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  1. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Courage? That's not how he would describe it. More like 'impulsive shortsightedness'... It annoyed him that he could hear the phrase in not just his father's voice, but Wallace's too. "I know it hurts," he murmured, bringing a hand up to cover his heart. Or at least where the heart was in a...
  2. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Steven had braced himself, expecting scrutiny, maybe a gentle chastising (or not so gentle.) But when Laura didn't deliver either of those, he was taken slightly aback. Blinking, his fidgeting stopped. "Well, there was no guarantee it would even work... It was more like a hope and prayer. But...
  3. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    "My team?" At first, Steven's only reaction was his eyes widening slightly-- like he remembered something-- before his gaze darted down and away, awash with guilt. "I didn't tell them about my plan. Metagross knew, I confided in them while putting everything together. But Aggron, Cradily, the...
  4. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Malantau Wight Barrens

    Once inside, Steven veered to the side of the entrance and came to a shaky rest against the rocky wall. Never had he felt so relieved to be in a cave. (Okay maybe that was a slight exaggeration, but it helped that the alternative was being crushed beneath a torrent of icicles out there.) "I'm...
  5. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Four words. Four simple words that slammed into his bulwark of misery like a sledgehammer. Four words that took a rock pick to his heart. There were a good number of humans in their group, humans who were trainers. Humans who left their beloved partners behind to answer a call for help across...
  6. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Malantau Wight Barrens

    Chunks of ice pinged off of Steven's body from every direction as the ground fairly exploded from the creature's attack. Had he heard Laura call it a Saint? Either way, Bellatrix's illusion had done its job. A quick scan of their group showed everyone still standing. Somehow. No, he knew how...
  7. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Malantau Wight Barrens

    The insistent prickling intensified; it wasn't the cold turning to needles, spiking in time with the rapid footfalls growing closer. Foe foe foe foe-- Steven froze. They weren't going to be able to retreat in time. "Too late for that illusion, Bellatrix?"
  8. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Malantau Wight Barrens

    Steven squinted through the dusk-touched landscape, drifting up, then down, trying to get a sense of depth in the increasingly ethereal light. Just like the mountain, there was definitely something there. Something he'd never seen before. Was it following them? If so, how long had it trailed...
  9. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Malantau Wight Barrens

    Steven's gaze fell momentarily at Laura's mention of disaster and the fate of the kingdom. He couldn't help but wonder if something made that mountain, and in doing so left no one behind to update the map... Hopefully, if that was the case, whatever created it didn't stick around once the deed...
  10. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Malantau Wight Barrens

    The concept of snow was just that to most people from Hoenn: a concept. The closest they got was the ash from Mt. Chimney, but the similarities started and ended with "a fluffy blanked made of flakes falling from the sky." Thankfully, Steven was well traveled, and had visited Sinnoh plenty of...
  11. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    Ah. Of course that would be a strange statement to most people. Perhaps he should explain... "I grew up in a... wealthy family in Hoenn," Steven began, gingerly working to release his claws from the mangled railing. "When my mother passed--" he wrenched one hand completely free-- "our...
  12. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf

    From somewhere far away, Steven heard something. Did he even hear it, buried so deep in his grief? It was more like he felt it, traveling through the vibrations of the metal crunched in his grip. Someone was here. Here. Slowly, Steven crawled his way back to the forefront of his mind, and...
  13. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux Copperridge Wharf
    Threadmarks: Ch07 - Any Port in a Storm

    When Steven left the museum, he had no destination in mind. All he knew was that he didn't want to be there amongst the proof of his fate, amongst the reminders of home. But he didn't want to be anywhere else, either. Instead, he wandered the streets of Novalux without rhyme or reason, drifting...
  14. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Steven was only dimly aware of the conversation between Laura and Ralsen. The words went in, but weren't really being processed. The only thing that jolted him from his misery was the sound of his name. He focused his gaze to the speaker-- Laura, he was here with Laura-- his eyes startlingly...
  15. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "A purpose?" Steven repeated, murmured as if to himself. It was his turn to inspect his upturned claws. Hands? He should have hands, but here they weren't. A body created for him because of what? Because he thought he could be helpful? The run in with the Cyclone flickered through his mind. A...
  16. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Steven's claws finally had unclenched by the time Ralsen addressed him. Barely. "Thank you, but I don't need your pity," he grated out. He could see what Laura was trying to do. Playing the diplomat, appealing to both sides. Except that it didn't matter. "Liking the idea has nothing to do with...
  17. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    There was something infuriating in hearing Ralsen refer to his partners in such a... transactional way. Steven certainly didn't take from his partners without giving in return, but to view one's pokemon as more akin to business associates rather than companions... It left a sour note in his...
  18. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Quietly, Steven wondered if Ralsen saw them the same way-- even from the first time they'd met-- as nothing more than stepping stones on the path to his eventual goal. He could stomach the thought. It certainly wouldn't have been the first time someone considered him a commodity rather than a...
  19. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Fix it?" Steven repeated, studying the Grovyle with a curious expression. Laura had seen nothing. Koa and the others infected with Alex's shadow had experienced a fight. But he and Ralsen had seen something, heard things. But how...? And why? "Perhaps there's something about yourself you've...
  20. Panoramic_Vacuum

    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "No... I..." Steven's gaze darted to the side. Laura and Ralsen were staring at him, of course they would be. Asking how he knew-- he just... knew! How does one explain the dreadful realization of a soul that lost its vessel? What Betel had said when he asked if it were possible... He wrung...
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