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 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:51 pm
The sun was blazing afternoon, it was almost too bright. Then again he had been couped up in the labs the biggest part of the day. Everyone was working as fast as they could to examine the batch of pokemon that had been retrieved from the wreckage. Rory wiped the sweat from his brow and released Pinkie from her ball to run around and take in the sun's rays.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:00 pm
For once in his life, Seth had not reported in for duty this morning. Part of that likely being that he'd over slept and woke up with a huge hangover. The other part being that he just didn't care. It's not like he was needed or wanted at this point. Especially considering that they'd finally found a lead to the missing Rockets. Normally Seth would like to bury himself in work at a time like this. But Hayes had also wasted no time in changing the structure of the tech department in his absence, and there was simply no slot for him.
He felt useless, among other things. All feelings that he despised and wanted no part of.
After somewhat taming his pounding headache, Seth dressed himself in casual clothes and wandered the halls of the HQ. Which were now abuzz with information and gossip about the recent mission that had returned with that Galactic idiot.
His wanderings eventually led him outside. Seth decided he needed some air, and what better way than to take a stroll in the desert.
Walking across the hard packed sand, he barely even noticed the grunt and his pink Ponyta.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:09 pm
As soon as she was set free, the Ponyta stretched out her legs and shook her mane. She let out a small sigh when she felt the sun beaming down on her. She was about to wander off when she noticed an unfamiliar trainer step out of the building. She noticed the haggard look he was sporting and decided to go over to him.
Rory spotted the other Rocket as well. He had been one of the elites leading the mission to the wreckage site. He took in the other males appearance and wondering what exactly had happened during the mission. Rory paled as he saw Pinkie headed in the elite's direction.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:14 pm
Seth only paused momentarily as he caught a glimpse of bright pink out of the corner of his eye. He huffed slightly, although with not near as much vigor as he might normally.
"Go away," he muttered at the Pokemon. Taking a hand out of his pocket to make a shooing motion at her.
Honestly. He was in no mood to deal with someone's overly cute pink thing.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:18 pm
Pinkie spotted the hand and mistook the man's hand motion. Instead of walking away, she rubbed her head against it. "Taa!" she let out a small, happy cry.
Rory shook his head as his pokemon's antics. No, Pinkie, no, he thought as he rushed over to the pair.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:20 pm
Seth frowned as the Ponyta seemed to think he wanted to pet it. He made a small disgusted sound but indulged the thing and patted its head a couple things.
"There. Satisfied? Now go away." He put his hand back in his pocket. Why were the cute things always so damn attracted to him?
It was then that he caught sight of someone else heading their way.
"This thing yours?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:24 pm
"I hope she's not bothering you, sir," Rory stated as he watched Pinkie rub her head against the Rocket's shoulder. He turned to his pokemon, "Pinkie, he's not in a good mood right now."
Pinkie lowered her head slightly before licking the man. She gave another happy cry before trotting off.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:31 pm
"Ugh," Seth said in clear disgust this time as the thing licked him. What gave this Pokemon any inkling that he wanted to play with it or whatever the hell she was thinking? It obviously wasn't the sharpest tack in the box.
"Just keep it away from me," he told the grunt. Because he was right, Seth was not in a good mood right now. Although some would argue if he ever was.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:34 pm
Rory rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm sorry about that, sir. I wasn't expecting her to do that."
"If you don't mind me asking, are you alright?" The last time he had seen anyone in this type of mood had been the night their fellow teammates had been captured.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:45 pm
Meh. He probably would chide this fellow about having proper restraint on his Pokemon. On most days anyway. Today he didn't really feel like it and simply dismissed it. Whatever.
His question though, drew another frown.
"Of course I'm all right. Why wouldn't I be?" This grumbled in not the most convincing tone. ... Was he really that obvious? Dammit.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:53 pm
Rory shuffled his feet. "Well you didn't look like this," he motioned with his hand, "before everyone left".
He sniffed the air slightly. "You also smell like you bathed in a bar," he then remembered to whom he was speaking. "No offense, sir."
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:09 pm
Seth just stood there and stared at Rory for a few moments, a bit taken aback by his words.
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He had forgotten to clean himself up hadn't he. s**t. He was a damn mess.
"That's... I..." Seth stumbled over his words, and then growled in frustration at himself.
Get ahold of yourself, dammit. You're making yourself look like a fool.
"I don't want to talk about it."
This was another reason why he hated drinking. Stupid.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:19 pm
Rory turned back to make sure Pinkie hadn't gotten off too far again. He didn't feel like any encounters with random pokemon today. Besides he would have to report back to the labs soon and he didn't want to have to explain any stray string shot webbing to his superiors.
"Okay, if you're sure about that," He shrugged, it really wasn't his business to get involved with whatever was troubling the man. Whatever had happened while they were on the mission must have messed him up badly. It made Rory glad he hadn't hopped on the plane.
He pulled a pack of chocolate candies out of his pocket and offered one to the elite.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:37 pm
Sure? Of course he was sure. He was Elite Agent Seth after all, and he never talked to anyone about his problems. Except one person really. And she didn't care about him anymore. So what did it matter? He would just do what he'd always done before. Keep everything to himself. He wasn't going to spew his woes to some random grunt he didn't know. That would be putting too much trust in someone.
This was the argument that played in Seth's mind as he just grunted at Rory and was about to move away when a pack of chocolate was thrusted in his direction.
Again the elite stared at it for a long time. His initial reaction would have usually been to scoff and reject it, but something in the back of his mind convinced him otherwise.
Reaching out, he took one of the offered candies and popped it in his mouth. ... Hm. Not too bad. Women usually ate chocolate when they felt like crap. Now he started to understand why. Puh.
"Women," he muttered under his breath without even thinking about it.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:43 pm
Rory popped a couple of the candies in his mouth. He really needed to stop carrying them around but they helped him during long days of work.
He heard the muttered speech come from the Rocket's mouth and chuckled slightly. He caught himself and attempted to cough to mask it.
"Can't live with 'em. Can't get them out of your head." he said as he offered the pack to Seth again.
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