concerned, analysing everything said between her and Steven and Ralsen...
  11. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Articuno chuckled mildly, their amusement echoing softly in their telepathy. "I am always seeking her successor, I suppose. I've come close, before, but even a promising candidate can prove disappointing... I need someone uniquely suitable. Someone with the brightest of intellects, exceptional...
  12. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    "Mm? Ah..." Articuno still cleared their throat, despite their reliance on telepathy. "My mentor, yes. She was Articuno-of-ice, and it was she who chose me to succeed the previous Articuno-of-mind. The Winter Arbiter, he was called. That is now my title, not that I ever use it. I have yet to...
  13. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Articuno's beak parted for a soft chuckle at the word kayfabe. Remarkably, it clearly translated to a close match in Luctemarene. Their non-telepathic voice sounded tired, old, or both... "True believers in institutional responsibility do exist, though they may be a rarity. So too do instances...
  14. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    "My thanks. One moment, please." A moment later, pale rime crept over the concrete of a rock-and-rubble jetty, and the Winter Arbiter stepped into the air above it, to perch there and gaze around at the Noveluxian shoreline. Their eye caught Gladion, and they nodded politely. "By '21st century...
  15. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    There was the faintest, reverberating psionic sensation in Gladion's mind. It could take him a minute to realise Articuno might be suppressing actual laughter. "I suspect that one or more of your parents or guardians had you under withering scrutiny," mused the saint. "You are fluent in spin –...
  16. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    The reply came back before long, clear and cool. "It is abnormal, but not un-anticipated. If what Sparkwright suspects is true, then the faction undertaking the scheme are acting outside of the usual channels. Whatever they intend, they would be unwise to expect me to stay out of it. I will not...
  17. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    At first there was just the sound of waves crashing against black sand and concrete jetties, and the cry of gulls. The waterbirds did not answer Gladion's call. A faint salt-smell carried on the wind. Then Gladion's skin chilled as the air temperature dropped a few degrees. "Hello, Gladion,"...
  18. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Buck looked like a 'mon who'd been holding a modest weight at arm's length for too long. He sighed, and thumped the side of the locomotive with a powerful ear. "One other thing, I guess. But you take this information and you don't come back here again, alright?" Laura read the rabbit's eyes...
  19. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    There was no helping the anxious Gigalith. He crumbled under Dave's gaze. "It was only technically," explained Piston, as Buck sighed into his paw, "because, at first they thought they caught a fare-dodger. Some Rattata kid from Magna. And this kid, he said, he said that he lost his ticket...
  20. Jackie Cat

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Laura caught the message from Leaf, and shot her a creditable poker face. If they think the Vanguard are terrorists, we don't want to sound like we're tight with them, she sent, silently, but if they sympathise with them, we don't want to sound like we're hunting them down. Right? It wasn't as...
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