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Years later... Avery knew she wasn't supposed to be here. There were a lot of places she wasn't supposed to go. Military sections of Starfall, with their distinctive psionic resonance. Classrooms of anyone past their first year certifications. More than 100 meters from Starfall, where the Repel field grew weak enough for wild Pokémon to get close and potentially threaten her. Her mother's office when she was hard at work. For a growing Mew, Avery was very good at learning all the rules.…-
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"Avery?" The mew hovered there for a second, surrounded by narrow stone on either side. Though at their size it felt several meters away, it couldn't really be more than a meter. Quinn's transformation had robbed him of any sense of scale. "Part of me wonders why they never gave me a different name," she said. "Lost kitten whose irresponsible parents left her while they did their terraforming work. Has delusions of being human. But Avery didn't annoy them much. My…
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Quinn stared into the mirror, running his comb through his perfect hair for the tenth time. "Brai?" asked a voice from just behind him, interrupting Quinn's careful attention. He glanced back at the Pokémon, which lingered just a few steps behind him in the narrow bathroom. The Pokémon carried something under his arm—a green leather folio, with his full name embossed near the bottom. Pages packed close inside, bound by several matching rubber bands. "You're telling me I'm…
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Even without making an auditory sound, that speaker had a great way of inspiring confidence. Degenerate mutation. Yet curiosity kept him from trying to flee, along with an ample helping of fear. There in that open doorway, several figures appeared, each one a little larger than himself, with fur in different shades of pink. They were Mew, though not like the tiny one that he was protecting. These were larger, more developed. Their tails were several times the size of his body, with sharp eyes that jumped…
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Quinn watched his friend against the tree struggling to breathe. The stink of decay hung heavily over her, as her body struggled and faltered. Without hospital care, she would probably not last another night. As badly as Quinn wanted to, he didn't think he could bring her to a hospital. He wasn't entirely sure how his powers had worked the first time! There are other Pokémon who can. Quinn was not the only Celebi in existence, obviously. Maybe if he could get their attention, another one could…
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It didn't take long to gather everyone together. Sickly Astrid and young Manny were both asleep, so not hard to carry into a clearing surrounded by false trees. Quinn floated in the center of their makeshift circle, above Mythical Pokémon with expressions ranging from hope to skepticism. Aster lay curled against her mother, her breathing shallow but steadier than before. Manny slept peacefully in Sable's arms, oblivious to the tension surrounding them. "Everyone ready?" Quinn asked,…
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"My friends escaped containment and 'treatment' in the Starfall hospital. They had already watched friends die, or suffered permanent injuries at the hands of the ones trying to 'save' them. I had to get them free. Of course, if the place they escape to gets destroyed, that isn't very helpful either." "You know this death is coming, but you're still here," said Azelf. They bobbed up and down in front of the map table, only occasionally looking back at…
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Quinn didn't stay in Absentia for very long, even by the standards of the immortal Mythical Pokémon. Within a few hours of his arrival, he started sensing discontent from the Pokémon passing outside the little capital building where he, Stella, and Cedrin gave their account of what they'd done. Soon he sensed enough anger through those doors that he paused the conference to retrieve his daughter and keep her with him through the rest of their conversation. Vitari hadn't harmed Rose while…
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Many years later. "You sure you have to go?" Mom asked, stopping her in the kitchen. "There's no reason you have to take this assignment, kitten. You could stay here another century if that's what it takes. Or maybe get a nice job in operations or maintenance." Avery adjusted the vest on her chest, securing the buttons there one at a time. She levitated the plastic clip out of her fur, then replaced it on a thicker patch so it wouldn’t move. It didn't matter if other…
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Quinn flew into the dark, faster than he'd ever flown in his life. Not that that was saying much; he'd only been able to fly for two days, and still didn't feel like he knew what he was doing. Purpose drove him, a life that would be lost if he could not repair the damage he had done. One day I'll see the readings, and I'll know what went wrong. If anything failed in that accelerator, it should've been with a whimper. If he'd died alone, that would be one thing—why was…
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