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  1. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    The Professor's attacks hurt, but he'd endured worse. When she stared him down, he met her gaze without flinching. His shadow was pushing against his skin for release, just waiting for its cue. "You don't know me. But I know your son. Arven, if I recall correctly? We'd both get dragged out to...
  2. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

  3. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    Gladion focused to suppress his radiance, given that there didn't seem to be any radiant attacks incoming. And to make a point. "No. We can use Radiance safely because we don't use much of it. It is a power trusted to us, not a resource for us to exploit. And so far, none of us have gone too...
  4. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    Gladion's eyes lit up as Isidora had burst in. He'd missed her, while she was off doing her own thing. He waved to her, but didn't have time to give her his full attention. There would be time for talking later. Things were heating up real quick, so he’d better get ready. Better pick the right...
  5. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    I’ll keep our new pal here occupied, Gladion called out mentally. “Your predecessor? You think you ended up stranded in Forlas with no memories because your predecessor fucked up?” His laugh dripped with disdain. “You’re lucky to be alive, Professor. You wanna guess what fraction of the places...
  6. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    "Ah, of course." She wasn't one of his father's contacts, didn't do anything like xenobiology. She'd become a dinosaur because she was a paleontologist. Scientists and influential people both went to conferences. Often, they brought their kids like they would accessories, to show how this was...
  7. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    Gladion had been expecting to arrive to see Matthias and a bunch of thugs getting ready for a fight. Not to meet this woman, whose species he'd never seen nor heard of before in his life, and whom Betel knew. A professor, apparently? From his experience, there didn't seem to be as many...
  8. Shiny Phantump

    Sunward Atop Sunrest Mesa

    Gladion stared up at the blimp. Was that where Matthias was right now? Part of him hoped so. The new thing he’d been given hadn’t gotten the chance to manifest in Terminal One. He had a hunch he could fix that here. He tuned back into the conversation. “What? Oh, I think I still have one of...
  9. Shiny Phantump

    Offscreen Activities

    Gladion checks in with Articuno on Teardrop Island: “We’re planning a move on [date], Matthias’ faction is gonna be doing an op in Sunward so a few of us are gonna take advantage of the gap in their security. Word is we should be able to find our summoner’s physical form there. Figured I should...
  10. Shiny Phantump

    Offscreen Activities

    After the events of Blackglass Caldera, Gladion goes to see Leona again: “Hey, funny story. Powehi sent us to Blackglass to see some stuff. Place had an echo of Auriga there, from four thousands years ago. Asked her about why she’s so hard to talk to. Pointed me to Auranosa, points for being...
  11. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    "Can't imagine you were a bad influence on him." Gladion didn't place any particular weight on the statement, like it was self-evident. He wasn't going out of his way to provide reassurance, he genuinely couldn't imagine it. If Leona was worried she could've been a bad influence, or not much of...
  12. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    Gladion tilted his head at Leona’s explanation, not quite sure where she was going with it. The thing with Rui sounded like a way bigger deal than Eevee genders to him, especially given it sounded like dating Rui played a part in Leona’s transition. But Leona didn’t think that, and she probably...
  13. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    Getting the idea of the gender binary over to Leona was the first time he'd ever seen translation take enough time to be visible. So when a dumb pun occurred to him the second she suggested the ‘prioritization thing,’ he had to try it: "The system was too busy giving me binary components to give...
  14. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    Gladion took one beat to guess at whether Leona's degree of confidence in his gayness should be measured in commonwealth dollars or a homeworld currency while counting himself lucky that sheet metal couldn't flush red, then another processing what she'd actually said. That was a lot to take in...
  15. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    A groan escaped Gladion's throat, which he exaggerated into a sarcastically over-the-top one to cover it. This was the second time recently and he'd barely met Leona, it really was that obvious. Though to be fair to himself, he had been trying to signal in that general direction. He'd needed her...
  16. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    Silence hung over them for a moment between Leona finishing speaking and Gladion deciding what to say. He saw a raw nerve bared for what felt to be his judgment, and he couldn't afford to come across as dismissive or punitive. "Well, I can't say I'd feel any differently if I were in your...
  17. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    Gladion visibly relaxed as Leona took well to talking to him. Plus, she took the conversation in a different direction than he was expecting, so it wasn’t really possible to feel like he was just fishing for information. The conversation left him with a sense of deja vu. Like he’d had it...
  18. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    Gladion pretty transparently perked up with pride at her remark about his trainer-ness, even if he didn’t interrupt her to comment. The purposelessness bit brought his mood back down to earth. “Tough situation. I’ll let you know if I find any toothpicks,” Gladion offered, resisting the urge to...
  19. Shiny Phantump

    Novelux Blackglass Caldera Mystery Dungeon

    Gladion though about that for a moment, an audible hmm rumbling from his throat. “No. I think if they asked him to, he’d fail. On purpose. Say what you will about him, I won’t say much to his defence, but I don’t think he’s the kind of guy to see this and decide to help them do it again. Just...
  20. Shiny Phantump

    Ranger HQ Ranger Union HQ

    "If anything, I didn't want to oversell you on this 'till I know what the plan is," Gladion half-mumbled and half-said. Her explanation got a smirk out of him. Enough for him to recover his composure. "I get that, for sure. I sit still too long and start to go stir crazy. When there's something...
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