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Post by DataNinja on Apr 23, 2021 19:24:11 GMT
"I... I don't know if that's wise..." Thel says, paling. "I... I wouldn't want what happened to my room to happen here. I just... I worry about it."
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Post by Robot on Apr 23, 2021 22:17:15 GMT
"... Well, alright.". She tossed him her keys. "Just lockup when you are done, and keep this between us. You can bring the keys by my room in the staff wing later and drop them through the mail slot."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 23, 2021 22:34:09 GMT
"..." He doesn't know what to say for a moment, after catching the keys in surprise. "...thank you, Jesse," he says, with a nod. "I won't disappoint."
Feeling a little of the weight of responsibility on his shoulders now, he moves to start making the food for Mable. The time is approaching, and he'd like to be able to tidy up before bringing her food.
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Post by Robot on Apr 26, 2021 19:16:05 GMT
Cooking goes according to plan, but a meal for one ends up being enough for a meal for four. It's generally considered socially preferred to eat when another is eating, as opposed to carrying on idle conversation and tempting them to talk with their mouth full.
Mable arrived a few minutes early, and makes herself comfortable. She is waiting patiently when Thel is ready to make his entrance.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 26, 2021 19:22:07 GMT
Thel gathers up the extra food not for him or Mable - as well as the extras from the preparation for Friday's meal - and packs it together in some boxes to take back to Patience. And Jasmine. ...and Morty'll probably be there, too. And with that, and with a tidy kitchen, he locks up and goes off to meet with Mable.
"Oh, I hope I didn't keep you waiting long!" Thel says, apologetically, as he sees Mable already at the table. "A-anyways," he's a little thrown off his stride, but still puts the food in front of her, "...you haven't been feeling well, so I made you this. I hope you like it, even if it's not as good as you've had before."
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Post by Robot on Apr 26, 2021 22:01:59 GMT
"It's okay.". Mable offers in soft reply, looking over the offered meal with no small surprise. "Practicality suggest being early in the event of a mishap along the way.". Hesitantly, the girl took up her fork and poked a mushroom around her plate with it at first.
"You went through so much trouble for such a nice gesture. You really are too good for this place.". Mable ate in earnest for several minutes, after the first bite, giving the impression she hadn't eaten in a few days for the sudden enthusiasm.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 26, 2021 22:09:49 GMT
"Even still, I was just tidying up, didn't want you to wait long..." Thel says, taking a seat.
"And... it's okay," he reassures. "It wasn't that much trouble. I learned a new food, and that's something I can use in the future. It's the least I could do for my friend. You've been having a real rough time lately, it seems and... it was the only thing I could think of. I hope it helps. If there's anything I can do, please let me know."
"...I have two other servings, too," he adds, noticing her wolfing down the food - reminding him of his first night as human. "So, you can take those as well, if you want. To eat, or reheat, or... whatever."
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 0:18:17 GMT
"No, that's alright... I haven't been eating because I've been stressed. If I eat too much, I'll be sick.". Mable declined gently. "This is really good... You even remembered my diet...". She covered her eyes with a hand, and scrubbed at what Thel could only assume were tears.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2021 0:28:54 GMT
"It's... definitely been a stressful time," Thel agrees, with a nod and a sigh. "You should at least take one, though, for sometime later... maybe it'll be a bit of a comfort some other time. It's something that's important to do."
"I'd be a sorry excuse for a friend if I didn't remember something that was that important." He gives her a smile. "I'm glad you like it. It was really the only thing you'd mentioned, so I'd hoped that I was able to make it live up to how you remembered it."
"If you've got anything else you'd like to eat, I could try that sometime, too," he adds, softly. "I'm always happy to learn new things."
