h2no | IC contact 2.0

Yo, Lance. Sorry t'hear that. I'll get all the official stuff done for ya.

[he doesn't want to dig directly, feels like it's likely not his business, but:] You doin' okay?

Thanks, I appreciate that.

[His voice goes quite a bit hard though.]

I'll be fine.

[Yes, he's closing himself off. Which means he's not fine, but he's not one to dump things on people.]

...It doesn't sound like it.

[he doesn't know you well, lance, but he can recognise that tone.]

It doesn’t matter.

[And really it doesn’t. Lance will cool down eventually and just move on. Though Darin is no longer on his good side.]

You don't gotta tell me what happened, Lance, but I wanna know you'll be okay. Can I do anything?

I'll be fine. It was just a disagreement.

[And admitting that does cool him down a little.]

It was on the public network if you're that curious.

Less so I want to check it out for curiosity, more I'll have to site it when I do the paperwork...

[he trails off as he goes to check.]

Is it that complicated?

[You would think it would be easier to resign than to join.]

I think it's fair to fully represent the disagreement and why you left, don't you?

You have a point.

I hope so. I'll be doing so neutrally and whatever happens when I send it off happens.

Do you think you'll join another team? There are a couple imPort ones...

That is fair, and I respect that.

[He wasn’t looking to get Darin in trouble after all. He’s just decided Aegis wasn’t for him.]

Not right now. I think I need to re-evaluate, and focus on my Pokémon more. Especially Charizard since he’s not been the same ever since what happened with Guzma.

[something archie's figured out-- he'll genuinely try to remain as neutral as possible.]

Of course. How are they doing?

They’re nervous and they don’t like it here.

Charizard has become extremely over protective of me and I think he might try to kill Guzma if he gets the chance.

Can't say he doesn't have it comin'... maybe try to let that not happen?

[he looks down at the burns on his arm as he says that.]

Let me know if you want to let 'em hang out with mine.

I can stop him.

But I would rather not put him in that situation to start with.

[He can control Charizard with his dragon mind control, but Lance’s ability with that power if hardly perfect. It takes a lot of concentration and any slip could potentially cause a loss of that control. Plus his own feelings play a part in it. If he got angry with Guzma, it could cause his dragons to attack even if not specifically told to.]

Best to avoid the Falls then, eh?

For now at least. I won’t have any reason to be there now that I’m resigning.

Personal feelings aside, I also don’t believe anyone in Aegis really understands the value of our Pokémon.

It's... hard to tell with a lot of people here. I wouldn't say it's just Aegis, though, a lot of people don't get it. When I first showed up and even sometimes now people like to act as though they know more about the Pokémon.

[he grunts irritably.]

You dunno how many times I was told I was abusin' my family for battlin' with them. Still sore about it.

That's true, but I feel Aegis only views our Pokemon as weapons.

I can't blame you for that. They view Pokemon on the same level as their animals here, and they can't be compared. There are people in this world who consider pets, like Nikolai's dog, to be enslaved from what I've heard. So a view like that on Pokemon doesn't surprise me.

We put a FAQ together, you know. Red, Blue and I.

[it hurts him to open it up - still feeling grief over blue and red - but he sends lance the file.]

You did?

[Lance doesn't reply back for several minutes as he reviews the file. Eventually he does though.]

Aside from Nikolai's part at the end, that's actually very impressive. I'll be using it from this point on.

We decided not to remove it, given the fact it's a truthful statement.

It is a truthful statement.

[He can’t not agree there.]

Speaking of which, has there been anything from Archer lately?

No. He seems to have realised that staying on the down-low after shooting me is the best option, but I'm doing what I can to monitor him without drawing attention.

[it goes without saying he doesn't trust any members of team rocket, let alone an executive.]

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