#acalculatedfuture

EVEN MORE ABSOLUTELY UNHINGED COMEDIC RELIEF : Accepting!

She knows she should have seen the signs miles away, what with how Lysander had been behaving, and those idiots in orange creating havoc in the pokeball factory... Her list goes on, each one a failing on her part. She rounds a corner in the laboratory under Geosenge, and she feels Amé pushing a sense of warning into her head.

There is someone near, Amé whispers, directly into her mind. Multiple. Her Gardevoir pads back into view, a few small flecks of red dotting her fur. "Good work, Amé. Do I need to hurry?"

Amé shakes her head, as Diantha comes to ... Another corner. Great. Amé acts first when a Grunt decides to Challenge her, and picks the human up by the throat. And then she pauses. Diantha has seen it too- someone else down here... A child?

Fearghas eyes lit up as he saw Lucas with his guitar pick. “Thank ya so much! I’ve been looking all over for that, I knew it fell from my rucksack but I didn’t know where it dropped.”

" ⚡ M U S C L E S ⚡ "

"I need to put a little more enthusiasm into it but it's getting there."

"..." Honestly, Koko wasn't sure if he was impressed or offended. Maybe a little of both?"

"...Well, it was nice knowing you all."

"I, too, agree that Olympia would make a fine member of the Elite Four... and if any of the current gym leaders were to be promoted, my vote would go to her. I mean, she predicted the situation in Geosenge Town, the awakening of Xerneas, my meeting with them, and the lasting effects from it all with frightening accuracy. She is an irreplaceable part of Kalos' protection,"

"However... I must play the devil's advocate. There is no way to replace Malva with her without it coming off as a slight to the former. And I do not want all of those months I spent building up some sort of amicability with Malva and the few former members of Team Flare that survived wasted. More than Olympia becoming a member of the Elite Four, I want to keep the remnants of Team Flare at bay."

"...And I think firing Malva would be the quickest way to ignite all of their anger. Besides... her involvement with Team Flare was never public information. We owe it to everyone else to continue protecting Kalos from forming further cracks-- even if it means keeping her in the League until she wishes to step down. She, and those surviving members, at least has a code of honour. Malva was willing to do whatever was in her power to aid in Xerosic's arrest when he stepped out of line."

"Oh yeah, not saying otherwise. Zani, show 'em what you can do with your thumb."