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  1. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Brisa was used to the idea that her own power was what gave her value. Vix, though...? Brisa had never wanted Vix's companionship for the sake of strength. If anything, it was that earnest appreciation of strength other than her own that made Vix good company. 'Actual' friends? What even was...
  2. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "It ain't gonna happen again!" insisted Brisa. "Get ahold of yerself, Vix. Isolation from anyone as cares about ya ain't no way to be!" She cast her gaze about, wondering if there was anyone who could come to her aid in time. Luz, maybe? I need you. ...No response. Fuck. "Vix, I need ya...
  3. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Vix was wrong, she was fucking wrong, damnit, this was just some shadowing bullshit. Her insecurities fucking with her good sense and reason. But it'd be an uphill struggle, persuading a badly shadowed Spectrum fighter to feel some other way. Fight or flight kicked in. Brisa chose to fight...
  4. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Well, there was the time her father ripped a memory out of her head when he came between her and her only friend, someone she could've loved. That same friend, who never had the guts to so much as write a letter afterwards. Her mother had left her to make her way in life alone before she was...
  5. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Brisa sighed. No agreeing to disagree, then? Okay. "It ain't like that. I got no experience of seein' zoroark any kinda way, they ain't around my part of my world fer anyone t'be suspicious of 'em. Hell, I gave him the benefit of the doubt fer exactly that reason long after I woulda gone to...
  6. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Not a great start. "I don't much like leavin' things other'n right between us," she said, tail drooping even as her shoulders held stiff. "I know we weren't seein' eye to eye in there, but I believe you got good intentions, and I sorely hope you see th'same is true of me."
  7. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Brisa hauled Astrid back to her permanent residence in the infirmary and prowled out of the guild. She wandered a little, lost in her own head, until she found Destiny Tower. Vix was there, haunting the brickwork, apparently. Perhaps it was an opportunity to talk. Vix was her friend after all...
  8. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Luz watched with interest as the conversation between Cola and Petram turned into a plan—no, a scheme, a ruse!—to let the lil' fella roam the town. She could get behind this! And she didn't have to talk about being sad any more, which was great, because she wasn't at ease helping people with...
  9. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Luz fidgeted with her paws, as restless as her mind. "Most folks take it hard when they lose people they care about," she said, without her usual easy certainty. "We all just lost a number of pals. Things're gonna be different now. That's hard." She scratched her cheek fur and tilted her head...
  10. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "Sure seems like a lil' Pop t'me," said Luz, smiling fondly. "Maybe y'all can't see it 'cause of yer history t'gether, but I reckon this tracks." She offered Cola one of her massive paws and beamed. "Hope y'find yer pa's journals plenty int'restin', Arceus Cola! I'm Zeraora Luz, and it's a real...
  11. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "Well now, there ain't a thing wrong with takin' after folks an' tryin' on new presentation," said Luz, grinning toothily. This was so interesting and fun! A new creator-entity, and one that mimicked her accent! And heavens above, that sure reminded her of Brisa, oh stars. "How far up on yer...
  12. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Luz arrived a little after everyone else, and listened rather than speak. Mostly she was concerned with the correct way to act and speak so as not to make people uncomfortable. Brisa had been telling her of late (Brisa was gone) that endless cheeriness could be more offputting than negativity...
  13. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "I . . . take yer meanin'," said Brisa. Luz shoved her lightly. "So you'll keep yerself steady, right?" "...Guess I can try." Luz grinned. "Good enough fer me. Alright then, Papi, we've taken up enough of yer time. I expect t'shoot th'breeze with ya after the fight, y'hear?" Brisa shrank...
  14. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Luz threw her arms up in the air. "Thank you! Consarnit, Brisa, maybe now you'll lay off a lil', since Arceus is sayin' y'can't jus' keep burnin' t'nothin'." Brisa dropped her gaze and felt her ears heat up. Even Arceus' choice of wording, burn right up– Did he mean to put her in mind of Bright...
  15. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "Huh..." Brisa chewed that over. She'd heard some of this before, but she'd always assumed there was some religiosity behind it all, given the occasional iconography worn by devotees and the slinging-around of that word, 'god'. Much of Team Spectrum seemed to be from worlds where...
  16. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "Honestly, legendary pokémon make 'emselves scarce back where I'm from," explained Brisa. "Th'real Zeraora Luz only turns up in my part of the country 'bout once in a generation. Ain't ever met a legend before I came here, in fact . . . an' it's pretty rare fer folks t'treat 'em like gods. Makes...
  17. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Adopted. It was just too much. Brisa ignored it and ploughed on as best she could. "Best of fortune t'you with whatever yer plannin'," she managed. "Don't suppose there's anythin' th'likes of us can help with, but we're at yer service if'n there is." Luz crossed her arms and radiated low...
  18. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    Brisa wanted to shrivel up and expire. She was speaking to this world's creator and arch-deity, and he was busy and preparing to sacrifice himself for his life for the sake of the world. She was wasting both their time and energy. She stepped back, and backed into Luz, who didn't budge. Her...
  19. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower
    Threadmarks: R9 – Divine Duty – Brisa, Luz & Pop

    "Stars above, Luz. I don't care which of us goes first, I just don't get why you're so keen that it be me." Brisa and her familiar walked into Destiny Tower, the luxio's shoulders hunched in discomfort and the zeraora-shade's paws confidently astride her hips. They walked as if Luz was somehow...
  20. unrepentantAuthor

    Destiny Tower

    "Pays t'be prepared," shot back Luz with a toothy smile. "If I were makin' the call, I'd pack the lot fer this one."
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