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Quinn stumbled out of his room, through a set of simple automatic doors that hissed and vibrated. He remained on his feet, though each step was slightly uncomfortable. Not just because of the pressure; he felt in danger, as though any second something might strike him from the side and catch him before he could flee. But staying on the ground meant Cedrin could keep pace, following along while clinging to his arm every step. "Why would you run away?" he thought, so subtle that Quinn almost missed…-
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Emergency lights flashed in the accelerator, boots stomped down the hall, and occasionally peered into the viewing room. The first few groups came from Team Plasma, with white uniforms marked with their distinctive emblem. Yet this time, Quinn was ready for them. Their minds were open and unprotected, helpless before his manipulation. He showed them an empty room. "Nothing here. No sign of whatever attacked Bates," one of them said over the radio. Quinn's antennae twitched, and the little…
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Quinn should have seen this coming. As they crept towards the rear parking lot, no less than three harsh figures in Plasma uniforms shuffled around the space. One lingered by the door, another by the security booth leading to the road, and a third patrolled between cars. All were armed, and looked to have Poké Balls protruding from their vests and coats as well. There would be no quiet exit from the BBLEC. Quinn, Avery, and their Pokémon companions lingered in the trees overlooking the parking lot,…
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Quinn needed a long time to study for this task. Personas were a complex science, even among the mew. Their creation was a lost art, vanished to workshops of their ancestors called "Starforges." They were so much more than simple AI assistants, churned out in any number of corporations in his own world. Preserving one would not be easy. More than difficult, creating a true "backup" of the persona was impossible by any definition he knew. But the persona's true self could be removed…
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They could talk! Technically, Quinn could always talk, but only at that moment could Avery make sense of what he was saying. It meant his attempt to talk to her had worked, that the mental connection he felt was real. He wouldn’t waste that chance. "He's not the only one here from the funding organization," Quinn said, gesturing down at the fallen guard. "They had a whole team here to protect their particle trap. A dozen people across the campus. I think we blew it up." Avery…
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Quinn floated to the tree where Avery rested near death. He no longer struggled to keep himself airborne or regulate his flight. After crossing what felt like half a continent, he would not lose his belief in his ability and drop out of the air. All doubt could wait for when this treatment was done. "Master is back!" Sirius bounded over, holding embers carefully in one hand. He had built a small fire with them for Avery, surrounded by river rocks. The fire type had done a better job making camp…
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It wasn't the light that woke Quinn, but something sharp and painful, digging into one of his hands. He stirred, then opened one eye to stare at whatever had caused so much pain. A tiny pink creature had latched onto his fingers, digging teeth into his skin. "W-what?" She released him, leaving a pair of dots where her canines had sunk into his skin, leaking amber-colored sap. "Sleeping too long!" Avery called. Her telepathy was somehow smaller than before, though simultaneously…
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Quinn took a few minutes to catch his breath, there atop the upper balcony. There were no chairs or cushions here, just the rails and the security hardware facilitating the way back inside. He sat on the edge, not caring about the dirty looks the guard inside occasionally shot his way. The mew don't like the Pokémon who came from them. They're trying to cure us so desperately they don't care if anyone gets hurt in the process. The why was less clear. The other Pokémon already existed, and…
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The first thing Quinn knew was pain. It burned through everything, so powerful that it should've sent him into shock. Maybe it had—he lay flat on the floor, barely breathing. It hurt so much in fact that he couldn't clearly feel one limb from another—all was pain, broken only by the occasional few notes of that strange melody echoing in his head. He mouthed along with it through numb lips, taking something, anything to keep himself from drifting away again. There were other sensations here,…
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Avery sat up on the rocky floor ahead of him, licking out a little patch of dust on her foreleg. Despite the animal activity, she never looked away from him for more than a second, her mind spinning. But it wasn't her fault he hadn't thought about what they would actually do here. She wasn't jumping forward and backward, but spent a whole second childhood growing up and mastering the abilities of her new body. How was she supposed to know that the mission wouldn't even be given to her…
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