He pauses for a short bit, continuing to eat, before asking, "...do you want to talk at all about what's stressing you?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 17:41:24 GMT
"..." Mable stared into the half finished plate of food, put down her fork, shoulders sagging. "Thel, if... everything you knew and loved was at stake, how hard would you fight for it? How long would you hold it in esteem?"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2021 17:48:06 GMT
"I..." He isn't sure how to answer at first, to this opening up. "I would do anything for those I cared for, for those I love. Because they're the things that make my life worth living. I... would never want to lose them, to have them hurt." He closes his eyes. "I... I know from experience that it's never easy. There's a pressure there. You can't let up, else you risk losing it all. And that takes its toll..."
There are so many things that threaten to take the people he cares about away. The rains, Magma, Aqua apparently, Diva...
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 18:20:46 GMT
"For how long? Your lifetime? Two? Five? Ten of them even?". Mable pressed, clearly agitated. "Would you stand before a god and tell him No! Long after everything you cared about was taken from you by time?!"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2021 18:46:23 GMT
"I... I don't know," Thel says, shaking his head. Slight tears well in his eyes, even if he tries to hold them back, as he remembers the vision of the future. Lifetimes upon lifetimes. Everything drained away.
"I've felt that, for an instant before," he murmurs, something that he hasn't shared this specifically with anyone else. "The weight of uncountable years. The loss of everything, of faded memories. An indescribably awful experience. And even with that knowledge... I don't know if I could say for sure. I've never really been able to stand up to... anyone with authority before."
"I'm sorry, Mable," he says, reaching out across the table. "I... I don't have an answer for you. I can't know."
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 19:37:16 GMT
"I do know.". Mable stated in a soft, intense tone. "A man came before me, Aliana, Bronry, and Celosia. With him, his wife, and a man named Xerosic. He claimed to have been for some three thousand years. Had observed first hand the rise and development of humanity. With his proofs, his charisma and a strength... We likened him to a God."
She fell silent for many long moments after that. "Eternal life. Eternal youth. In exchange for... Wiping the slate clean."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2021 19:49:02 GMT
Thel has no answer for a time. "...I've seen some of that in my dreams," he says at last. "A man, the offer. A flower, a rose of life and death. I... understand now why it was connected with you four."
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 20:09:02 GMT
"He gave us eternity to consider the gravity of our decision. Bryonry gave in first. Then Aliana. Celosia. And me. Together, we rebuilt the weapon that had made him eternal. We extinguished nearly every last intelligent soul on the planet. Lysander became a King of Nothing. Nature reclaimed what humanity took from us, and our progeny would inherit an untarnished world.". She shook, digging her nails into her arm.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2021 20:21:22 GMT
Silently, he gets up, and moves to sit beside her, rather than across the table. "I saw that too..." he says at last, sighing, reaching over to grab her hand, stopping it from digging in. "The empty world."
"I'm sorry. I... don't have anything that I can say right now that will make any difference. I don't have answers. I don't have anything that can help. I just... you shared all of this, and I wish I could help."
A thought occurs to him, and he asks, almost in a whisper... "How... how are we all here, though, if you already went through this?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 20:50:23 GMT
"There are other worlds. A man of this world, powerful, ambitious, and greedy reached across a dimension known as Ultra Space. Gathered to him those like him. Men who came to rule, or destroy, their own worlds. Giovanni, of Team Rocket. You have no doubt met Maxie of Team Magma, and at least heard of Archie of Team Aqua."
She pushed the cooling bowl of food away. "Giovanni won't send us home, so Lysander intends to repeat the event that purged our world."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2021 20:58:03 GMT
O-other worlds? There's more than just this one? And you can travel between them? The one world already seemed so enormous... this just seems staggering to Thel.
He stares wide-eyed, nodding, before something catches his attention. "...why do you think that I've met Maxie?" he asks, cocking his head. 'Met' is certainly a strong descriptor. The man is certainly burned into his memory during the few moments of being there, but there wasn't any meeting.
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2021 21:56:31 GMT
"We've all known what you are since you got here. We've always known. His report was given in front of the assembled leaders of Team Rainbow Rocket. Lysander instructed us to get close to you. To... Determine your worth as a person. Turns out Pokemon are better people then most humans are.". She stared at his hand on her, not sure why he was still making the effort to comfort her despite it all.
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